character actor
Britishnoun
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Rob Schneider, who played the bell boy to Curry's uppity hotel clerk in Home Alone 2, also praised Curry as a "sensational character actor".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Paying tribute, entertainment writer Jay Bobbin said he was "heartbroken to learn about the passing of superb character actor".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Back in the late 1950s and 1960s, my dad was a popular character actor who appeared on dozens of TV shows, including “Bonanza,” “I Dream of Jeannie” and “The Twilight Zone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
A career character actor, Madigan has only been nominated for an Oscar once before, in the same category for 1985’s “Twice in a Lifetime.”
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2026
And this lantern-jawed 76 fellow might possibly be a character actor of high ability.
From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various
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