English > thespian: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A theatrical performer. |
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| Synonyms | actor, histrion, player, role player |
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| Instances | Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg | United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) |
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| Astaire, Fred Astaire | United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987) |
| Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe | United States actor |
| Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore | United States actor |
| Barrymore, John Barrymore | United States actor |
| Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart | United States film actor (1899-1957) |
| Booth, John Wilkes Booth | United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) |
| Burbage, Richard Burbage | English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare's tragedies (1567-1619) |
| Burton, Richard Burton | Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) |
| Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney | United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough / tough characters (1899-1986) |
| Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier | French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) |
| Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper | United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) |
| Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward | English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) |
| Cronyn, Hume Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn | Canadian actor who frequently played character parts with his wife Jessica Tandy (1911-2003) |
| Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby | United States singer and film actor (1904-1977) |
| De Niro, Robert De Niro | United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) |
| Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean | United States film / film actor whose moody rebellious / rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) |
| Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu | French film actor (born in 1948) |
| Drew, John Drew | United States actor (born in Ireland) |
| Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman | United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939) |
| Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | United States film actor |
| Fonda, Henry Fonda | United States film actor (1905-1982) |
| Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable | United States film actor (1901-1960) |
| Garrick, David Garrick | English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779) |
| Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson | Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956) |
| Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud | English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000) |
| Grant, Cary Grant | United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) |
| Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker | English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946) |
| Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness | English stage and screen actor noted for versatility (1914-2000) |
| Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks | United States film actor (born in 1956) |
| Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison | English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990) |
| Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge | English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630) |
| Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman | versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) |
| Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins | Welsh film actor (born in 1937) |
| Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer | English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943) |
| Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson | United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950) |
| Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt | United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969) |
| Kean, Edmund Kean | English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) |
| Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton | United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) |
| Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly | United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) |
| Laughton, Charles Laughton | United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962) |
| Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam | United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973) |
| Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler | United States film actor (1925-2001) |
| Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd | United States comic actor in silent films |
| Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein | United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964) |
| Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko | United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956) |
| Lunt, Alfred Lunt | United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977) |
| Marshall, E. G. Marshall | United States actor (1914-1998) |
| Martin, Steve Martin | United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) |
| Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason | English film actor (1909-1984) |
| Mitchum, Robert Mitchum | United States film actor (1917-1997) |
| Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore | English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935) |
| Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman | United States film actor (born in 1925) |
| O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole | British actor (born in Ireland in 1932) |
| Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton | English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989) |
| Poitier, Sidney Poitier | United States film actor and director (born in 1927) |
| Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford | United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) |
| Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson | British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) |
| Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson | United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973) |
| Scott, George C. Scott | award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999) |
| Sellers, Peter Sellers | English comic actor (1925-1980) |
| Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra | United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) |
| Skinner, Otis Skinner | United States actor (1858-1942) |
| Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev | Russian actor and theater director who trained his actors to emphasize the psychological motivation of their roles (1863-1938) |
| Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart | United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997) |
| Strasberg, Lee Strasberg, Israel Strassberg | United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982) |
| Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim | United States film actor (born in Austria) (1885-1957) |
| Tracy, Spencer Tracy | United States film actor who appeared in many films with Katharine Hepburn (1900-1967) |
| Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree | English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) |
| Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov | British actor and playwright (1921-2004) |
| Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne | United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979) |
| Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles | United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985) |
| Narrower | actress | A female actor |
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| barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper | An actor who travels around the country presenting plays |
| character actor | An actor who specializes in playing supporting roles |
| comedian | An actor in a comedy |
| ham, ham actor | An unskilled actor who overacts |
| heavy | An actor who plays villainous roles |
| ingenue | An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl |
| leading man | actor who plays the leading male role |
| mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist | An actor who communicates / communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression |
| plant | An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience |
| reenactor | A person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier |
| scene-stealer | An actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene / scene |
| screen actor, movie actor | An actor who plays a role in a film |
| star, principal, lead | An actor who plays a principal role |
| supernumerary, spear carrier, extra | A minor actor in crowd scenes / scenes |
| tragedian | An actor who specializes in tragic roles |
| understudy, standby | An actor able to replace a regular performer when required |
| upstager | A selfish actor who upstages the other actors |
| walk-on | Plays a small part in a dramatic production |
| Broader | performer, performing artist | An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience |
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| Spanish | actor dramático, actor, actriz, actuación, artista, comediante, ejecutor teatral, histrionista, histrión, intérprete |
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| Catalan | actor, actriu, comediant, histrió, intèrpret |
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| Adjectives | thespian | of or relating to drama / drama |
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