actor

¹

[ak-ter]

noun

1. a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.

2. a person who does something; participant.

Actor

²

[ak-ter]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a brother of King Augeas, sometimes believed to be the father, by Molione, of Eurytus and Cteatus.

actor

/ ˈæktə /

noun

1. a person who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc

2. informal,  a person who puts on a false manner in order to deceive others (often in the phrase bad actor )

Usage

The term actor is almost universally used nowadays to refer to people of either gender who act

Other Word Forms

• nonactor noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of actor¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin āctor, equivalent to āg- ( act ) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

The actor reappears, pointing to another short video of what appears to be couples holding oversized checks and celebrating.

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That moment proves pivotal to two new projects that retrace Candy’s life and work some 31 years after the actor died from a heart attack at the age of 43.

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Oloyede is so adept at differentiating the various male characters he plays that I was shocked that there was only one male actor at the curtain call.

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His accent has changed to a stereotypically strong South American one, as he reveals he doesn't really sound like Ben Whishaw, the British actor who voiced his character in the popular Paddington films.

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Those were the words of actor Adrian Lester as he spoke about his debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company in its reimagining of Edmond Rostand's 19th Century play Cyrano de Bergerac.

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