typecasting

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In Bruce Graham’s “Funnyman,” at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2015, he played a comic cast in a serious play, breaking out of typecasting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

That kind of typecasting never appealed to Hill.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

It's a bit of typecasting that stems partly from reality.

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023

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

But it was different in the 1970s and '80s, when it was tough to get beyond the typecasting.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023