actor

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She’s the kind of actor we desperately need right now, someone who isn’t afraid to challenge themselves or risk their viewership with a daring role.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The actor stars in a solo off-Broadway show by David Cale about a playwright stumped by the blank page who finds a surprising, unsettling source of inspiration in the form of a stalker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The film is the first as writer-director for Shear, best known as an actor in numerous Baumbach films including “Mistress America” and “Marriage Story” and for his role on the TNT series “The Alienist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

In another scene, Peet’s character is asked for an autograph by a young woman who mistakes her for the actor Lake Bell.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Boaz thought of the memes he’d seen claiming that some actor was actually a time traveler, their doppelgänger found in a vintage photograph.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny