The phrase "a skilled actor" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who has a high level of ability or expertise in acting.
Example: "The play was a success, largely due to the performance of a skilled actor who captivated the audience."
Alternatives: "an accomplished performer" or "a talented thespian."
But it should have noted that no matter the ventriloquist's skill at lip control, if a skilled actor is not there, it is all for naught.
He is a skilled actor who could alternately befriend or intimidate a subject.
Even a skilled actor, which he certainly isn't, wouldn't have been able to bring life to Mr. Dvorin's shallow script.
But Mr. Webber, a skilled actor, has not devised a narrative with sufficient momentum or tension to sustain much interest.
He appeared regularly on talk shows and sitcoms and was a skilled actor who began his stage career on Broadway in 1943.
I remained too consistently aware that I was watching a skilled actor giving a carefully shaped performance of a famous set piece.
The role is a gift-wrapped one for any skilled actor with an IOU from the academy.
To his colleagues as well as executives, Mr. Downey not only has a reputation as a highly skilled actor -- he was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1992 film "Chaplin" -- but also as a gentle if fun-loving figure.
Writer Steven Moffat said that the dual-role required a very skilled actor, and a well-known actor was necessary because it was such an expensive show to produce.
This had a double purpose: the older actors would have a memory of having played those scenes, while the child actors would get a better idea of how a more skilled actor would play their part.
Romney's problem is that he has become an exceptionally skilled actor — has fused his identity with his role and, in the process, revealed himself all the more clearly as what he always was, not ideologically, but morally.
