Type of actor (9)
I believe the answer is:
tragedian
'type of actor' is the definition.
(I know that tragedian is a type of actor)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for tragedian that I've seen before include "Egad, I rant about actor in sad drama" , "A great din (anag) - actor" , "Serious actor" , "actor in Macbeth?" , "Dramatist" .)