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An '''actor''' (male, though the term is increasingly used for both males and females) or '''actress''' (female) is a person assumes a role for the purpose of entertaining others, through a [[television]] show, a [[radio]] broadcast, a stage play, or a [[movie]], among others.

An '''actor''' (male, though the term is increasingly used for both males and females) or '''actress''' (female) is a person who assumes a role for the purpose of entertaining others, through a [[television]] show, a [[radio]] broadcast, a stage play, or a [[movie]], among others.

Actors are highly respected in American [[popular culture]], and the details of their lives closely scrutinized, some say to the point of absurdity, by the [[paparazzi]].  By comparison, actors in [[Ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] society occupied a very low rung on the social ladder.

Actors are highly respected in American [[popular culture]], and the details of their lives closely scrutinized, some say to the point of absurdity, by the [[paparazzi]].  By comparison, actors in [[Ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] society occupied a very low rung on the social ladder.