nonactor

noun

non·ac·tor ˌnän-ˈak-tər

also -ˌtȯr

: a person who is not an actor

… I'm still inspired by his improvisation, use of real life, use of real people, nonactors …—

Jeff Goldblum

Examples of nonactor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For nonactors, preening in front of a camera with directors calling out emotions to convey merely with facial expressions and gestures can be cringe inducing. —

Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018 Contrary to popular belief, the director did not, for the most part, use nonactors in this film; seasoned performers played the major roles. —

David Mermelstein, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017 Willem Dafoe plays, with great grace, the motel manager, but the remainder of the cast members are almost all nonactors. —

Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2017 Contrary to popular belief, the director did not, for the most part, use nonactors in this film —

David Mermelstein, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017

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