actor
noun
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
nonactor
-
a word derived from
actor.
Example Sentences
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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
As played by a nonactor named Martin Compston, he's not exactly handsome, but there's something about his spirit--wit and energy and an often comical inventiveness.
From Time Magazine Archive
