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And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.
Vincent D'Onofrio

Meaning of "character actor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHARACTER ACTOR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHARACTER ACTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Character actor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHARACTER ACTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Character actor

A character actor is an actor who mostly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The earliest known use of the term character actor is in the 9 November 1883 edition of The Stage, which defined it as "one who portrays individualities and eccentricities, as opposed to the legitimate actor who endeavours to create the rôle as limned by the author."...

Definition of character actor in the English dictionary

The definition of character actor in the dictionary is an actor who specializes in playing odd or eccentric characters.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHARACTER ACTOR

character
character actress
character armour
character assassination
character code
character comedy
character development
character part
character recognition
character reference
character set
character sketch
character space
character string
character trait
character type
character witness
character-building
characterful
characteries

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHARACTER ACTOR

actor
benefactor
child actor
chiropractor
compactor
contactor
contractor
director
extractor
factor
growth factor
heavy-water reactor
nerve growth factor
power factor
reactor
redactor
risk factor
subcontractor
tractor
wow factor
X factor

Synonyms and antonyms of character actor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «character actor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHARACTER ACTOR

Find out the translation of character actor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of character actor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «character actor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

性格演员
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

actor de carácter
570 millions of speakers

English

character actor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चरित्र अभिनेता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الممثل شخصية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

характерный актер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

personagem ator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চরিত্র অভিনেতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acteur de caractère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelakon watak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Charakterdarsteller
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

性格俳優
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캐릭터 배우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aktor karakter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diễn viên nhân vật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாத்திரம் நடிகர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चरित्र अभिनेता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karakter oyuncusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

caratterista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aktor charakterystyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

характерний актор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

caracter actor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαρακτήρα ηθοποιός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

karakter -akteur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

karaktär skådespelare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

karakterskuespiller
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of character actor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARACTER ACTOR»

The term «character actor» is regularly used and occupies the 102.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARACTER ACTOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about character actor

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHARACTER ACTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word character actor.
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Curtis Armstrong
I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.
2
Alexis Arquette
I enjoy being a character actor; I enjoy being different in everything. I want a private life; I want to be able to go to 7-11 and not get into a fight with a guy because he saw me in a movie, or not have people hitting on me simply because they saw me in a movie.
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Bruce Boxleitner
I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.
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Santiago Cabrera
How you look is part of what acting is, but the way I look at it, every actor is a character actor. Someone once told me at a casting, 'You're a character actor in a leading man's body,' and I can live with that.
5
Dan Castellaneta
The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.
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Dan Castellaneta
It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor.
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Vincent D'Onofrio
And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.
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Vincent D'Onofrio
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
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Vincent D'Onofrio
I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.
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Charles Durning
I was born a character actor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHARACTER ACTOR»

Discover the use of character actor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to character actor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hey! It's That Guy!: The Fametracker. Com Guide to Character ...
For everyone who's ever said "Isn't that the guy from ... " here's the only guide to the best-known character actors.
Tara Ariano, Adam Sternbergh, 2005
2
Requiem for a Character Actor
Police Chief Quentin Price is called to the scene of a bloody murder backstage at the Chainville Theater.
Kenniston Lord, 2006
3
The Actor's Menu: A Character Preparation Handbook
If you have been “typed” as a character actor, you can specifically show what kind of character actor you are: deep and sensitive, loud and bullish, weak and frail. Therefore, an actor can control stereotyping. Being told “You are a comedy type”  ...
Bill Howey, 2005
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Johnny Depp: A Biography
Chapter. 9. “JOHNNY. ANGEL”: THE. CHARACTER. ACTOR. In an interview with Charlie Rose in November 1999, Johnny Depp stated that he really would like to be known as, and work as, a character actor. Depp cites Lon Chaney as his ...
Michael Blitz, Louise Krasniewicz, 2007
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The Character Actor's Do's and Don'ts and Anecdotes
Sit down on a comfortable chair and be prepared to enjoy the life story of a man who's lived a most interesting life full of funny anecdotes and the sometimes bizarre and hilarious goings on in the world of theater, film, and television.
Phillip Bruns, 2011
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Scott on Multimedia Law
Rptr. 323, 603 P.2d 425 (1979) (not enough that actor inseparably identified with character; actor must have created character and exclusively portrayed character ); § 11.04[C][l] Role or Characterization. 152. 227 F.3d 619 (6th Cir. 2000). 153.
Michael D. Scott, 2008
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The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character: William Esper ...
The Actor’s Guide to Creating a Character continues the journey. In these pages, co-author Damon DiMarco vividly re-creates Esper’s second-year course, again through the experiences of a fictional class.
William Esper, Damon Dimarco, 2014
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Film Essays and Criticism
On the contrary, we would like to propose that the character actor shows man as he is; the heroic actor shows man as he would like to be. The character actor is a special type, the heroic actor a general type. The character wears the individual ...
Rudolf Arnheim, 1997
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Movie Acting, the Film Reader
according to Meger's Unieersal Encyclopedia is to be understood as an exaggerated and caricaturized element of art On the contrary. we would like to propose that the character actor shows man as he is: the heroic actor shows man as he ...
Pamela Robertson Wojcik, 2004
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Auctor & Actor: A Narratological Reading of Apuleius's ...
J. -P. Sartre, The Words THE NARRATOR (AUCTOR) AS CHARACTER (ACTOR) AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NARRATOR Let us begin with a simple, common-sense notion of The Golden Ass as an utterance by a narrator named Lucius ...
John J. Winkler, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHARACTER ACTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term character actor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Actor Corey Stoll Talks Vampires And Villains
That's going to be quite a week, and quite a summer, for the character actor who's kept busy throughout his career. He's the guy who you've ... «Crave Online, Jul 15»
2
Character actor Nonie Buencamino's daughter commits suicide
MANILA - The daughter of character actor Nonie Buencamino committed suicide Tuesday evening inside their Quezon City home. Julia Louise ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
3
"You Can't Wrestle the Goat-Man Again”: The Return of Rectify
Born and raised in Georgia, he made theater in Atlanta before becoming a highly sought-after character actor and (this descriptor is so not Ray) ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Ringo, Movie Starr: Ranking The Beatle's 10 Weirdest (And Coolest …
Inherently funny, sympathetic, and warm, Ringo looks like a born character actor and exudes a screen presence on par with his dynamism behind a drum kit. «VH1.com, Jul 15»
5
Which Lead From 'True Detective' Season Two Will Have a …
Grantland's Andy Greenwald summed it up perfectly, calling Farrell “an A-plus character actor stuck doing leading-man lifting in B-minus ... «Decider, Jul 15»
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Top 10 body-swap and identity-switch movies
... animatronic-puppet work that kicks even the mildest case of doll phobia into high gear, viciously voiced by great character actor Brad Dourif. «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
7
Man Who Died After Lighting Firework on Top of Head ID'd as …
... after he launched a firework off the top of his head on Saturday night, and the victim was later identified as a character actor at Disney World. «KTLA, Jul 15»
8
A Q&A with local actor making it big, Owen Harn
Do you think that you immediately gravitated toward being a character actor? Was it especially cathartic for you? I've always done different ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Jul 15»
9
Ghostbusters reboot cast adds five, including a new Mayor of New …
The Wrap also reports that Michael K. Williams, an acclaimed character actor best known for his work on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire and ... «Blastr, Jul 15»
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Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll: Rutgers Theater Major Carves Out a Niche …
'As I've grown older, I've become more of a sinister character actor. But there is always a comedic bent, a lightness to it.' – John Ales, actor and ... «News from Rutgers, Jul 15»

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