nonactorish

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ actorish.

Adjective

nonactorish (comparative more nonactorish, superlative most nonactorish)

1. Not actorish; natural; genuine.
   • 1981, Mario Eugenio Beguiristain, Theatrical Realism: An American Film Style of the Fifties, page 645:

     Another good effort, the nonactorish playing of academy troublemakers in The Strange One, is nearly ruined by Gazzara's self-satisfied pantomime and three bit players who use banality to plug up the slapdash generalizing of Willingham's script.

   • 1987 September 7, David Denby, “The Princess and the Peon”, in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 35, page 61:

     Jennifer Grey (Joel Grey's daughter) is a little guarded and nonactorish, and that works for her in the part of Baby, who's unformed.

   • 2015, Emanuel Levy, Gay Directors, Gay Films?:

     With hyper pacing and naturalistic (nonactorish) performances, Kids earns its claimed authenticity.