The phrase "actor acts" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the actions performed by an actor in a performance or in a general context about acting.
Example: "In the play, the actor acts with such passion that the audience is completely captivated."
Alternatives: "performer performs" or "thespian acts".
The relationship between "character" and an "actor" appears to be quite straightforward: an actor acts as/plays character [x].
When an actor acts with his eyes, you want to be looking at his eyes, not at a breathing plug-hole".
She has spent half a century on screen screaming and shedding her clothes with equal gusto, and is gloriously unrepentant: "An actor acts, and I needed the money".
Experiments 2 and 3 employed a fairly novel context design that enabled us to compare ERPs evoked by identical auditory material to differing contextual expectations: Experiment 2 focussed on constructions in which an inanimate Actor acts upon an inanimate Undergoer, whereas Experiment 3 examined whether and how a preceding context modulates the prediction for an ideal Actor.
So, a teacher teaches students, an actor acts in a film, a translator translates from one language to another, a train driver drives a train.
When a non-state actor acts, we usually think of that actor as an individual, or as the members of a group.
The Oscar nominated actor acted as an executive producer on the HBO show and won an Emmy for directing its 2010 pilot episode.
"Their plays are outdated, and many of their actors are such that you don't feel you are seeing an actor act a part, but rather that you are watching someone do his job".
If you're an actor, act, keep going from one project to another".
Sivaji Ganesan, at that time a struggling stage actor, acted in En Thangai as "a brother sacrificing his love for the sake of his sightless kid sister".
