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
Cars 2 Edie McClurg via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Patrick Walker via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Velibor Topic via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Mark Winterbottom via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Sebastian Vettel via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Darrell Cartrip via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Bob Costas via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
Cars 2 Booger McFarland via predicate surface "voiceCastMember"
surface form: Brent Mustangburger
Baggage Claim Paula Patton via predicate surface "protagonistPortrayedBy"
William Ford Benedict Cumberbatch via predicate surface "portrayedInFilmBy"
Elliott Templeton Clifton Webb via predicate surface "portrayedInFilmBy"
Leonard Vole Tyrone Power via predicate surface "portrayedInAdaptationBy"
Leonard Vole Beau Bridges via predicate surface "portrayedInAdaptationBy"
Leonard Vole Billy Howle via predicate surface "portrayedInAdaptationBy"
The Good Wife Julianna Margulies via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
City of Stars Sebastian Wilder via predicate surface "filmCharacterPerformer"
City of Stars Mia Dolan via predicate surface "filmCharacterPerformer"
Roman J. Israel, Esq. Denzel Washington via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
Rainn Wilson Monsters vs. Aliens via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
surface form: Monsters vs. Aliens (film)
Rainn Wilson The Smurfs: The Lost Village via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
surface form: Smurfs: The Lost Village (film)
Craig Robinson Shrek Forever After via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
Craig Robinson The Cleveland Show via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
Craig Robinson Sausage Party via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
Craig Robinson The Bad Guys via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
I Don’t Know vocals via predicate surface "performerRole"
I Don’t Know piano via predicate surface "performerRole"
I Don’t Know bass guitar via predicate surface "performerRole"
Who Cares vocals via predicate surface "performerRole"
Who Cares bass guitar via predicate surface "performerRole"
Who Cares electric guitar via predicate surface "performerRole"
Who Cares acoustic guitar via predicate surface "performerRole"
Who Cares keyboards via predicate surface "performerRole"
The Lighthouse Willem Dafoe via predicate surface "mainCast"
The Lighthouse Robert Pattinson via predicate surface "mainCast"
Seth Meyers The Awesomes via predicate surface "voiceActedIn"
Larry Murphy Rupert Young via predicate surface "portrayedInWestEndProductionBy"
Anna and Elsa Kristen Bell via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
surface form: Kristen Bell as Anna
Anna and Elsa Idina Menzel as adult Elsa via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
Anna and Elsa Livvy Stubenrauch via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
surface form: Livvy Stubenrauch as young Anna
Anna and Elsa Elsa via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
surface form: Spencer Lacey Ganus as teen Elsa
Anna and Elsa Agatha Lee Monn as young Anna (singing) via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
Anna and Elsa Elsa via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
surface form: Eva Bella as young Elsa
Anna and Elsa Katie Lopez as young Anna (singing in “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”) via predicate surface "portrayedInEnglishBy"
My Man Godfrey Carole Lombard via predicate surface "leadActressRole"
surface form: Carole Lombard as Irene Bullock
The Wayans Bros. Shawn Wayans via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
surface form: Shawn Williams – Shawn Wayans
The Wayans Bros. Marlon Williams – Marlon Wayans via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
The Wayans Bros. John "Pops" Williams – John Witherspoon via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
The Wayans Bros. Dee Baxter – Anna Maria Horsford via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
Emergence Allison Tolman via predicate surface "mainCharacterPortrayedBy"
Captain EO Captain EO via predicate surface "characterPlayedByMichaelJackson" self-link