Definition: 1. A theatrical performer. 2. A person who acts and gets things done. 3. A person who performs on the stage, on television or in films/movies, especially as a profession.
Use 'actor' in a sentence:
1. I yearned to be an actor.
2. You're wasted as a sales manager—you should have been an actor.
3. He is arguably the best actor of his generation.
4. He makes like he's the greatest actor of all time.
5. He began as an actor, before starting to direct films.
6. The actor playing the father was too wooden.
7. The actor sent a big thank you to all his fans for their letters of support.
8. He was nominated for the best actor award.
9. The actor Patrick Stewart is a long-time baldy and proud of it.
10. You missed your vocation ─ you should have been an actor.
11. He trained as a teacher before becoming an actor.
12. Bert was a footloose, unemployed actor.
13. Once an actor, always an actor.
14. You're wasted as a sales manager ─ you should have been an actor.
15. You missed your vocation—you should have been an actor.
16. His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
17. Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy.
18. He never really made it as an actor.
19. He has to be the worst actor on TV!
20. He failed miserably as an actor.
21. I've always wanted to be an actor but Dad wouldn't hear of it.
22. Did you always want to be an actor?
23. He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
24. The newspaper article caused the actor considerable distress.
25. The camera zoomed in on the actor's face.
26. She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior.
27. His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company.
28. The actors inspired the kids with their enthusiasm.
29. He's a versatile actor who has played a wide variety of parts.
30. Photographs of actors decorated the walls of the restaurant.
31. He told me he was an actor and I was fool enough to believe him.
32. The actor is tipped to win an Oscar for his performance.
33. She chose two untried actors for the leading roles.
34. He was a poor actor.
35. 'No comment,' was the actor's stock response.
36. He was nominated (as) best actor.
37. He has (got) to be the worst actor on TV!
38. Grodin is a fine comic actor.
39. At that time he was a young actor, just getting his feet wet.
40. He continued to pursue his goal of becoming an actor.
41. Any event attended by the actor received widespread media coverage.
42. Actor John Goodman played Melanie Griffith's sugar daddy in the film.
43. Some actors never watch themselves on screen.
44. The actors were still in costume and make-up.
45. He was voted the most promising new actor for his part in the movie.
46. Actors must learn to project their voices.
47. A career as an actor requires one hundred per cent commitment.
48. In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor's face.
49. He numbers among the best classical actors in Britain.
50. The smart money is on him for the best actor award.
