How to Use character actor in a Sentence

character actor

noun

• Need a zaftig character actor with a sweet smile and a can-do attitude?
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
• Then you’re pretty screwed in terms of referring to yourself as a character actor.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
• Kemp, the character actor, said that the unions’ fight should serve as a warning that AI tools are destined to challenge workers in every sector of the economy.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• Walsh, a character actor known for his wry delivery and gruff yet slippery persona, had over 200 acting credits to his name.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
• And for real film buffs, character actor Santa Claus, most famous for playing Detective Crashmore, is in the mix as well.
  — Vulture, 24 May 2023
• The veteran character actor has been magnetic on the trail, and now looks set for his first career nomination — a sign of how a well-run campaign can overcome a so-so film.
  — Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
• Brent Sexton, a character actor who has steadily worked in Hollywood over the last two decades but is far from a household name, described the paradox in a recent interview.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• The gay German character actor Udo Kier puts his spin on a sinister Cabaret-style emcee in a tuxedo, a cigarette holder hanging from his lips.
  — Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
• Killer effects and inventive direction paired with a tight script and all-time character actor ensemble.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
• While best known for scene-stealing appearances as a supporting player, Mr. Norman was always more than a character actor.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 May 2024
• What starts off as a press conference about this strange scourge quickly morphs into a necessary taxonomy of the broader character actor landscape.
  — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 May 2024
• Dafoe, 67, is an unusual celebrity, perhaps the world’s most famous character actor — one who came up through New York experimental theater, who never intended to appeal to the masses.
  — Susan Dominus Collier Schorr Jay Massacret, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• Veteran character actor Wright makes Teddy a lovable father figure and the least music sleazy producer ever.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
• This Beetlejuice is written in a way that’s wild and yet completely controlled, neatly calibrated and well within the wheelhouse of any competent comical character actor.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
• The character actor had some hard times, checking into alcohol rehab in the 1970s after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly in Melbourne, according to AP News.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2023
• The character actor died after a two-year journey with pancreatic cancer, his representatives confirmed in a press release.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• But his upward trajectory as indie darling and sardonic character actor has a shadow time line: the undulating mental-health struggle that has plagued him since childhood.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
• Listen to this article Donald Sutherland, the charismatic character actor who became a captivating villain and enthralling leading man, has died at age 88.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
• The multi-talented Humphries was also a respected character actor with many stage and screen credits, an author of novels and an autobiography, and an accomplished landscape painter.
  — Rod McGuirk, al, 23 Apr. 2023
• The great Dabney Coleman literally created, or defined, really – in a uniquely singular way — an archetype as a character actor.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
• Playing the famous concert pianist and character actor required Hayes to adapt his voice and mannerisms to believably embody Levant, who battled depression and addiction.
  — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Inside the album’s minute-long songs, Whack introduced a fun-loving and audacious persona capable of tongue-twisting lyricism, bubbly displays of melody, and bite-size storytelling, all with the theatricality and presence of a character actor.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
• Advertisement Although he was seldom cast in leading roles, Mr. Forrest found critical acclaim as a character actor, including in several films by Coppola.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
• Legendary character actor Robert Englund, who played the quintessential boogeyman, Krueger, fondly remembers his opening weekend experiences at the movie's theatrical debut.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• Dafoe’s an inventive and agile character actor, handsome and appealing but also possessing distinctive malleable features.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
• Contented as a character actor and always game to subvert his beefcake stature, Marino excels at playing mostly likable putzes who teeter precariously between sympathetic earnestness and manic self-absorption.
  — Kenny Herzog, Vulture, 2 June 2023
• One such person is Jason Segel, a gawky and affable character actor who Apatow correctly identified as a rom-com leading man.
  — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024