portrayedBy

P1507
predicate

Indicates that one entity serves as the actor or performer who represents or plays the role of another entity in a work or medium.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
starring 55,907
portrayedBy canonical 23,225
leadActor 4,500

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: portrayedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves as the actor or performer who represents or plays the role of another entity in a work or medium.

Sample triples (97,478)

Subject Object
George VI Colin Firth
A Beautiful Mind (biography) Russell Crowe via predicate surface "adaptationLeadActor"
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Zelenskyy via predicate surface "playedCharacter" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vasyl Holoborodko
Oppenheimer (2023 film) Cillian Murphy via predicate surface "leadActor"
film King Kong (1933)
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Fay Wray via predicate surface "starring"
film King Kong (1933)
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Robert Armstrong via predicate surface "starring"
film King Kong (1933)
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
Bruce Cabot via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Gregory Peck via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Dorothy McGuire via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Celeste Holm via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement John Garfield via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Anne Revere via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement June Havoc via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Albert Dekker via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Jane Wyatt via predicate surface "starring"
Gentleman's Agreement Gregory Peck via predicate surface "leadCharacterPortrayedBy"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Johnny Depp via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Christina Ricci via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Miranda Richardson via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Michael Gambon via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Casper Van Dien via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Jeffrey Jones via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Christopher Walken via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Ian McDiarmid via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Richard Griffiths via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Michael Gough via predicate surface "starring"
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) Christopher Lee via predicate surface "starring"
Charlie Hunnam Jax Teller via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam Raleigh Becket via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam King Arthur: Legend of the Sword via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
surface form: King Arthur
Charlie Hunnam Percy Fawcett via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam Nicholas Nickleby via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam Raleigh Becket in Pacific Rim via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam King Arthur in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam Percy Fawcett in The Lost City of Z via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Charlie Hunnam Jackson "Jax" Teller in Sons of Anarchy via predicate surface "characterPortrayed"
Pacific Rim: Uprising John Boyega via predicate surface "starring"
Pacific Rim: Uprising Scott Eastwood via predicate surface "starring"
Pacific Rim: Uprising Cailee Spaeny via predicate surface "starring"
Pacific Rim: Uprising Rinko Kikuchi via predicate surface "starring"
Pacific Rim: Uprising Burn Gorman via predicate surface "starring"
Pacific Rim: Uprising Charlie Day via predicate surface "starring"
Pacific Rim: Uprising Jing Tian via predicate surface "starring"
Mako Mori Rinko Kikuchi
The Thief of Bagdad
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Douglas Fairbanks via predicate surface "starring"
The Thief of Bagdad
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Julanne Johnston via predicate surface "starring"
The Thief of Bagdad
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Snitz Edwards via predicate surface "starring"
The Thief of Bagdad
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Sojin Kamiyama via predicate surface "starring"
The Thief of Bagdad
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Anna May Wong via predicate surface "starring"
Fred Rogers Tom Hanks