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

The Irish character actor died Thursday night in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield said in a statement. — Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

The song arrives alongside a cinematic, albeit somewhat depressing, video directed by Mikai Karl and starring distinctive French character actor Denis Lavant (Beau Travail, Mauvais Sang). — Spin Staff, SPIN, 15 July 2026

And by that definition, Simmons has also spent his entire career as a character actor. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

The longtime character actor debuted on film in the classic The Last Picture Show (1971), and not long afterward earned an Oscar nomination for Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail (1973), alongside Jack Nicholson. — Maggie Fremont, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

Rhymes for character actor

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