character actor
C2747
concept
A character actor is a performer who specializes in playing distinctive, often supporting roles with strong, memorable personalities rather than conventional leading parts.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| character actor canonical | 983 |
| character actress | 91 |
| Supporting character | 7 |
| American character actor | 5 |
| supporting film role | 5 |
| method actor | 2 |
| actor character | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: character actor
Generated description
A character actor is a performer who specializes in playing distinctive, often supporting roles with strong, memorable personalities rather than conventional leading parts.
Instances (1,094)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
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| Nestor Paiva | — |
| Fred Kohler | — |
| Frank Shannon | — |
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surface form:
Richard Gant
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| Charles Stevens | — |
| Lucinda Jenney | — |
| Maury Chaykin | — |
| Lou Jacobi | — |
| Felix Bressart | — |
| Martita Hunt | — |
| Tom Dugan | — |
| Akim Tamiroff | — |
| Claude Rains | — |
| Strother Martin | — |
| J. D. Cannon | — |
| Barry Kelley | — |
| Frank Ferguson | — |
| Timothy Carey | — |
| Joe Sawyer | — |
| Willis Bouchey | — |
| Tyler McVey | — |
| Hank Worden | — |
| Paul Comi | — |
| Ralph Moody | — |
| John Crawford | — |
| William V. Mong | — |
| George Periolat | — |
| Clarissa Selwynne | — |
| Walter Sande | — |
| Harry Shannon | — |
| James Griffith | — |
| House Peters Jr. | — |
| Hugh Sanders | — |
| Francis McDonald | — |
| Raymond Bond | — |
| Lane Bradford | — |
| John Doucette | — |
| Jack Tornek | — |
| Jack Stoney | — |
| Tito Vuolo | — |
| Ted de Corsia | — |
| James Millican | — |
| Bartlett Robinson | — |
| John Cliff | — |
| Jack Cheatham | — |
| Jesse White | — |
| Bill Hunter | — |
| Dan Duryea | — |
| Victor Millan | — |
| Graham Crowden | — |