playedBy

P9616
predicate

Indicates that a role, character, or performance is portrayed or executed by a specific person or agent.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
voiceCastMember 1,305
mainCharacterPortrayedBy 295
performerRole 252

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: playedBy
Generated description
Indicates that a role, character, or performance is portrayed or executed by a specific person or agent.

Sample triples (3,607)

Subject Object
The Impossible Maria Bennett via predicate surface "NaomiWattsRole"
The Impossible Henry Bennett via predicate surface "EwanMcGregorRole"
The Impossible Lucas Bennett via predicate surface "TomHollandRole"
The 39 Steps Robert Donat via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
In a Lonely Place Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele via predicate surface "leadActorCharacter"
The Waterboy Coach Klein – Henry Winkler via predicate surface "coachPortrayedBy"
Highlander Christopher Lambert via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
The Green Goddess (1923 film) Alice Joyce as Lucilla Crespin via predicate surface "leadActressRole"
Force of Evil Joe Morse via predicate surface "leadActorCharacterName"
Lady Bird Saoirse Ronan via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
Abraham Van Brunt Casper Van Dien via predicate surface "portrayedInAdaptationBy"
Abraham Van Brunt other film and television actors via predicate surface "portrayedInAdaptationBy"
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book lead vocals by Ella Fitzgerald via predicate surface "performerRole"
Great Highland bagpipe bagpiper via predicate surface "isPlayedBy"
Kinky Boots Billy Porter via predicate surface "originalLolaActor"
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough
surface form: The World Is Not Enough
Pierce Brosnan via predicate surface "featuresActorAsJamesBond"
Gotta Have It Jay-Z as rapper via predicate surface "performerRole"
Gotta Have It Kanye West as rapper via predicate surface "performerRole"
Coda
surface form: CODA
Emilia Jones via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
Pump Up the Volume Christian Slater via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
Roma Downey The Velveteen Rabbit (2009 film) via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
Captain Blood (1935 film) Errol Flynn via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
Wrath of Man H via predicate surface "leadActorCharacterName"
Kindergarten Cop Arnold Schwarzenegger as Detective John Kimble via predicate surface "leadActorCharacter"
Junior Dr. Alex Hesse via predicate surface "characterPlayedByArnoldSchwarzenegger"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
Boardwalk Empire Steve Buscemi via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
Johnny Bravo Jeff Bennett via predicate surface "leadVoiceActor"
Steven Universe Zach Callison via predicate surface "leadVoiceActor"
Eon Productions James Bond film series Sean Connery via predicate surface "portrayedJamesBond"
Eon Productions James Bond film series George Lazenby via predicate surface "portrayedJamesBond"
Eon Productions James Bond film series Roger Moore via predicate surface "portrayedJamesBond"
Eon Productions James Bond film series Timothy Dalton via predicate surface "portrayedJamesBond"
Eon Productions James Bond film series Pierce Brosnan via predicate surface "portrayedJamesBond"
Eon Productions James Bond film series Daniel Craig via predicate surface "portrayedJamesBond"
Francois Pienaar Matt Damon via predicate surface "portrayedInFilmBy"
The Black Cauldron Grant Bardsley via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
The Black Cauldron Susan Sheridan via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
The Black Cauldron Freddie Jones via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
The Black Cauldron Nigel Hawthorne via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
The Black Cauldron John Hurt via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
The Jacket Adrien Brody via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
Pedro Muzquiz Marco Leonardi via predicate surface "portrayedInFilmBy"
All American Daniel Ezra via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
Dayman Glenn Howerton via predicate surface "portrayedByActor"
pipes of Pan blowing across tube openings
Stephen Colbert The Simpsons via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
Stephen Colbert Monsters vs. Aliens via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
1990 film The Handmaid's Tale
surface form: The Handmaid's Tale (1990 film)
Natasha Richardson via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
The Producers (2001 Broadway production) Leo Bloom via predicate surface "roleOfMatthewBroderick"