| ACTSAS | Takes the role of |
| PLAYS | Takes the role of the gambler? (5) |
| PLAYBILL | List of the actors etc to take the role of Sykes? (8) |
| PLAY | Take the role of |
| ACTAS | Take the role of (3,2) |
| CUFFLINKS | Slap left for German that may take the role of Buttons |
| PLAYMATE | Young friend to take the role of ship's officer? |
| SINGAIDA | Take the role of Verdi's princess, taking out her hearing aids in error (4,4) |
| AMONGUS | 2018 multiplayer video game in which players take the role of colourful astronauts (5,2) |
| ARABIA | John Johnson-Allen from Great Moulton wrote T. E. Lawrence and the Red Sea Patrol: The Royal Navy's Role in Creating the Legend about the role of the Royal Navy in creating the legend that was Lawrenc |
| STEPHANDORFF | World Trade Center, Blade and Cecil B. DeMented are movies in which this US actor has appeared; he also played the role of Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat, the 1994 film about the early days of The Beatl |
| THEDIEGOISCAST | What the producers of the film Frida could have said when Alfred Molina landed the role of Rivera, t |
| PEARS | Peter ___, English tenor who created the role of Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten's 1954 opera The Turn of the Screw (5) |
| CHRISTIANSLATER | US actor who played the role of Jason Dean in Heathers, and whose films include True Romance, Interview With The Vampire, Broken Arrow and The Legend of Billie Jean (9,6) |
| NICKFROST | Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End are three films in which this English actor, who played the role of Clive Gollings in Paul, starred (4,5) |
| TOBIN | The role of John Kramer, aka Jigsaw in the Saw franchise is played by this US actor, whose movies include Goodfellas and In The Line Of Fire (5,4) |
| SEANASTIN | US actor who played the role of Samwise Gamgee in the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy (4,5) |
| JOHNGOODMAN | Atomic Blonde, Flight, Patriots Day, The Flintstones, Captive State and The Big Lebowski are films in which this US actor, who played the role of Dan Conner in the TV series Roseanne, starred (4,7) |
| HENRYCAVILL | British actor who played the role of Superman in Man Of Steel, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Justice League, and whose films include The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (5,6) |
| RICHARDHEARNE | British actor who made famous the role of Mr Pastry in the BBC series of the same name |
