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