playedRoleIn

P1668
predicate

Indicates that an entity performed or assumed a specific role or character within a particular event, production, or context.

All labels observed (49)

Label Occurrences
castMember 28,195
portrayed 5,074
actedIn 1,784

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: playedRoleIn
Generated description
Indicates that an entity performed or assumed a specific role or character within a particular event, production, or context.

Sample triples (43,884)

Subject Object
The English Patient Torri Higginson via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Gary Oldman via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Colin Firth via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Tom Hardy via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) John Hurt via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Mark Strong via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Benedict Cumberbatch via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Ciarán Hinds via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Toby Jones via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Kathy Burke via predicate surface "castMember"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) Svetlana Khodchenkova via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) George MacKay via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) Dean-Charles Chapman via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) Mark Strong via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) Andrew Scott via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) Richard Madden via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) Colin Firth via predicate surface "castMember"
1917 (film) Benedict Cumberbatch via predicate surface "castMember"
Lucille Ball Lucille Ball via predicate surface "portrayedCharacter" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lucy Ricardo
British East India Company establishment of British Raj
Ozzie Nelson The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet via predicate surface "starredIn"
Electoral Palatinate Reformation
surface form: Protestant Reformation
Electoral Palatinate Thirty Years' War
House of Bourbon European politics
House of Bourbon French Wars of Religion
House of Bourbon War of the Spanish Succession
House of Bourbon Napoleonic Wars
Christina Aguilera Burlesque (2010 film) via predicate surface "starredIn"
World Zionist Organization development of the Zionist movement
World Zionist Organization political efforts leading to establishment of the State of Israel
World Zionist Organization practical efforts for Jewish settlement in Palestine
Burn Gorman Owen Harper in Torchwood via predicate surface "portrayed"
Burn Gorman Karl Tanner in Game of Thrones via predicate surface "portrayed"
Burn Gorman Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim via predicate surface "portrayed"
Burn Gorman Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim via predicate surface "portrayed"
surface form: Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in Pacific Rim: Uprising
Burn Gorman Phillip Stryver in The Dark Knight Rises via predicate surface "portrayed"
Burn Gorman Turn: Washington's Spies via predicate surface "portrayed"
surface form: Major Edmund Hewlett in Turn: Washington's Spies
Burn Gorman The Man in the High Castle via predicate surface "portrayed"
surface form: The Marshal in The Man in the High Castle
Burn Gorman William Guppy in Bleak House via predicate surface "portrayed"
Burn Gorman Phillip Stryver in The Dark Knight Rises via predicate surface "portrayed"
surface form: Gotham City lawyer Phillip Stryver in The Dark Knight Rises
Leonardo DiCaprio Hugh Glass via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Jordan Belfort via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Howard Hughes via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Dawson via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Dom Cobb via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Jay Gatsby via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Frank Abagnale Jr. via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo Montague via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar Hoover via predicate surface "portrayed"
Leonardo DiCaprio Calvin Candie via predicate surface "portrayed"