character actor
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concept
A character actor is a performer who specializes in playing distinctive, often supporting roles with strong, memorable personalities rather than conventional leading parts.
Aliases (3)
- character actress ×4
- Supporting character ×1
- method actor ×1
Instances (52)
- Jeffrey Jones
- Clint Howard
- Rance Howard
- Noah Beery
- Snitz Edwards
- Dwight Frye
- David Wayne
- Daniel Day-Lewis ("method actor")
- Thelma Ritter ("character actress")
- Warren Oates
- Albert Dekker
- Elsa Lanchester ("character actress")
- Thomas Gomez
- Henry Jones
- Noah Keen
- Mike Starr
- Tom Wilkinson
- Arthur Housman
- Celia Lovsky
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Eugene Pallette
- Tom Dugan
- Claude Rains
- Benjamin Whitrow
- Gustav von Seyffertitz
- Frank Morgan
- Trey Wilson
- Jane Darwell ("character actress")
- Stephen Tobolowsky
- Alan Hale Sr.
- Jean Speegle Howard ("character actress")
- Luis van Rooten
- Joseph Ruskin
- Bruce McGill
- Burt Young
- Prabaker ("Supporting character")
- Wesley Addy
- Dub Taylor
- Wilford Brimley
- Oliver Platt
- John Randolph
- Mark Boone Junior
- William Forsythe
- Walter Brennan
- Lucille Benson
- Dean Norris
- Philip Baker Hall
- Charles Belcher
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
- Clarence Wilson
- Reg Rogers
- Roberts Blossom