- a person who performs on the stage, on television or in films, especially as a profession
- Both lead actors (= the ones who play the main parts) are outstanding.
- She is one of the country’s leading actors.
- a stage/film/movie actor
- a Hollywood actor
- The movie starred a bunch of relatively unknown young actors.
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- a person who plays a part, pretending by their behaviour to be a particular kind of person
- I don't know if he really meant the things he said—he was always a good actor.
- (formal) a participant in an action or process
- Employers are key actors within industrial relations.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting an agent or administrator): from Latin, ‘doer, actor’, from agere ‘do, act’. The theatre sense dates from the 16th cent.
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