actor
1. [ noun ] (performing arts) a theatrical performer
Synonyms: player role_player thespian histrion
Related terms: performer actress star leading_man mime plant walk-on comedian ham barnstormer barrymore supernumerary howard burton bing_crosby Bogart drew upstager allen astaire heavy barrymore barrymore booth burbage ingenue buster_keaton chevalier cagney jack_lemmon alfred_lunt dean de_niro depardieu o'toole douglas_elton_fairbanks douglas_fairbanks_jr. fonda clark_gable david_garrick gibson arthur_john_gielgud cary_grant scene-stealer alec_guinness hanks harrison heming dustin_hoffman anthony_hopkins harold_clayton_lloyd al_jolson boris_karloff edmund_kean cooper eugene_curran_kelly charles_laughton bruce_lee laszlo_lowestein bela_ferenc_blasko coward understudy tragedian e._g._marshall martin james_mason mitchum dudley_moore newman baron_olivier_of_birghton character_actor poitier charles_robert_redford ralph_richardson edward_g._robinson george_c._scott peter_sellers francis_albert_sinatra otis_skinner konstantin_sergeevich_stanislavsky james_maitland_stewart erich_von_stroheim spencer_tracy sir_herbert_beerbohm_tree peter_alexander_ustinov duke_wayne george_orson_welles movie_actor granville-barker act act
2. [ noun ] a person who acts and gets things done
Synonyms: worker doer
Examples:

"he's a principal actor in this affair" "when you want something done get a doer" "he's a miracle worker"

Related terms: person man_of_action eager_beaver powerhouse animator demon go-getter work act
Similar spelling:   accoutre
  accouter
  actress