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 |
|---|---|
| John Bedford Lloyd | — |
| Roman Bohnen | — |
| Vaughan Glaser | — |
| Fortunio Bonanova | — |
| Harry Hayden | — |
| Steven Geray | — |
| Jo Van Fleet as Cathy Ames | supporting film role |
| Richmond Arquette | — |
| Lewis Arquette | — |
| Thomas Gomez | — |
| Richard Haydn | — |
| Sterling Holloway | — |
| Clem Bevans | — |
| Peter McRobbie | — |
| Henry Jones | — |
| Dana Ivey | character actress |
| Michael Wincott | — |
| Bo Hopkins | — |
| Marcelle Corday | character actress |
| James Parks | — |
| Alan Baxter | — |
| Alfonso Bedoya | — |
| M. C. Gainey | — |
| J. C. Quinn | — |
| Hector Elizondo | — |
| Kirk Lazarus | actor character |
| Donal Logue | — |
| Robert Middleton | — |
| John Normington | — |
| Noah Keen | — |
| Bill Quinn | — |
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Henrietta Remsen Meserole Manney
surface form:
Helen Westley
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| Lynne Overman | — |
| Jules Cowles | — |
| Jay C. Flippen | — |
| Harry Guardino | — |
| Charley Foy | — |
| Walter Connolly | — |
| Roscoe Karns | — |
| Nat Pendleton | — |
| Reginald Owen | — |
| Minor Watson | — |
| Nicholas Guest | — |
| Hal Smith | — |
| Mike Starr | — |
| Anthony Wilford Brimley | — |
| Allen Garfield | — |
| Vincent Schiavelli | — |
| Frank Yaconelli | — |
| John Glover | — |