How to Use actor in a Sentence
actor
noun- Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation.
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None of the actors was in there.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025
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The onus put on actors is so silly to me.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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The same could be said for himself as an actor.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
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Not every actor can do this sort of thing.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 27 May 2026
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Does the actor have a love story of his own?
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
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There are so many just dark moments for the actors.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
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Most actors never get a gig this long.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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What can an actor convey with their body alone?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Some racers learn a course the way an actor learns lines.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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All the songs are performed live by the actors on stage.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
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Don’t ever just want to be an actor.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
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Do same rules apply to child actors?
—Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Off-screen, the actor is a dad of three children.
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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How often does a part like this come around for you, as an actor?
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Dec. 2022
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Larenz Tate, to me, was one of those young actors with the chops.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 June 2026
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To really be present to watch what the actors bring to it.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
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That isn’t to say that the actors, every one of them, aren’t as good as can be.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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The decision to leave the show was not on the actors.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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As actors, you get told what to say or what projects to do, and you get trashed online.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
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The child then tried to run to the actor before being stopped.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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On set, Paul doesn’t rehearse a lot with the actors.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
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But the other actor races have been harder to call.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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The male actors tend to be more casual with their footwear.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
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In an episode post-mortem, the actor joined via Zoom in costume.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
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The former child actor has not looked back, Berfield said.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
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This is what's so great about working with all these iconic actors.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
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With her death, the project has taken on even more meaning for the actor.
—Brooks Barnes Nicole Sperling Brooks Barnes Kyle Buchanan Kyle Buchanan Kalia Richardson Maya Salam Maya Salam Sarah Bahr Brooks Barnes Brooks Barnes Carlos Aguilar Brooks Barnes Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
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Great actors, something like that.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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His rise has been steady, but the actor’s life is an uncertain one.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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