from/out of central casting

idiom

informal

: having appearance, behavior, or nature that seems to be typical for one's job or position

The physics professor looks like he's right out of central casting: his white hair is disheveled, his suit rumpled, and he looks a little lost.

Examples of from/out of central casting in a Sentence

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There’s a dog-friendly patio with stunning views of the Bay — including a shipwreck straight out of central casting. —Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024

These are available in gloss white or black, or matte black, complementing the available graphics packages that are straight out of central casting for the IMSA Audi 90 GTO. —Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024

Olmos said a few weeks ago over lunch at the Smoke House Restaurant in Burbank, a classic old-school joint popular with Industry folk where even the waiters seem straight out of central casting. —Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023

Hurd is, as Republican rival Trump might say, straight out of central casting for a Republican general election candidate. —Grace Segers, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023

The search produced Jeff Banister, straight out of central casting, talking with Texas grit and offering up blood-and-guts analogies. —Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023

The senior staff appear to be straight out of central casting, Gallic division. —Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023

At the start of his career, Mr. Smith was a Justice Department lawyer out of central casting, a clean-cut prosecutor from upstate New York who played well in front of juries. —Alan Feuer, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022

And now, here is this man who’s straight out of central casting with his suspenders stretched over his belly and plaid shirt in the middle of summer. —Claudia Hinz, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2022