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.
  • How often does a part like this come around for you, as an actor?
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Is there a meta element to being an actor on this show?
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The real star of the show of course is the actor’s structured silver tube top.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Older actors know more people and have worked with more people, and those people vote.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Each performance, the audience decides which actor will play the role of God.
    John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
  • On top of being a wonderful actor, his style evolution on the red carpet is worth keeping watch.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In a more than 60-year career, his was an unconventional actor’s journey.
    Donald Liebenson, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • What holds you, as much as the actor’s natural magnetism, is her ability to hold things back, her talent for emotional reserve.
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Among the newest entries, Bero, a line of non-alcoholic beers co-founded by actor Tom Holland.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
  • His professional instincts derived from a lifetime as an actor on the stage, a specialist in improv comedy, and a producer in the movie business.
    Time, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Maverick, which earned two noms (Tom Cruise, who returned his previous Globe statutes because of the controversy, was shut out of the actor’s race).
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The 52-year-old actor can be heard groaning in pain in the background.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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