The phrase "a talent for playing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone's natural ability or skill in playing a musical instrument, sport, or game.
Example: "She has a talent for playing the piano that captivates everyone who hears her."
Alternatives: "an aptitude for playing" or "a gift for playing".
The documentary is not to be confused with a forthcoming feature film about Mr. Abramoff, also called "Casino Jack," starring Kevin Spacey, an actor with a special talent for playing shifty-eyed, double-dealing reptiles.
Most of this alone time was spent in the basement of his childhood home, where he discovered a "natural talent" for playing video games, especially Command and Conquer.
I had seen The A-Team (wasn't crazy about it) and The Hangover (liked it more than I expected) and thought Cooper was good in both, where he showed a rare talent for playing smooth-talking handsome devils that you rooted for regardless of their questionable morals.
Ms. Lewis excels as sexpots ("Natural Born Killers") and psychopaths ("Natural Born Killers") and, in her capacity as the lead singer of a rock band, she has mastered the art of crowd surfing in a bikini, but "Aurora Borealis" hints at an untapped talent for playing mature, textured women.
But he has an exquisite talent for playing tackle on offense and defense.
Mangan has such an unnatural talent for playing boorish dickwads that it's difficult to separate the man from these characters.
Mr. Grasso was born in Brooklyn and, at an early age, discovered a talent for music, playing drums, guitar and saxophone.
If cornered, an opossum may resort to its legendary talent for playing possum, an autonomic response, like fainting, in which the animal falls to its side with its mouth adrool, excretes droppings and a foul odor, and remains in a deathlike state of curled catatonia for minutes to hours, until finally it revives beginning with a twitch of the ears.
