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 |
|---|---|
| Harry Todd | — |
| Fred Draper | — |
| Sidney Bracey | — |
| Lucille Benson | — |
| Rutanya Alda | character actress |
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Barry Mitchell
surface form:
Brad Dexter
|
— |
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Persoff
surface form:
Nehemiah Persoff
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— |
| Russell Hopton | — |
| Sid Melton | — |
| Dean Norris | — |
| Paul Ford Weaver | — |
| Raymond Cordy | — |
| Ainslie Pryor | — |
| Philip Bosco as Lenny Savage | supporting film role |
| Bert Roach | — |
| Wally Brown | — |
| J. Patrick McNamara | — |
| Philip Baker Hall | — |
| Charles Belcher | — |
| nm0938254 | — |
| Virginia Christine | — |
| Ann Codee | — |
| Val Avery | — |
| Hans Moser | — |
| Vincenzo Scognamiglio | — |
| Arthur Space | — |
| José Zúñiga | — |
| Tempe Pigott | character actress |
| David Patrick Kelly | — |
| Jay O. Sanders | — |
| Ivan F. Simpson | — |
| Biff McGuire | — |
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Francis Morgan
surface form:
Frank Morgan
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— |
| Vince Barnett | — |
| J. P. Lockney | — |
| Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | — |
| Clarence Wilson | — |
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Pennick
surface form:
Jack Pennick
|
— |
| Harry Cording | — |
| Woodrow Parfrey | — |
| Reginald Barlow | — |
| Guy Boyd | — |
| Reg Rogers | — |
| Roberts Blossom | — |