character actor

noun

: an actor who is known for playing many different and unusual characters

Examples of character actor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Enter veteran character actor Lin Shaye, whose psychic Elise has been a series mainstay and a reliable provider of expository dialogue, despite the fact that her character died at the end of the 2011 original. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The supporting cast includes Lei Jiayin (Article 20), Dong Zijian (My Friend An Delie) and veteran character actor Jiang Wu (To Live, Let the Bullets Fly). — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026

The character actor played none other than Wyatt Earp in Anthony Mann’s classic Winchester ’73 (1950) and went on to appear in classics like Seconds (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), and Jeremiah Johnson (1972). — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026

Throughout the 1960s, Elliott established himself as a character actor. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for character actor

• bioreactor
• acter
• factor
• tractor
• attractor
• cofactor
• compactor
• contactor
• contractor
• distractor
• extractor
• impactor