This is a list of character actors, those who typically play supporting roles in film, television and theatre. See also List of fat actors.
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
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 * *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 * *Steve Buscemi *Jake Busey *Grand L. Bush
C *Sid Caesar *Louis Calhern *Cantinflas *Harry Carey *Harry Carey, Jr. *John Carradine *Leo G. Carroll *Ted Cassidy *John Cazale *Juliet Cesario *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
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
E *Buddy Ebsen *Maude Eburne *Snitz Edwards *Bob Elkins *Sam Elliott *Noah Emmerich *R. Lee Ermey *Ron Eldard