character actor

noun

: an actor who is known for playing many different and unusual characters

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Despite her breakout moment last season, Mia’s jump from powerful character actor to lead bill has been unclear. Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024 Charles Cyphers, the character actor best known for playing Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the Halloween movie series, died Sunday in Tucson, Ariz., after a brief illness. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024 The stunt casting of Barbeau is fun, but this is one of the best episodes of Stories because of its concept and another memorable guest star in Freak Show, all-around great character actor John Carroll Lynch. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024 The Australian character actor was best known to Americans as the trustworthy butler in Richie Rich (1994), in dual roles in Jumanji (1995), and as the historically infamous J. Bruce Ismay in Titanic (1997). Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for character actor 

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“Character actor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character%20actor. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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