Actor is playing accountant from Central America (9)

I believe the answer is:

costarica

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'central america' is the definition.
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'actor is playing accountant' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'accountant' becomes 'CA' (abbreviation for chartered accountant).
'actor'+'is'='actoris'
'actoris' with letters rearranged gives 'costari'.
'costari'+'ca'='COSTARICA'

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