actor

Example Sentences

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When actors become famous for one long-running role at an early age, there’s typically a period when they try as hard as possible to break free from the personality their fictional character cultivated.

From Salon

Faced with the alternative of the film not getting made, she embraced the "challenge" of filming in northern Germany, featuring many actors from Germany's large Afghan diaspora.

From Barron's

For a group of young actors, filming a new BBC drama thousands of miles away in Malaysia was the adventure of a lifetime.

From BBC

"One could criticize the film by saying that it's not totally well acted, but it's just not actors we are used to seeing on screen because he used non-professionals," she explained.

From Barron's

But Roslyn Ruff, a talented actor who speaks the verse with commendable clarity, fails to imbue the character with the necessary domineering imperiousness.

From The Wall Street Journal