lead actor

collocation in English

meaningsofleadandactor

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lead
adjective[before noun]
uk
/liːd/us
/liːd/
used to describe the main performer or part in ...
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actor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæk.tər/us
/ˈæk.tɚ/
someone who pretends to be someone else while performing in a film, play, or television or ...
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(Definition ofleadandactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And most important, theleadactoris a known scenery-chewer.
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A production scene "photodouble" portrays a double of theleadactorfor the director.
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He was aleadactorin a number of movies during the 1990s, although he mostly does character roles.
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The final season operated on a rotatingleadactorbasis of the four stars, with normally just one lead appearing each week.
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His most important contribution to the programme was in developing the notion whereby theleadactorin the programme might be replaced.
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Opening credits mention the major actors, theleadactorwould be prominent, and the supporting actors would follow.
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He was aleadactorduring the 1970s.
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Dried animal hide is carved into drama figures like a hermit, a lord, aleadactor, a lead actress, a giant, and a clown.
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After parents and the community hear of the play and itsleadactor, they call for it to be canceled.
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At that time the lead actress went off to college and the co-leadactorwent into the military.
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At the end of the first season, the studio executives decided a younger-lookingleadactorwas needed.
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It was one of the first times in a western film where the villain would be played by theleadactor.
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Beginning with the series' eighth season, the actors decided to submit themselves in theleadactorballoting, rather than in the supporting actor fields.
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Bashar was not only one of the creators of the show, he was also theleadactor, writer, producer and occasionally a director.
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Some of his performances were so memorable that theleadactorin the film attributed the success of the film to him.
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He was often cast as the wacky sidekick to theleadactor, and was regarded as one of adult film's best actors.
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Unexpected delays, including changes in theleadactor, shut down initial production.
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It was considered a fruitful, yet complicated, relationship between the director and theleadactor, with many disagreements during production.
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This way theleadactorcan work in fewer scenes and can apparently be filming in two scenes at once.
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Keeper subsequently became the show'sleadactorfor the remainder of its run.
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