supporting actor

English

Noun

supporting actor (plural supporting actors)

1. An actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character.

   Coordinate term: supporting actress

   • 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

actor who plays a role that is not the lead but which still represents a major character

• Finnish: sivuosanäyttelijä
• Hungarian: mellékszereplő (hu)
• Irish: aisteoir tánaisteach m
• Portuguese: ator coadjuvante m
• Spanish: actor secundario m