comic actor
Humorous film player
A comic actor is a performer who specializes in comedic roles, whether in theater, film, or television.
The term emphasizes acting skill rather than stand-up comedy—someone who inhabits funny characters rather than delivering jokes as themselves: Charlie Chaplin was the greatest comic actor of the silent era.
Comic actors may play in broad farce or subtle character comedy.
- funny manProfessional humor performer
- straight manComedy duo's serious half
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
- funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
- clownComedic performer in makeup
jester · timing · pratfall · double take · sight gag · punchline · deadpan · witty · buffoon · farce · sketch · improvise · standup · vaudeville · mugging · gag · running joke · heckler
- Tanagra figurinesseated woman, dancing girl, musician
- comedyjokes, humor, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
comic actortragedian
Actor of serious drama
dramatic actor · method actor · heavy · character actor · leading man
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