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.
  • The Santos appears to be the actor’s Cartier of choice.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
  • And every actor knows your job as a guest star is to hit your mark, say your line, and stay out of the way.
    TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The duo first met when the White Collar actor hired Halls to be his publicist.
    Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The music composed has an amazing way of also telling the story the way the actors do.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 5 Jan. 2024
  • What did that experience mean to you, in terms of the day-to-day work or growth as an actor?
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
  • At the time, the actor shared a photo with Kaitlin, their elder two daughters and a sonogram.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
  • As a bonus, there’s a chance the actor and bassist might play a bizarrely giant instrument.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The working-class themes of the film resonated with working actors on the picket lines.
    Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • According to the actor’s lawyer, Wayans merely bumped shoulders with the agent.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Writers are striking, and actors may too, over the future of the industry.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Hollywood was not quite ready to welcome a trans actor into the fold.
    Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Keefe was the best friend and cousin to actor Dennis Leary's character Tommy Gavin.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Briney’s presence at the show feels like a real moment for the 25-year-old actor to become a bona fide fashion star.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • And the great thing is these actors come to set completely prepared and having done their research.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But like a lot of directors coming up in the early 1960s, his roots were with actors, words, conflict, and not much more.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2023
  • How did writers and actors become the focal point in the controversy about the future of work?
    IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The untitled series is set to pull the curtain back on the life of actor, comedian, host and singer.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 26 July 2023
  • One man, for instance, compared the way the actor allegedly grabbed him to a striking cobra.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • Perhaps the best example is the actor Jackie Chan, who moved the dial in the genre from Qing dynasty kung-fu masters to hero cops.
    Jasper Lo, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The 30-year-old actor posted a note over the weekend on the stories portion of his Instagram account.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • The short video showed her and actor Jesse Spencer rehearsing the pivotal proposal scene with him even pulling out the costume ring used in the series.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2023
  • There are occasional two-shots that use dolls as stand-ins, but mostly the scene uses sound to keep the actors in contact.
    Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 19 June 2023
  • The actor has not appeared in a major film since the accusations were leveled.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024
  • And there were a lot of nonprofessional actors as well.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Eight out of the 10 movies nominated for best picture also picked up nods for their actors.
    Glenn Whipp, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
  • This naturally leads to a chat about the many misconceptions about the actors.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 8 June 2023
  • Gabrielle, the struggling actor, is housesitting at a mansion in the Hollywood Hills.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But these three actors simply blink blankly back at Yannick, unsure how to respond.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Aug. 2023
  • For The Bear actor Lionel Boyce, art has imitated life.
    Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024

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