How to Use actor in a Sentence

actor

noun

• Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation.
• The 52-year-old actor can be heard groaning in pain in the background.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• The real star of the show of course is the actor’s structured silver tube top.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2022
• The Santos appears to be the actor’s Cartier of choice.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
• With her death, the project has taken on even more meaning for the actor.
  — Brooks Barnes Nicole Sperling Brooks Barnes Kyle Buchanan Kyle Buchanan Kalia Richardson Maya Salam Maya Salam Sarah Bahr Brooks Barnes Brooks Barnes Carlos Aguilar Brooks Barnes Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• And every actor knows your job as a guest star is to hit your mark, say your line, and stay out of the way.
  — TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
• The British singer-actor took home three awards Sunday.
  — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
• How often does a part like this come around for you, as an actor?
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Dec. 2022
• In a film about the Trump impeachment, what actor would play you?
  — Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
• Three of the men accused the actor of grabbing their crotches.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
• The duo first met when the White Collar actor hired Halls to be his publicist.
  — Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
• Since then, Swift went on to date British actor Joe Alwyn.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 14 May 2023
• The music composed has an amazing way of also telling the story the way the actors do.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 5 Jan. 2024
• What did that experience mean to you, in terms of the day-to-day work or growth as an actor?
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
• At the time, the actor shared a photo with Kaitlin, their elder two daughters and a sonogram.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• Your voice means so much to both your music and to the other side of your career as an actor.
  — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2022
• As a bonus, there’s a chance the actor and bassist might play a bizarrely giant instrument.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
• Jesse Plemons picked up the best actor award at Cannes for his performance in the film.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• Toward the end of the interview, Horowitz asked the actor about the Marvel rumors.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 24 Dec. 2022
• Even then there was another delay when the actors’ strike shut the movie down.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 21 Dec. 2024
• The actor has continued to rack up film and TV credits since 1995.
  — Drew MacKie, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
• The working-class themes of the film resonated with working actors on the picket lines.
  — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• The series stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour, and a large cast of young actors who have grown up alongside the show.
  — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
• According to the actor’s lawyer, Wayans merely bumped shoulders with the agent.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
• The actor spent months preparing for the role by scouring YouTube for footage of the musician.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
• One of his earliest performances as an actor was in a sketch on The Ed Wynn Show.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• The episode was dedicated to the late actor, who died Oct. 24, and featured a special montage of his time on Masked Singer at the end of the show.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Nov. 2022
• Writers are striking, and actors may too, over the future of the industry.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• Is there a meta element to being an actor on this show?
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
• The short, 37-minute episodes (leaving lots of time for commercials) pack in the drama and plot twists, and most of the actors settle into their roles quickly.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 13 Mar 2025