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"the leading actor" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the main or most important actor in a performance or film. Example: "The leading actor's captivating performance stole the show and received high praise from critics and audiences alike."
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But Mr. Bichir and his film, in turn, were snubbed by the other guilds, while Brad Pitt, the leading actor in "Moneyball," has been edging aside Brad Pitt, the lead (or supporting actor, depending on who does the scoring) in "The Tree of Life".
And they can change the leading actor.
Its stars, Linda Bassett and Om Puri, were named in the leading actor categories.
Sean Harris is up for the leading actor award for his performance in Southcliffe.
A few days later, she admitted that it was not "someone," it was the leading actor.
And this despite the fact that the leading actor, David Oyelowo, is British.
By 1752 Ekhof was the leading actor in Schönemann's company and one of the most popular actors in Germany.
Despite being paid like the leading actor, Sanchez serves his team best as a key member of the supporting cast.
The leading actor was caught in a spatter of applause as he moved among the admiring drinkers.
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He was never prosperous, but in 1907 his final play, Ben Ami, was well received in New York under the direction of Boris Thomashefsky, one of the leading actor-directors on the Second Avenue stage.
In Present Indicative, his first volume of memoirs, Coward wrote: The leading actor-manager Charles Hawtrey, whom the young Coward idolised and from whom he learned a great deal about the theatre, cast him in the children's play Where the Rainbow Ends.
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