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Luis Felipe Lozano, an itinerant laborer and nonactor whom Restrepo met in 2013, plays Pinky, a character whose life is based on Lozano’s own.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

He said in his story and interviews that at least one patron — a nonactor — had asked whether he could book the restaurant again.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2017

As far as I was concerned, maybe it was easier all around to be with a nonactor, because living with Jack Nicholson, the phone rings and it’s for him, scripts come and they’re for him.

From Reuters • Dec. 4, 2014

In telling the simple life story of a put-upon donkey he found his ultimate nonactor.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2012

The humor is minutely observed, but the improv reminds you how much nonactor Jerry Seinfeld benefited from comic backup and tight scripts.

From Time Magazine Archive