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What is a walk-on?

What is a walk-on? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A student athlete that wants to try out for a college sports/athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
  2. An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
  3. Such a part in a play or film. Usually as walk-on role or walk-on part.
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He plays Andy Millman, a wannabe actor condemned to play walk-on roles or merge into crowd scenes, all the while grumbling about the stars.
He will appear in a walk-on role in a Moscow Ballet production of Swan Lake along with the professional cast of top Russian artists.
Unlike the previous installment, this movie focuses primarily on the students, allowing many of the adults little more than walk-on cameos.
As the series has developed, the three guests featured in each edition have become little more than walk-on extras.
All sorts of politicians and performers and charlatans make walk-on appearances.
Incidentally, director Kamal's film also has Mahima Chaudhary in yet another walk-on role.

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