Actors

An actor is a theatrical performer or a person who plays a role, in an artistic production. The term actor usually refers to someone working in radio, movies, television, and theatre (organized or not.) Actors typically play dramatic and comedic roles and acting does encompass singing, dancing, and voice work (on the radio or Voice-over’s for film and television.) A female actor is known as an actress, although the word actor does also refer to an actress as well.

An actor (or actress) can play real or fictional characters. Many great actors (both theatre and Movie Actors) of our time have received high praise for playing both fictional and real people (from Ben Kinsley playing Gandhi to Anthony Hopkins playing the fictional Hannibal Lector) From time to time an actor can play himself as well (the upcoming film Chad Schmidt with Brad Pitt.

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