Assigned the same kind of role repeatedly

• Pigeonholed, in moviedom
• Use often in similar roles
• Pigeonholed, in filmdom
• Kind actors playing similar roles continually?
• Restrict to role
• Given the same sort of parts
• In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable roles
• Given similar roles repeatedly

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. cast repeatedly in the same kind of role identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can practically be typed" [syn: type ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also type-cast , with reference to actors, 1937 (implied in typecasting ), from type (n.) in the "general character" sense (perhaps a deliberate pun on the verbal phrase in the printing sense "to found types in molds," attested from 1847). See type (n.) ...