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portrayer

American  
[pawr-tray-er] / pɔrˈtreɪ ər /

noun

portrayers plural
  1. a person or thing that portrays someone or something else in literature, visual art, a dramatic performance, or other media.


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AMC stablemate and fellow antihero-for-the-ages portrayer Bryan Cranston beat Hamm in four of those years for his performance as Walter White on “Breaking Bad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

“There wasn't this common vocabulary about color until Ridgway created it,” says Brian Ellis, president of the Illinois Audubon Society and portrayer of Ridgway in living history skits.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

The character was probably based on acting colleague - and fellow portrayer of cads - Terry-Thomas.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

The thing is that Tucker is one of those invented personages who partakes of the cultural mojo of his portrayer.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2018

The artistic portrayer of life was, however, a rare exception in the literature of the Haskalah.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.

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