portrayedBy

P1507
predicate

Indicates that one entity serves as the actor or performer who represents or plays the role of another entity in a work or medium.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
starring 55,907
portrayedBy canonical 23,225
leadActor 4,500

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: portrayedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves as the actor or performer who represents or plays the role of another entity in a work or medium.

Sample triples (97,478)

Subject Object
Sons of Anarchy Maggie Siff via predicate surface "leadActor"
Sons of Anarchy Mark Boone Junior via predicate surface "leadActor"
Sons of Anarchy Kim Coates via predicate surface "leadActor"
Sons of Anarchy Tommy Flanagan via predicate surface "leadActor"
Sons of Anarchy Theo Rossi via predicate surface "leadActor"
Sons of Anarchy Dayton Callie via predicate surface "leadActor"
Sons of Anarchy Jimmy Smits via predicate surface "leadActor"
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Charlie Hunnam via predicate surface "starring"
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Jude Law via predicate surface "starring"
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Astrid Bergès-Frisbey via predicate surface "starring"
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Djimon Hounsou via predicate surface "starring"
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Aidan Gillen via predicate surface "starring"
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Eric Bana via predicate surface "starring"
The Lost City of Z Charlie Hunnam
Ford Prefect Geoffrey McGivern
Ford Prefect David Dixon
Ford Prefect Mos Def
The Master Roger Delgado
The Master Peter Pratt
The Master Geoffrey Beevers
The Master Anthony Ainley
The Master Eric Roberts
The Master Derek Jacobi
The Master John Simm
The Master Michelle Gomez
The Master Sacha Dhawan
The Sarah Jane Adventures Elisabeth Sladen via predicate surface "starring"
The Sarah Jane Adventures Elisabeth Sladen via predicate surface "leadActor"
Apollo 13 Tom Hanks via predicate surface "starring"
Apollo 13 Kevin Bacon via predicate surface "starring"
Apollo 13 Bill Paxton via predicate surface "starring"
Apollo 13 Gary Sinise via predicate surface "starring"
Apollo 13 Ed Harris via predicate surface "starring"
Apollo 13 Kathleen Quinlan via predicate surface "starring"
Splash Tom Hanks via predicate surface "starring"
Splash Daryl Hannah via predicate surface "starring"
Splash John Candy via predicate surface "starring"
Splash Eugene Levy via predicate surface "starring"
Splash Tom Hanks
Splash Daryl Hannah
The Da Vinci Code Tom Hanks via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Audrey Tautou via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Ian McKellen via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Jean Reno via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Paul Bettany via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Alfred Molina via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Jürgen Prochnow via predicate surface "starring"
The Da Vinci Code Jean-Pierre Marielle via predicate surface "starring"
Nicholas Nickleby
surface form: Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)
Nicholas Nickleby by Charlie Hunnam via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Triple Frontier Ben Affleck via predicate surface "starring"