portrayers
Those depicting characters
Portrayers are people who depict or represent someone or something, especially actors playing roles.
The word most often describes performers embodying characters: Several portrayers of James Bond have become iconic.
It extends to anyone representing a figure or concept: portrayers of Santa Claus at shopping malls.
Copies another's behavior
- impressionistsArtists emphasizing light effects
- imitatorsThose who replicate others
- caricaturistsArtists drawing exaggerated likenesses
- satiristsThose who ridicule folly
parodists · voice actors · cosplayers · method actors · personators
Those who apply pigment
- illustratorsThose who create images for texts
- sculptorsArtists who shape forms
- sketch artistsThose who draw quickly
- caricaturistsArtists drawing exaggerated likenesses
Those playing roles
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- thespiansStage performers collectively
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- troupeTraveling group of performers
leads · supporting · understudies · protagonists · antagonists · heroes · heroines · villains
Official organizational communicators
- ambassadorsOfficial diplomatic representatives
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
- voicesSounds producing speech
faces · embodiments · symbols · stand-ins · surrogates · proxies · figureheads · representatives
mimics
Copies another's behavior
- impressionistsArtists emphasizing light effects
- imitatorsThose who replicate others
- caricaturistsArtists drawing exaggerated likenesses
satirists · parodists · voice actors · cosplayers · method actors · personators
painters
Those who apply pigment
- illustratorsThose who create images for texts
- sculptorsArtists who shape forms
- sketch artistsThose who draw quickly
caricaturists · muralists · court painters · miniaturists · iconographers
actors
Those playing roles
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- thespiansStage performers collectively
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
troupe · leads · supporting · understudies · protagonists · antagonists · heroes · heroines · villains · character actors
spokespersons
Official organizational communicators
- ambassadorsOfficial diplomatic representatives
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
voices · faces · embodiments · symbols · stand-ins · surrogates · proxies · figureheads · representatives
portrayersportrayed
Represented in art
subjects · characters · roles · models · historical figures