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movie actor

movie actor

5 1.6
A person who plays roles in films
  • noun
  • /ˈmuːvi ˈæktər/
  • US
translation icon : actor de cine
  • The average movie actor is a better actor than the average stage actor.
  • movie actors and actresses
  • favorite movie actor
  • silent movie actor

Songs are being sung by movie actors and actresses and singers and rock stars about love.

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Examples

  • Tom Ewell, who was at that time a famous movie actor, came to our store.

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  • I can't imagine they won't want to incorporate a few of the classic movie actors like Hamill, Ford, and Fisher.

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  • Got me a police chief in Denver, a college dean, and a couple of California movie actors.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • For example, Watson is very good at getting the name of a movie actor from a few clues.

  • You see, Allen, Sylvester Stallone is a movie actor.

  • After years of auditions, she finally became a successful movie actor starring in major films.

  • He dreams of becoming a renowned movie actor like his favorite stars in Hollywood.

  • Many fans admire the talent of the famous movie actor who won an Academy Award last year.

Synonyms

actor
vsmovie actor
1.0

A person who acts in plays, films, or television

focuses only on performing roles in films rather than other media
actress
vsmovie actor
590 1.0

A woman who performs in plays, films, or television

is a professional who performs roles only in films
screen actor
vsmovie actor
1 3.4

A person who appears in films or on television

is limited to performing in films specifically rather than on television or stage
role player
vsmovie actor
1 3.3

A person who plays a part in a play, movie, or show

is restricted to performing roles only in films as a profession

How Prominent

movie star
172 1.0
lead
279 4.6
movie actor
  • US
5 1.6
bit part
5 4.1
extra
32 3.5

Surface Forms

movie actor singular
movie actors plural

Morphology

movie + actor

The meaning 'an actor who performs in films' is directly and compositionally derived from 'movie' (film) + 'actor' (performer), so the overall sense follows straightforward noun–noun modification. This common, cross‑linguistic compounding pattern is predictable and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The phrase movie actor comes from the early days of film, when movie meant 'moving pictures' and the people who appeared in them were called actors. So movie actor means 'an actor who performs in films'.