List of character actors
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This is a list of character actors, those who typically play supporting roles in film, television and theatre. See also List of fat actors.
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[edit] A
- F. Murray Abraham
- Joss Ackland
- Don Adams
- Charlie Adler
- Danny Aiello: Italian-American tough guy
- Eddie Albert
- Jack Albertson (Grandpa Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Ed Brown in Chico and the Man) grumpy old man with a soft heart
- Judith Anderson female villain
- Kevin Anderson
- Curtis Armstrong (Booger in Revenge of the Nerds) slob
- William Atherton (EPA man in Ghostbusters) snooty authority figure
- Tom Atkins (The Rockford Files; hardened police detective)
- René Auberjonois (Benson, Deep Space 9 and Boston Legal)
- William Austin
[edit] B
- Jim Backus (Mr. Magoo and Thurston Howell III) "Old money" millionaire
- Angela Baddeley
- Hermione Baddeley (Mrs. Naugatuck on Maude) British busybody
- G. W. Bailey (Capt. Harris in Police Academy) Crusty
- Dylan Baker
- Joe Don Baker
- Tom Baker
- Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
- Martin Balsam
- Roger Bart
- Hetty Baynes
- Ned Beatty
- William Bendix
- Jeff Bennett
- Abraham Benrubi ("Men In Trees")
- Bill Bixby
- Jack Black (actor)
- Betsy Blair
- Selma Blair
- Madge Blake
- Mel Blanc
- Clara Blandick
- Ward Bond
- Beulah Bondi
- Hugh Bonneville
- Shirley Booth
- Powers Boothe
- Ernest Borgnine
- Peter Boyle
- Walter Brennan("The Real McCoys")
- Clancy Brown
- W. Earl Brown
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Victor Buono
- John Burton (actor)
- Steve Buscemi
- Jake Busey
- Grand L. Bush
[edit] C
- Sid Caesar
- Louis Calhern
- Cantinflas
- Harry Carey
- Harry Carey, Jr.
- John Carradine
- Leo G. Carroll
- Ted Cassidy
- John Cazale
- Thomas Haden Church
- E. E. Clive
- Kim Coates
- Gary Cole
- Dabney Coleman
- Jeffrey Combs
- Hans Conreid
- Elisha Cook, Jr.
- Chris Cooper
- Gladys Cooper
- Barry Corbin
- Laird Cregar
- Bernard Cribbins
- Donald Crisp
- James Cromwell
- Scatman Crothers
- Jim Cummings
- Finlay Currie
- Henry Czerny
[edit] D
- Marcel Dalio
- Jane Darwell
- Keith David
- John Rhys Davies
- Richard Dawson
- Pedro de Cordoba
- John Dehner
- William Demarest
- Edward de Souza
- William Devane
- Andy Devine
- Selma Diamond
- Anton Diffring
- Dudley Digges
- Basil Dignam
- Colleen Dion
- David Dukes
- Jane Dulo
- Carmen Duncan
- Charles Durning
[edit] E
[edit] F
- Dennis Farina
- Anna Faris
- Richard Farnsworth
- William Fawcett
- Jesslyn Fax
- Frank Faylen
- Wayne Federman
- Marty Feldman
- Norman Fell
- Frank Ferguson
- Conchata Ferrell
- William Fichtner
- John Fiedler
- Jimmy Finlayson
- Barry Fitzgerald
- William Forsythe
- Byron Foulger
- Douglas Fowley
- Ronald Fraser
- William Frawley
- Kathleen Freeman
- Morgan Freeman
- Kurt Fuller
[edit] G
- James Gammon
- James Gandolfini
- Paul Giamatti
- Hermione Gingold
- Ned Glass
- Crispin Glover
- Adam Goldberg
- Jeff Goldblum
- John Goodman
- Gale Gordon
- Frank Gorshin
- Harold Gould
- Gloria Grahame
- Richard E. Grant
- Charles Gray
- Sydney Greenstreet
- Judy Greer
- James Gregory
- Richard Griffiths
- Harold Gould
- Luis Guzmán
[edit] H
- David Haig
- Philip Baker Hall
- Jonathan Harris
- Kathleen Harrison
- Linda Hart
- Rutger Hauer
- Sterling Hayden
- George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Dan Hedaya
- Barry Shabaka Henley
- Paul Henreid
- Lance Henriksen
- Bernard Hepton
- Judd Hirsch
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Kene Holliday
- Sterling Holloway
- Celeste Holm
- Ian Holm
- Mark Holton
- James Hong
- Edward Everett Horton
- Bob Hoskins
- Arliss Howard
- Clint Howard
- Trevor Howard
- Harold Huber
- Peter Hughes
- Wilfrid Hyde-White
[edit] I
[edit] J
- Lou Jacobi
- Dean Jagger
- Brion James
- Richard Jenkins
- Michael Jeter
- Ben Johnson
- Jeffrey Jones
- Mickey Jones
- L. Q. Jones
[edit] K
[edit] L
- Michael Landon
- Charles Lane
- Harry Lauter
- Cloris Leachman
- Phil Leeds
- Fredric Lehne
- Michael Lerner (actor)
- Ted Levine
- Eugene Levy
- Desmond Llewelyn
- Christopher Lloyd
- Robert Loggia
- Donal Logue
- Marion Lorne
- Peter Lorre
[edit] M
- Harriet MacGibbon
- William H. Macy
- Michael Madsen
- Mako
- Miriam Margolyes
- Kenneth Mars
- Mae Marsh
- Strother Martin
- Richard Masur
- Robin Mattson
- Hattie McDaniel
- Mary McDonnell
- Roddy McDowall
- Malcolm McDowell
- John C. McGinley
- Bernie McInerney
- Victor McLaglen
- Butterfly McQueen
- Donald Meek
- Cheerio Meredith
- Gary Merrill
- Mark Metcalf
- Torben Meyer
- Dick Miller
- Jason Miller
- Thomas Mitchell
- Donald Moffat
- Alfred Molina
- Agnes Moorehead
- Mantan Moreland
- Frank Morgan
- Ralph Morgan
- Barry Morse
- David Morse
- Joe Morton
- Josh Mostel
- Zero Mostel
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Lorenzo Music
- Burt Mustin
[edit] N
- Ajay Naidu
- Kathy Najimy
- Alan Napier
- Christos Natsios
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Leonard Nimoy
- Jack Norton (actor)
[edit] O
- Philip Ober
- Raymond O'Connor
- Una O'Connor
- J. Pat O'Malley
- Warren Oates
- Gary Oldman
- Lupe Ontiveros
- Leland Orser
[edit] P
- Kumar Pallana
- Joe Pantoliano
- Will Patton
- Rob Paulsen
- David Paymer
- Jeff Perry
- Joe Pesci
- Slim Pickens
- Jon Polito
- Sydney Pollack
- Kevin Pollak
- Michael J. Pollard
- Richard Portnow
- Parker Posey
- Pete Postlethwaite
- Robert Prosky
- David Proval
- Cameron Prud'Homme
- Jonathan Pryce
[edit] R
- Gilda Radner
- Claude Rains
- Michael Rapaport
- James Rebhorn
- John C. Reilly
- Bert Remsen
- Alan Rickman
- Ron Rifkin
- Thelma Ritter
- James Robertson-Justice
- Daniel Roebuck
- Roxie Roker
- Cesar Romero
- Michael Rooker
- Stephen Root
[edit] S
- William Sadler
- S.Z. Sakall
- Jay O. Sanders
- Paul Sanderson
- William Sanderson
- Isabel Sanford
- Reni Santoni
- Dick Sargent
- Telly Savalas
- Sid Saylor
- Stellan Skarsgard
- Richard Schaal
- Natalie Schafer
- Vincent Schiavelli
- Vito Scotti
- Gregory Sierra
- Wallace Shawn
- J.K. Simmons
- Tom Sizemore
- C. Aubrey Smith
- Paul Sorvino
- Olan Soule
- Kevin Spacey
- Timothy Spall
- Brent Spiner
- John Spencer
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Ben Stein
- Henry Stephenson
- Daniel Stern
- Tara Strong
- Magda Szubanski
- Will Smith
[edit] T
- Russ Tamblyn
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Ta-Tanisha
- Irene Tedrow
- Mimis Theiopoulos
- Lynne Thigpen
- Brian Thompson
- Fred Thompson
- Rip Torn
- Henry Travers
- Danny Trejo
- Patrick Troughton
[edit] V
- Vivian Vance
- Robert Vaughn
- Conrad Veidt
- John Vernon
- Pruitt Taylor Vince
- Max von Sydow
- Dimitris Voyatzis
[edit] W
- Christopher Walken
- Nancy Walker
- Marcia Wallace
- Eli Wallach
- J.T. Walsh
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Ray Walston
- Burt Ward
- Willard Waterman
- Douglass Watson
- Dick Wesson
- Mary Wickes
- Treat Williams
- Dave Willock
- Michael Willis
- Michael Wincott
- Ray Winstone
- Victor Wong
- Jane Wyman
- Ed Wynn
- Keenan Wynn