leading man

Example Sentences

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The 41-year-old, 22-time All-Star has never had a problem with being a leading man.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

More character actor than leading man, he could be relied upon to inject a feisty, fiery machismo and a cantankerous contrariness into the most mainstream Hollywood offering.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

This turn has directly benefited Dokoupil, who was previously ambling around the network’s morning show before getting tapped as its evening leading man.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

Robert Redford became a bankable leading man in 1969, when “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” about a pair of outlaws on the lam, turned him into a paragon of the movie star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Had she missed another lengthy lecture on a movie plot and the dreaminess of the leading man?

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland