a person who acts and gets things done; " he's a principal actor in this affair"; " when you want something done get a doer"; " he's a miracle worker"

a theatrical performer

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.

An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.

One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.

A doer; one who takes part in a play; a theatrical or motion picture player.

One who acts: a stage- player.

Actress.

He that acts; a stage- player. An advocate or proctor in civil causes.

He that acts or performs- fem.

Things are not quite so bad for the actor – Look Back on Happiness by Knut Hamsun

What an actor he would have made! – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

Nothing the actor or actress can do will satisfy the public. – Worldly Ways and Byways by Eliot Gregory

I believe he is a wandering actor – The Associate Hermits by Frank R. Stockton

Salvini, the great actor has given some very useful thought on that subject. – Seed Thoughts for Singers by Frank Herbert Tubbs

The children were crazy about acting and we all enjoyed it as much as they did, especially Mr. Clemens, who was the best actor of all. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009

In every movement of the body, in every tone of the voice, Thurston showed the professional actor his thoughts were all upon himself and the effect that he was making. – The Captives by Hugh Walpole

For he speedily became an actor manager. – Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune

Callippides, the tragic actor who had a great name in all Greece and was made much of, once met and saluted him; of which when he found no notice taken, he confidently thrust himself into his train, expecting that Agesilaus would pay him some attention. – Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

Was I so bad an actor after all? – Vendetta A Story of One Forgotten by Marie Corelli

" But, you see, I'm an actor – Green Fancy by George Barr McCutcheon

Just in the same way that an actor thinks it worth while to go through so many years' training to fit him for the stage, although dramatic literature is also only one branch of general literature. – The Art of the Story-Teller by Marie L. Shedlock

But her friend, the actor – Look Back on Happiness by Knut Hamsun

That it was quite possible you were only a third- rate actor all the time. – Winding Paths by Gertrude Page

You should have been an actor – Plays: The Father; Countess Julie; The Outlaw; The Stronger by August Strindberg

Before leaving, the old actor went up to Nanteuil, to press her hand. – A Mummer's Tale by Anatole France

Either the fellow was a very good actor or- " Sorry," Dick said slowly. – The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The public does not demand that an actor shall come in at a private door and climb a steep staircase to get to the stage. – The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner by Charles Dudley Warner

By worthy he means when he's made a name as an actor – The Red Room by August Strindberg

We heard the angry aside of the actor on the stage: " Send someone on here- for Heaven's sake!" – Life on the Stage by Clara Morris