List of character actors

This is a list of character actors, those who typically play supporting roles in film, television and theatre.

*F. Murray Abraham
*Charlie Adler
*Jack Albertson
*Judith Anderson
*Curtis Armstrong
*William Atherton
*René Auberjonois
*Jim Backus
*Angela Baddeley
*Hermione Baddeley
*G. W. Bailey
*Dylan Baker
*Martin Balsam
*Ned Beatty
*Jeff Bennett
*Abraham Benrubi
*Mel Blanc
*Clara Blandick
*Ward Bond
*Beulah Bondi
*Shirley Booth
*Ernest Borgnine
*Walter Brennan
*W. Earl Brown
*Roscoe Lee Browne
*Victor Buono
*Steve Buscemi
*Sid Caesar
*Cantinflas
*Leo G. Carroll
*Ted Cassidy
*E. E. Clive
*Kim Coates
*Jeffrey Combs
*Elisha Cook Jr
*Chris Cooper
*Gladys Cooper
*Barry Corbin
*Laird Cregar
*James Cromwell
*Scatman Crothers
*Jim Cummings
*Henry Czerny
*Marcel Dalio
*Jane Darwell
*Henry Davenport
*Pedro de Cordoba
*William Demarest
*Judi Dench
*Andy Devine
*Selma Diamond
*Dudley Digges
*Colleen Dion
*Vincent D'Onofrio
*Brad Dourif
*David Dukes
*Carmen Duncan
*Charles Durning
*Snitz Edwards
*Noah Emmerich
*R. Lee Ermey
*Dennis Farina
*Richard Farnsworth
*Wayne Federman
*Marty Feldman
*Norman Fell
*Conchata Ferrell
*Will Ferrell
*William Fichtner
*Barry Fitzgerald
*William Forsythe
*Byron Foulger
*William Frawley
*Morgan Freeman
*Kurt Fuller
*Paul Giamatti
*Hermione Gingold
*Adam Goldberg
*Jeff Goldblum
*John Goodman
*Gale Gordon
*Frank Gorshin
*Gloria Grahame
*Sydney Greenstreet
*James Gregory
*Luis Guzman
*David Haig
*Kathleen Harrison
*Rutger Hauer
*Sterling Hayden
*Dan Hedaya
*Barry Shabaka Henley
*Paul Henreid
*Lance Henriksen
*Judd Hirsch
*Sterling Holloway
*Celeste Holm
*Ian Holm
*Edward Everett Horton
*Bob Hoskins
*Clint Howard
*Michael Ironside
*Lou Jacobi
*Michael Jeter
*Ben Johnson
*Jeffrey Jones
*Mickey Jones
*L. Q. Jones
*Carol Kane
*Julie Kavner
*Madeline Kahn
*Jeroen Krabbé
*Charles Lane
*Harry Lauter
*Cloris Leachman
*Fredric Lehne
*Michael Lerner
*Ted Levine
*Eugene Levy
*Robert Loggia
*Donal Logue
*Peter Lorre
*Christopher Lloyd
*William H. Macy
*Miriam Margolyes
*Kenneth Mars
*Mae Marsh
*Strother Martin
*Robin Mattson
*Alekos Mavridis
*Hattie McDaniel
*Mary McDonnell
*Roddy McDowall
*Bruce McGill
*Victor McLaglen
*Butterfly McQueen
*Gary Merrill
*Dick Miller
*Jason Miller
*Thomas Mitchell
*Agnes Moorehead
*David Morse
*Joe Morton
*Josh Mostel
*Lorenzo Music
*Ajay Naidu
*Kathy Najimy
*Alan Napier
*Christos Natsios
*Craig T. Nelson
*Una O'Connor
*Raymond O'Connor
*Warren Oates
*Leland Orser
*Joe Pantoliano
*Kumar Pallana
*Will Patton
*Rob Paulsen
*David Paymer
*Jeff Perry
*Joe Pesci
*Slim Pickens
*Kevin Pollak
*Sydney Pollack
*Richard Portnow
*David Proval
*Jonathan Pryce
*Gilda Radner
*Claude Rains
*James Rebhorn
*John C. Reilly
*Ron Rifkin
*Thelma Ritter
*Daniel Roebuck
*Roxie Roker
*Cesar Romero
*Stephen Root
*William Sadler
*Paul Sanderson
*William Sanderson
*Isabel Sanford
*Reni Santoni
*Natalie Schafer
*Vincent Schiavelli
*Wallace Shawn
*C. Aubrey Smith
*Paul Sorvino
*Kevin Spacey
*Timothy Spall
*John Spencer
*Harry Dean Stanton
*Kostas Stefanakis
*Henry Stephenson
*Daniel Stern
*Ben Stein
*Tara Strong
*Magda Szubanski
*Jeffrey Tambor
*Ta-Tanisha
*Mimis Theiopoulos
*Lynne Thigpen
*Brian Thompson
*Rip Torn
*Henry Travers
*Patrick Troughton
*Vivian Vance
*Conrad Veidt
*Dimitris Voyatzis
*Pruitt Taylor Vince
*Max von Sydow
*Marcia Wallace
*J.T. Walsh
*M. Emmet Walsh
*Christopher Walken
*Nancy Walker
*Burt Ward
*Douglass Watson
*Mary Wickes
*Gene Wilder
*Treat Williams
*Michael Wincott
*Shelley Winters
*Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.