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 |
|---|---|
| Orestes Matacena | — |
| Philip Abbott | — |
| Harold Gould | — |
| Tim Bagley | — |
| John Sharp | — |
| Ellen Corby | character actress |
| Richard Jaeckel | — |
| Victor Maddern | — |
| Leon Askin | — |
| Tim McIntire | — |
| J. T. Walsh | — |
| Bill Hickman | — |
| Dorothy Peterson | character actress |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | — |
| Jack Kehler | — |
| John Woodvine | — |
| Jack Kehoe | — |
| Charles K. French | — |
| Percy Challenger | — |
| George Hernandez | — |
| Richmond Reed Carradine | — |
| George Chesebro | — |
| Benjamin Whitrow | — |
| Ian Bannen | — |
| Frank Silvera | — |
| Steve Brodie | — |
| Sean Whalen | — |
| Doro Merande | character actress |
| William Bryant | — |
| Ethel Wales | — |
| David Huddleston | — |
| Allen Jenkins | — |
| Alison Skipworth | character actress |
| Paul Lynde | — |
| Leonid Kinskey | — |
| Wayne Duvall | — |
| Ed Begley | — |
| Charles Aubrey Smith | — |
| Albert Gran | — |
| Richard McKenzie | — |
| Tommy Lister Jr. | — |
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Hannah (the Rivers’ servant)
surface form:
Hannah
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Supporting character |
| Guy Oliver | — |
| Robert J. Wilke | — |
| Roy Kinnear | — |
| Herbert Rudley | — |
| Arnold Stang | — |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | — |
| Douglas Fowley | — |
| Charles Sellon | — |