Actor
noun
A person who performs in plays, movies, or television shows.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a famous actor.
Often appears as...
- movie actor
- stage actor
noun
In law, a person involved in an act or process.
The actors in this lawsuit are the defendants and plaintiffs.
Often appears as...
- principal actor
- legal actor
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Technical
noun
In computing, an entity that accomplishes a task in a system.
In this system, there is an actor responsible for processing each data request.
Often appears as...
- system actor
- software actor
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Technical
noun
A person who performs in plays, movies, or television shows.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a famous actor.
Often appears as...
- movie actor
- stage actor
noun
In law, a person involved in an act or process.
The actors in this lawsuit are the defendants and plaintiffs.
Often appears as...
- principal actor
- legal actor
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In computing, an entity that accomplishes a task in a system.
In this system, there is an actor responsible for processing each data request.
Often appears as...
- system actor
- software actor
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Neutral
The word 'actor' can refer to both men and women, though 'actress' is used for women too.
Meryl Streep is an acclaimed actor.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Prestige
Being an actor is often associated with fame and glamour, especially in Hollywood.
He dreams of becoming an actor and walking the red carpet.
Pro Tip 3/3Versatile Roles
Actors may play diverse roles, from heroes to villains, and must adapt their performance.
The actor transformed himself completely to play the film's antagonist.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Neutral
The word 'actor' can refer to both men and women, though 'actress' is used for women too.
Meryl Streep is an acclaimed actor.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Prestige
Being an actor is often associated with fame and glamour, especially in Hollywood.
He dreams of becoming an actor and walking the red carpet.
Pro Tip 3/3Versatile Roles
Actors may play diverse roles, from heroes to villains, and must adapt their performance.
The actor transformed himself completely to play the film's antagonist.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Neutral
The word 'actor' can refer to both men and women, though 'actress' is used for women too.
Meryl Streep is an acclaimed actor.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Prestige
Being an actor is often associated with fame and glamour, especially in Hollywood.
He dreams of becoming an actor and walking the red carpet.
Pro Tip 3/3Versatile Roles
Actors may play diverse roles, from heroes to villains, and must adapt their performance.
The actor transformed himself completely to play the film's antagonist.
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Why Shakespeare loved...
It's been said that iambic pentameter was easy for his actors to memorize and for the audience to understand because it's naturally suited to the English language. But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation, like the ones that make Shakespeare's characters burst into verse,
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The battle of the Greek...
Can you make out who it is? That looks like Thespis. It seems he's changing his mask, and taking on the role of another character. Incredible. Surely, Thespis will go down in history as the very first actor. He has changed the face of theater forever. And that was just the warm-up act.
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Statue Trick PIPE Brain...
it's rare that your brain can override it even at times when danger isn't really present like in this unique experiment we've designed to test fight-or-flight responses we brought in a team of makeup artists to transform our actor into an inanimate statue
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The price of shame PIPE...
to now have a life span of forever. Jennifer Lawrence and several other actors had their iCloud accounts hacked, and private, intimate, nude photos were plastered across the internet without their permission. One gossip website had over five million hits
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Lemon Andersen performs...
and said I don't look like I have any experience to be working in this business. And I said to him, "Listen, punk fool, you're a failed actor who became an agent, and you know why you failed as an actor? Because people like me took your job.
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Walking in your truth as...
this sounds like the it gets better we cannot forget about the road in front of us I'm not acting for this to be a sad story I'm actually you to see someone standing here and they're paying and their truth and actors that what can you
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Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
So, the success of the Tele-Actor that night was due to the fact that she was a wonderful actor. She knew when to trust her instincts. And so that project taught me another lesson about life, which is that, when in doubt, improvise.
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Embracing otherness,...
the key to my success as an actor and my progress as a person has been the very lack of self that used to make me feel so anxious and insecure. I always wondered why I could feel others' pain so deeply,
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Top 5 Nail-Biting...
the tracking system you know what they're like and you feel that you feel like an actor with a hand side you know Steven hi there very long life it's like some old friend failure I it's not I'll
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How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
a hard shell and now within the dark uterus it waits like an actor in the wings ready to make its appearance on life's stage but which end will emerge first from the
Video examples
Why Shakespeare loved...
It's been said that iambic pentameter was easy for his actors to memorize and for the audience to understand because it's naturally suited to the English language. But there might be another reason. The next time you're in a heightened emotional situation, like the ones that make Shakespeare's characters burst into verse,
Video examples
The battle of the Greek...
Can you make out who it is? That looks like Thespis. It seems he's changing his mask, and taking on the role of another character. Incredible. Surely, Thespis will go down in history as the very first actor. He has changed the face of theater forever. And that was just the warm-up act.
Video examples
Statue Trick PIPE Brain...
it's rare that your brain can override it even at times when danger isn't really present like in this unique experiment we've designed to test fight-or-flight responses we brought in a team of makeup artists to transform our actor into an inanimate statue
Video examples
The price of shame PIPE...
to now have a life span of forever. Jennifer Lawrence and several other actors had their iCloud accounts hacked, and private, intimate, nude photos were plastered across the internet without their permission. One gossip website had over five million hits
Video examples
Lemon Andersen performs...
and said I don't look like I have any experience to be working in this business. And I said to him, "Listen, punk fool, you're a failed actor who became an agent, and you know why you failed as an actor? Because people like me took your job.
Video examples
Walking in your truth as...
this sounds like the it gets better we cannot forget about the road in front of us I'm not acting for this to be a sad story I'm actually you to see someone standing here and they're paying and their truth and actors that what can you
Video examples
Ken Goldberg: 4 lessons...
So, the success of the Tele-Actor that night was due to the fact that she was a wonderful actor. She knew when to trust her instincts. And so that project taught me another lesson about life, which is that, when in doubt, improvise.
Video examples
Embracing otherness,...
the key to my success as an actor and my progress as a person has been the very lack of self that used to make me feel so anxious and insecure. I always wondered why I could feel others' pain so deeply,
Video examples
Top 5 Nail-Biting...
the tracking system you know what they're like and you feel that you feel like an actor with a hand side you know Steven hi there very long life it's like some old friend failure I it's not I'll
Video examples
How Are Eggs Made? PIPE...
a hard shell and now within the dark uterus it waits like an actor in the wings ready to make its appearance on life's stage but which end will emerge first from the
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
Your job as an actor is to piece together whatever you've learned in your training, or whatever you have experienced in your life, to piece together a person.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
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Tom Holland
English Actor
I think, from every actor I've ever spoken to, they say the biggest thing they regret from life is not finishing school.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Actors are actually very supportive of each other.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Actors are one family over the entire world.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
Your job as an actor is to piece together whatever you've learned in your training, or whatever you have experienced in your life, to piece together a person.
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Paul Walker
American Actor
I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too.
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Tom Holland
English Actor
I think, from every actor I've ever spoken to, they say the biggest thing they regret from life is not finishing school.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
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Chadwick Boseman
American Actor
One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Actors are actually very supportive of each other.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
Actors are one family over the entire world.
Example 1 of 10
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