ROLE PLAYER
Definition:
- [noun] a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud
- [noun] a theatrical performer
Synonyms: actor, histrion, player, thespian
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Related Words:
- name dropper
- ringer
- actress
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barnstormer, playactor, play-actor, trouper
- character actor
- comedian
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ham, ham actor
- heavy
- ingenue
- leading man
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mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist
- plant
- scene-stealer
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screen actor, movie actor
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star, principal, lead
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supernumerary, spear carrier, extra
- tragedian
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understudy, standby
- upstager
- walk-on
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Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg
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Astaire, Fred Astaire
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Barrymore, Maurice Barrymore, Herbert Blythe
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Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore
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Barrymore, John Barrymore
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Bogart, Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart
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Booth, John Wilkes Booth
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Burbage, Richard Burbage
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Burton, Richard Burton
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Cagney, Jimmy Cagney, James Cagney
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Chevalier, Maurice Chevalier
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Cooper, Gary Cooper, Frank Cooper
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Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward
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Crosby, Bing Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby
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Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean
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De Niro, Robert De Niro
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Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu
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Drew, John Drew
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Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman
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Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Fonda, Henry Fonda
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Gable, Clark Gable, William Clark Gable
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Garrick, David Garrick
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Gibson, Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
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Gielgud, Sir John Gielgud, Arthur John Gielgud
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Grant, Cary Grant
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Granville-Barker, Harley Granville-Barker
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Guinness, Alec Guinness, Sir Alec Guinness
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Hanks, Tom Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks
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Harrison, Rex Harrison, Sir Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey Harrison
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Heming, Hemminge, John Heming, John Hemminge
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Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman
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Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Anthony Philip Hopkins
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Howard, Leslie Howard, Leslie Howard Stainer
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Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson
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Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt
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Kean, Edmund Kean
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Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton
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Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly
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Laughton, Charles Laughton
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Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Yuen Kam
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Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler
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Lloyd, Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd
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Lorre, Peter Lorre, Laszlo Lowestein
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Lugosi, Bela Lugosi, Bela Ferenc Blasko
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Lunt, Alfred Lunt
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Marshall, E. G. Marshall
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Martin, Steve Martin
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Mason, James Mason, James Neville Mason
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Mitchum, Robert Mitchum
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Moore, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore
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Newman, Paul Newman
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Olivier, Laurence Olivier, Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier of Birghton
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O'Toole, Peter O'Toole, Peter Seamus O'Toole
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Poitier, Sidney Poitier
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Redford, Robert Redford, Charles Robert Redford
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Richardson, Ralph Richardson, Sir Ralph David Richardson
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Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
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Scott, George C. Scott
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Sellers, Peter Sellers
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Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra
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Skinner, Otis Skinner
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Stanislavsky, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev
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Stewart, Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland Stewart
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Stroheim, Erich von Stroheim
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Tracy, Spencer Tracy
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Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
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Ustinov, Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov
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Wayne, John Wayne, Duke Wayne
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Welles, Orson Welles, George Orson Welles