A
mime or
mime artist (from
Greek μῖμος,
mimos, "imitator, actor") is someone who uses
mime as a theatrical medium or as a
performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of
speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer would typically be referred to as a
mummer. Miming is to be distinguished from
silent comedy, in which the artist is a seamless character in a film or sketch.