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supporting actor en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character.
   • This is not a good movie, and for supporting actors like Amy Ryan, Danny Glover, Barry Pepper, and Thomas Lennon, it may even be an embarrassing one. But it’s not a full-scale humiliation. 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club:

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supporting actress

Translations (11)

pt ator coadjuvante (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · ka მსახიობი კაცი მეორეხარისხოვან როლში (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · ga aisteoir tánaisteach (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · cmn 配角演員 /配角演员 (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · es actor secundario (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · fi sivuosanäyttelijä (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · hu mellékszereplő (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · sv birollsinnehavare (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · pl aktorka drugoplanowa (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · pl aktor drugoplanowy (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character) · ka მსახიობი მეორეხარისხოვან როლში (actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character)