character actor English

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What does character actor mean?

character actor

— noun an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles

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We are so accustomed to the wonderful character actor Henry Travers being cast as a whimsical, bemused benign person, often slightly eccentric, that it's curious here to see him playing seemingly straight and sombre.

Walter Brennan, before he became a major character actor.