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

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
Edward Brophy
Myron Healey
Milo O’Shea
Frank Wilcox
Raymond Hatton
Alec B. Francis
Monte Landis
George E. Stone
Chester Clute
Lee Phelps
Michael Gwynn
Jack Albertson
Henry Armetta
Miguel Sandoval
William Nigel Ernle Bruce
Fritz Weaver
Sean McCann
Harry
surface form: Harry Dean Stanton
Howard McNear
Barry Jones
Whitman Mayo
Roland Winters
Celia Weston character actress
Depoy, Kentucky
surface form: Warren Oates
American character actor
Severn Darden
Ted Markland
Frank Morgan
Pierre Watkin
Cliff Clark
Frank M. Thomas
Connie Gilchrist character actress
Peter Wight
Pat Roach
Arthur Hohl
Jacques Marin
John Dilson
Karl Erik Tore Johansson
Dorothy Lindsey
surface form: Ned Beatty
American character actor
Harry Townes
Henry Slate
Trey Wilson
Leonard Strong
Frank Faylen
Brion James
Addison Powell
Beryl Mercer character actress
Murvyn Vye
Joseph Calleia
Eddie Marr
Douglas Spencer