character actor

noun

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

Examples of character actor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The character actor broke big with his supporting turn on I May Destroy You as bestie Kwame, and he’s had his fair share of sultry roles in Gangs of London and The Lazarus Project. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025

One of the more glaring omissions was actor Tony Todd, the veteran character actor and genre legend who starred in the Candyman horror series and was a prolific voice artist, who died in November at 69. —Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2025

Pilar Del Rey, a veteran character actor who appeared with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor in Giant and guested on dozens of classic TV series, died February 23 of natural causes in Los Angeles. —Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025

Peter Jason, the prolific character actor whose work in film and television spanned nearly six decades, died Thursday at 80. —Jessica Wang, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for character actor

• bioreactor
• acter
• factor
• tractor
• attractor
• cofactor
• compactor
• contactor
• contractor
• distractor
• extractor
• impactor