Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense typecasts, present participle typecastinglanguage note: The form typecast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
verb [usually passive]
If an actor is typecast, they play the same type of character in every play or film that they are in.
I didn't want to be typecast and I've maintained a large variety in the roles I'veplayed. [beVERB-ed]
He was quickly typecast as a Latin lover. [beVERB-ed + as]
typecastinguncountable noun
She was always keen to shake off the early typecasting as the empty-headed sex symbol.
typecast in British English
(ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst)
verbWord forms: -casts, -casting or -cast
(transitive)
to cast (an actor) in the same kind of role continually, esp because of his or her physical appearance or previous success in such roles
Derived forms
typecaster (ˈtypeˌcaster)
noun
typecast in American English
(ˈtaɪpˌkæst)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtypeˌcast or ˈtypeˌcasting
to cast (an actor) repeatedly in the same type of part, or in the part of a characterwhose traits are very much like the actor's own
Examples of 'typecast' in a sentence
typecast
If I go on in this part much longer, I'll be typecast as the pert ingenue for the next ten years.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (1991)
Due to small stature, which made costuming him as a woman fairly easy, Carlisle was typecast in female roles.