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This type is different kinds of ways that an actor can appear in a TV program, other than simply as an actor playing a role. These can include voice (of an animated character), puppeteer, or cameo. Note that this type should only be used for acting roles in fictional TV shows.
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x Him/Herself   The Tony Danza Show Tony Danza    
The Anna Nicole Show Howard K. Stern  
Blue's Clues Steve Burns  
A Bit of Fry and Laurie Hugh Laurie  
The Jerry Springer Show Jerry Springer  
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x Voice   The Simpsons Phil Hartman Troy McClure
A voice performance (on film, television, etc.) is one in which the actor's voice is used but the actor does not appear on-screen. This is most commonly found in animation, but also occurs when an actor's voice is dubbed in over another actor's...
Futurama Billy West Philip J. Fry
Futurama John DiMaggio Bender Bending Rodríguez
Futurama Katey Sagal Turanga Leela
Futurama Billy West Professor Hubert Farnsworth
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x Motion capture A dancer wearing a suit used in an optical motion capture system      
Motion capture, motion tracking, or mocap are terms used to describe the process of recording movement and translating that movement onto a digital model. Initially invented in Scotland, it is used in military, entertainment, sports, and medical...
x Announcer   Saturday Night Live Don Pardo  
An announcer is a voice actor who works in television, radio or film, usually providing narrations, news updates, station identification, or an introduction of a product in television commercials or a guest on a talk show. Announcers usually read...
  Brian Dunkleman  
  Thom Beers Narrator
  Christian Rodska Narrator
Miami Vice Ben Stiller Fast Eddie Felcher
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x Seiyū Voice Animage, a magazine about all things about seiyū      
A seiyū (声優) is a Japanese voice actor that works in radio, television, or movies. Seiyū perform voice-overs for non-Japanese movies, provide narration, and also work as anime and video game character actors. The term "seiyū" is conventionally used...
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x Cameo appearance Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from his feature film Taxi Driver The A-Team    
A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television. Short appearances by film directors, politicians, athletes,...
The 1/2 Hour News Hour Rush Limbaugh Him/Herself
Hannah Montana    
America's Most Wanted Kurt Busch  
Late Last Night    
x Narrator   The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show Bill Goodwin  
A narrator is, within any story (literary work, movie, play, verbal account, etc.), the entity that conveys the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character....
The Ed Sullivan Show Ralph Paul  
The Ed Sullivan Show Art Hannes  
The Ed Sullivan Show Bern Bennett  
The Ed Sullivan Show Ralph Paul  
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x Puppeteer Puppeteer Ramdas Padhye performing with his Puppet, India. Rainbow Ronnie Le Drew Zippy
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object—a puppet—in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods,...
Play with Me Sesame Eric Jacobson Bert
Play with Me Sesame John Tartaglia Ernie
Play with Me Sesame Steve Whitmire Ernie
Play with Me Sesame Eric Jacobson Grover
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