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 ( æ ktəʳ) 
Word forms:  plural  actors countable noun An actor  is someone whose job is acting in plays or films. 'Actor' in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called 'actors' rather than 'actresses'.
 His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company. 
 You have to be a very good actor to play that part. 
Synonyms:  performer, player, artiste, leading man or  lady  More Synonyms of actor 
  ( ˈæktə ) 
noun 1.  a person who acts in a play, film, broadcast, etc
2.   informal  a person who puts on a false manner in order to deceive others (often in the phrase bad actor )
 ▶ USAGE  The term actor  is now almost universally used to refer to people of any gender who actactor  in American English  ( ˈæktər ) 
  noun  1.    a person who does something or participates in something
2.    a person, often, specif., a man, who acts in plays, movies, etc.
    Word origin
ME 
actour , a doer, steward, plaintiff < L 
actor , a doer, advocate < 
actus : see  act
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Examples of 'actor' in a sentence actor
An actor played the victim in the police reconstruction. The council is asking the public to call police if they see actors taking part in such films. Back for the next act of a drama where the audience plays almost as big a part as the actors. He's also a pretty good actor! At the end of the play, the actor is obsessed by his legacy. In doing so, he provides two thumping great parts for actors. We try to sift out those who come for the wrong reasons but if you're a good actor you can get through. You have to be a good actor, a good painter, a good musician. Also I couldn't sing and quite often actors have to sing. Why did you become an actor rather than a singer? He is a great actor and father. Now imagine that most of the actors are pretty bad. Maybe he is practising for his new job as an actor. We know they are actors playing a part for the artist to film. What if it was an actor whose films you detested? Is he the most accomplished actor or a man who knows he has got it right? Her parents were actors and often out of work. The model of the actor combines two rather different senses of rationality. But would she have preferred him to be a classical actor like his father? Horror stories of actors finding the job spec harder than they bargained for are legion. The characters are so believable and all the actors play their parts to the max. The most contact the rest of us had with naked actors was filming the summer solstice scenes. As a man and an actor. My one condition is that none of the actors who play in my Sunday cricket team succumbs. Having the four other actors play something like 30 different roles adds to the vertigo. It's not that either actor is bad here. And the actors all played up to it, like foie gras geese at teatime. The actors often completely rewrote the scripts, he said. The actor's job is to play the multiple meanings. Her father was an actor. Generally played by bad actors. I watched it, and he's a breathtakingly good actor whose stage presence is intense and enormous.   
Quotations An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening Marlon Brando 
 
 
British English : 
actor  /
ˈæktə / 
 NOUN  An actor  is someone whose job is acting in plays or films.
His father was an actor.
American English : actor  Arabic : مـُمَثِّل  عاملBrazilian Portuguese : ator  Chinese : 演员  Croatian : glumac  Czech : herec  Danish : skuespiller  Dutch : acteur  European Spanish : actor  Finnish : näyttelijä  French : acteur  German : Schauspieler  Greek : ηθοποιός  Italian : attore  Japanese : 男優  Korean : 남자 배우  Norwegian : skuespiller  Polish : aktor  European Portuguese : ator  Romanian : actor Russian : актер  Latin American Spanish : actor  Swedish : skådespelare  Thai : นักแสดงชาย  Turkish : erkek oyuncu  Ukrainian : актор Vietnamese : diễn viên    All related terms of 'actor' Chinese translation of 'actor'  n  (c)   演员(員)    (yǎnyuán)    (个(個) , gè )    
Definition 
a person who acts in a play, film, or broadcast
You have to be a very good actor to play that part.
Synonyms 
leading man or  lady
Thespian 
luvvie  (informal) 
thesp  (informal) 
play-actor 
dramatic artist
tragedian or  tragedienne
  
Usage note  The use of actress  is now very much on the decline, and women who work in the profession invariably prefer to be referred to as actors .
subject word lists See   male actorsSee   female actors
Quotation An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening  [Marlon Brando] 
Additional synonyms Definition 
a professional entertainer such as a singer or dancer
a Parisian cabaret artiste
Synonyms 
performer ,  
player ,  
entertainer ,  
Thespian ,  
trouper ,  
play-actor
Definition 
an actor
Oscar nominations went to all five leading players.
Synonyms 
performer ,  
entertainer ,  
Thespian ,  
trouper ,  
actor or  actress
Definition 
a member of a troupe
Like the old trouper he is, he timed his entrance perfectly.
Synonyms 
performer ,  
player ,  
actor ,  
theatrical ,  
entertainer ,  
artiste ,  
thespian