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 52-year-old actor can be heard groaning in pain in the background.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • 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 British singer-actor took home three awards Sunday.
    Jonathan Landrum Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • In a film about the Trump impeachment, what actor would play you?
    Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Three of the men accused the actor of grabbing their crotches.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • The duo first met when the White Collar actor hired Halls to be his publicist.
    Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Since then, Swift went on to date British actor Joe Alwyn.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 14 May 2023
  • 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
  • Jesse Plemons picked up the best actor award at Cannes for his performance in the film.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
  • The actor has continued to rack up film and TV credits since 1995.
    Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 2 May 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
  • The actor spent months preparing for the role by scouring YouTube for footage of the musician.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Lili’s since been linked to actor Spencer Neville, but they were last spotted together a year ago in April 2022.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Another young actor in Charlie’s class was a guy by the name of Martin Sheen.
    Al Pacino, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Keefe was the best friend and cousin to actor Dennis Leary's character Tommy Gavin.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the actor themself threw out Gene Wilder of Willy Wonka fame.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 July 2024
  • But, here, too, Baker films his story, not even his actors.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Both actors starred in the flagship show throughout its 11-season run.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 27 July 2024
  • One day, the director of the company asked actors to pick a Venezuelan folk story and write a play based on it.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 12 May 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
  • In the backdrop to her work, the actress had a reputation as a free spirit, who raised her only son Luca Magnani on her own, having split from his actor father prior to his birth in 1942.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Rocky actor Dolph Lundgren has emerged victorious following his multi-year battle with cancer.
    EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024

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