Actor
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An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies, television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors may also sing or work only on radio or as a voice artist.
An actor usually plays a fictional character. In the case of a true story (or a fictional story that portrays real people) an actor may play a real person (or a fictional version of the same). Occasionally, actors appear as themselves, as in John Malkovich's performance in the film Being John Malkovich.
See also
- Acting
- Bit part
- Body double
- Cameo appearance
- Character actor
- Charisma
- Child actor
- Drama school
- Dramatis personæ
- Extra (actor)
- GOTE
- Improvisational theatre
- Leading actor
- Lists of actors
- Master of Fine Arts
- Matinee idol
- Method acting
- Meisner technique
- Mime
- Movie star
- Pornographic actor
- Practical Aesthetics
- Presentational acting and Representational acting
- Q Score
- Stunt work
- Supporting actor
- Thespis
- Understudy
- Vaudeville
- Viewpoints
- Voice Actor
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