typecast
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While many actors are typecast, he moved effortlessly from Shakespeare and Dickens to the command of the USS Enterprise and his famous wheelchair in X-Men.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
If it sued them, it might be typecast as an American agriculture giant stomping on Chinese farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"I'm not saying that all Rohingya are good. There are good and bad people in every community. So why should a few individuals' actions be used to typecast a whole community?"
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Faison: For a long time it was very difficult as an actor to do anything else other than comedy, because you could get typecast.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Volpe does not like to typecast his actors, though in high school it is sometimes unavoidable.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
The Duchess of Sussex will speak with historians and experts to "uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape narratives."
From Fox News ● Mar. 24, 2022
Along with pay issues, many filmmakers are looking for stories that move beyond female typecasts.
From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2018
“The question is whether Jack Dorsey on the product side is willing to break some typecasts at the company and come in with a fresh perspective.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2015
Yet his gift for comedy means he can't help wisecracking in these meetings, and I suspect it further typecasts him as the much-loved Jack Donaghy character from 30 Rock.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2013
He neither patronizes his Italian civilians, typecasts his G.I.s nor falsifies his combat scenes, which prove as taut as any fiction footage yet shot about World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite this typecasting, she would later go on to make her mark, first in theatre and then in various TV shows and films by the 1990s.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
For decades, he tried to wriggle out of that typecasting to play kooks and himbos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
This hero's death slices Pascal’s protective father typecasting by half.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
That kind of typecasting never appealed to Hill.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
From some of his early TV work — including the “Land of Gorch” sketches on “Saturday Night Live “— he attempted to shake the typecasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023
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