Sentence examples for a former actor for from inspiring English sources

As a former actor (for example in "Red Sorghum", 1987), Mr Jiang knows how to milk a scene for laughs before turning it dark.

The US president, a former actor renowned for his hands-off style of leadership, had previously made known his admiration of Clancy's books, including nuclear submarine thriller The Hunt for Red October.

Meanwhile, Doug Plummer, a former actor and caterer for Glorious Food in Manhattan, and Garth Roberts, a pianist and musical-theater director, were so taken with the area that they bought a vacation house near Sharon Springs in the early 90's, then moved there permanently.

"There's no way," I found myself opining on politics to a three-term governor of New York, "a former actor could go for president".

Mr. Franklin, a former actor, is perhaps best known for his guidance of actors, including a young Billy Bob Thornton in "One False Move" (1992) and the veteran Meryl Streep in "One True Thing".

Lila Lewisohn, a middle-aged psychiatrist, has come for a rest; Noel Blackwood, a former actor who had been blacklisted during the McCarthy purge, has come for solitude.

Tom Hatcher, a former actor and real estate developer, would be his companion for 52 years.

Mr. Hitchcock, a former actor, playwright and political organizer, founded Kayak in 1964 and for the next 20 years ran it as a one-man show.

(Disclosure: A former actor, I took his class in 2004).

In 1975, he was succeeding a Republican governor who was a former actor — Ronald Reagan; this time, it was Mr. Schwarzenegger, also a former actor.

As a former actor, Reagan knew when to quit.