character role

• personaAssumed public identity
• protagonistStory's central figure
• villainWicked story antagonist
• heroOne admired for courage
• archetypeOriginal model for copies

portrayal · cast · script · antagonist · sidekick · lead · supporting · ensemble · typecast · understudy · dramatic · costume · mask · identity · part · performance · stage · audition

• rolesleader, lead role, villain, supporting role, manager
• theater rolesprotagonist, antagonist, villain, hero, heroine
• stage name reasonsbirth name, real name, screen test, marketability, uniqueness
• false identitiesassumed identity, alias, false name, assumed name, pseudonym
• identitiesalter ego, gender, persona, sexuality, alias