portrayed

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He was one of four artists portrayed in Ken Russell's 1962 film Pop Goes the Easel, also creating idents for the BBC Four Goes Pop series.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

While both F. Murray Abraham, who played Salieri, and Tom Hulce, who portrayed Mozart, earned nominations for the 1984 Oscars, Abraham went home with the prize.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

So I think that is a structural problem, because, prosecutors, however they’re portrayed in the media, they’re representing the state.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Using concepts from modern meteoritics, Burbery suggests that Dante portrayed Satan as a massive high-speed impactor striking the Southern Hemisphere and driving straight toward Earth's core.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Rather than being the timeless indigenous adaptation portrayed in ecology textbooks, many archaeologists now view slash-and-burn agriculture as a relatively modern technique whose spread was driven by European technology.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann