supporting cast
noun
: the actors in a play, film, or television show other than the main stars
a strong supporting cast
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The supporting cast includes Javier Bardem and Kerry Condon.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 June 2025
The supporting cast includes Corteon Moore, who plays Gabe, who said the show deserves a second season because there’s nothing else like it on television.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
Abrams’s film also expands the series’ supporting cast by bringing in Simon Pegg as Benji, an easily flustered IMF agent, to work alongside Ving Rhames’s Luther, an expert hacker who, to this point, had been the only series’ constant apart from Ethan.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2025
But in each of those moments, the Warriors’ supporting cast proved the difference.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 20 May 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 June 2025
The supporting cast includes Corteon Moore, who plays Gabe, who said the show deserves a second season because there’s nothing else like it on television.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
Abrams’s film also expands the series’ supporting cast by bringing in Simon Pegg as Benji, an easily flustered IMF agent, to work alongside Ving Rhames’s Luther, an expert hacker who, to this point, had been the only series’ constant apart from Ethan.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 May 2025
But in each of those moments, the Warriors’ supporting cast proved the difference.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for supporting cast
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“Supporting cast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supporting%20cast. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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