Olivier

[oh-liv-ee-ey]

noun

1. Laurence (Kerr) Baron Olivier of Brighton, 1907–89, English actor and director.

Olivier

/ əˈlɪvɪˌeɪ /

noun

1. Laurence ( Kerr ), Baron Olivier of Brighton. 1907–89, English stage, film, and television actor and director: director of the National Theatre Company (1961–73): films include the Shakespeare adaptations Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948), and Richard III (1956)

Example Sentences

Awards he received include an Olivier for the original production of the stage play Glengarry Glen Ross in 1983.

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He said he was inspired to act after watching Sir Laurence Olivier play the title role in Hamlet.

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“We have the capacity to go much further in conquering Europe,” Chief Executive Olivier Gavalda said.

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Manville, who won an Olivier Award for her performance in “Oedipus,” delivers a performance as sublimely seething as her Oscar-nominated turn in “Phantom Thread.”

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Olivier Rioux, a 19-year-old Canadian recognized as the world's tallest teen, has set another record as the tallest player in United States college basketball for the University of Florida.

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