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Recent Examples of nonactor
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.
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Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
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
Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonactor
Noun
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Real Madrid are at war with each other and are being coached by a novice.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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During the ceremony, Gabi also took part in purification rituals traditionally reserved for novice monks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 May 2026
Noun
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After a spike in gold prices in 2010, the Discovery Channel green-lit a slew of reality series about amateur miners.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Galifianakis’s appeal is as a wildly enthusiastic amateur.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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“Nonactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonactor. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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