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actor

[ak-ter] / ˈæk tər /


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The actor snapped up the home in 2004 for $4.3 million and transformed it into the mansion it is today back in 2012.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

My Mad Fat Diary actor Sharon Rooney and Industry star Myha'la, for instance, have fewer connections than the others.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a spoken-word artist and actor, was vice president for social impact at the Kennedy Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In Malibu, an enormous sink hole emerged in the driveway of a home belonging to Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage when pounding waves from a nearby hurricane eroded the coastline.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It’s like an actor remaining in character and refusing to leave his dressing room, or a writer refusing to leave his garret after finishing a book.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Tom Hanks’ directorial debut, which was released to critical praise but was a box office disappointment, doesn’t hinge on the charming, passable performances of its lead actors.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The interviewees who didn’t want to be filmed are played by actors, including executive producer Emma Thompson wedged between an undercarriage and pavement as the unidentified van protester.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The geopolitics of the Horn of Africa are fiendishly complex, with shifting alliances and the involvement of many outside actors with conflicting interests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Above all, one takes pleasure in the cast, the sort of actors who only have to walk in a room to tell you who they are, who make exposition unnecessary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Now, Booth knew, only two actors remained onstage.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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