Who’s That Actor TV Edition is a fun trivia game with several ways to play it. You can play general knowledge questions or theme the game to a specific artist or performer. It’s a terrific game for team shows or solo personalities.
Before you begin, follow the guidelines for playing games in the Game Strategy section here.
Then, choose the best method to play this game based on your show and how you’ll use the game.
Who’s That Actor TV Edition
This simple game asks contestants to identify the actor who played a role in a TV show.
Before you begin, follow the detailed instructions and options for playing the game outlined here.
Questions
It is easy to find quotes to fit your game, but here are a few to get started in a variety of categories:
General
Who played the role of Walter White in “Breaking Bad”?
Answer: Bryan Cranston
What character did Emilia Clarke play in “Game of Thrones”?
Answer: Daenerys Targaryen
Who played the role of Tony Soprano in “The Sopranos”?
Answer: James Gandolfini
What character did Sarah Michelle Gellar play in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”?
Answer: Buffy Summers
Who played the role of Michael Scott in “The Office” (U.S.)?
Answer: Steve Carell
What character did Kit Harington play in “Game of Thrones”?
Answer: Jon Snow
Who played the role of Ross Geller in “Friends”?
Answer: David Schwimmer
What character did Jodie Comer play in “Killing Eve”?
Answer: Villanelle
Who played the role of Olivia Pope in “Scandal”?
Answer: Kerry Washington
What character did Matthew McConaughey play in “True Detective”?
Answer: Rust Cohle
Who played the role of Raymond Reddington in “The Blacklist”?
Answer: James Spader
What character did Viola Davis play in “How to Get Away with Murder”?
Answer: Annalise Keating
Who played the role of Ted Mosby in “How I Met Your Mother”?
Answer: Josh Radnor
What character did Julia Louis-Dreyfus play in “Veep”?
Answer: Selina Meyer
Who played the role of Dexter Morgan in “Dexter”?
Answer: Michael C. Hall
What character did Tatiana Maslany play in “Orphan Black”?
Answer: Multiple, including Sarah Manning
Who played the role of Jessica Pearson in “Suits”?
Answer: Gina Torres
What character did Jason Bateman play in “Ozark”?
Answer: Marty Byrde
Who played the role of Claire Underwood in “House of Cards”?
Answer: Robin Wright
What character did Elisabeth Moss play in “The Handmaid’s Tale”?
Answer: Offred/June Osborne
Modern Classics
Who played the role of Tommy Shelby in “Peaky Blinders”?
Answer: Cillian Murphy
What character did Millie Bobby Brown play in “Stranger Things”?
Answer: Eleven
Who played the role of Saul Goodman in “Better Call Saul”?
Answer: Bob Odenkirk
What character did Andrew Lincoln play in “The Walking Dead”?
Answer: Rick Grimes
Who played the role of Fleabag in “Fleabag”?
Answer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
What character did Zendaya play in “Euphoria”?
Answer: Rue Bennett
Who played the role of Lucious Lyon in “Empire”?
Answer: Terrence Howard
What character did Patrick Stewart play in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”?
Answer: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Who played the role of Alicia Florrick in “The Good Wife”?
Answer: Julianna Margulies
What character did Jeffrey Tambor play in “Arrested Development”?
Answer: George Bluth Sr.
2000s and Earlier
Who played the role of Chandler Bing in “Friends”?
Answer: Matthew Perry
What character did Gillian Anderson play in “The X-Files”?
Answer: Dana Scully
Who played the role of Will Smith in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”?
Answer: Will Smith
What character did David Duchovny play in “The X-Files”?
Answer: Fox Mulder
Who played the role of Jack Bauer in “24”?
Answer: Kiefer Sutherland
What character did Lucy Lawless play in “Xena: Warrior Princess”?
Answer: Xena
Who played the role of Jerry Seinfeld in “Seinfeld”?
Answer: Jerry Seinfeld
What character did Alan Alda play in “MAS*H”?
Answer: Hawkeye Pierce
What character did Michael J. Fox play in “Family Ties”?
Answer: Alex P. Keaton
2010s TV Shows
Who played the role of Tyrion Lannister in “Game of Thrones”?
Answer: Peter Dinklage
What character did Claire Danes play in “Homeland”?
Answer: Carrie Mathison
Who played the role of Eliot Alderson in “Mr. Robot”?
Answer: Rami Malek
What character did Sterling K. Brown play in “This Is Us”?
Answer: Randall Pearson
Who played the role of Sheldon Cooper in “The Big Bang Theory”?
Answer: Jim Parsons
What character did Mandy Moore play in “This Is Us”?
Answer: Rebecca Pearson
Who played the role of Eleanor Shellstrop in “The Good Place”?
Answer: Kristen Bell
What character did Lena Headey play in “Game of Thrones”?
Answer: Cersei Lannister
Who played the role of Hannah Baker in “13 Reasons Why”?
Answer: Katherine Langford
What character did Kate Winslet play in “Mare of Easttown”?
Answer: Mare Sheehan
Award Winners and Nominees
Who played the role of Piper Chapman in “Orange Is the New Black”?
Answer: Taylor Schilling
What character did Regina King play in “Watchmen”?
Answer: Angela Abar/Sister Night
Who played the role of Kevin Pearson in “This Is Us”?
Answer: Justin Hartley
What character did Hugh Laurie play in “House”?
Answer: Dr. Gregory House
Who played the role of Carrie Bradshaw in “Sex and the City”?
Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker
What character did Halle Berry play in “Extant”?
Answer: Molly Woods
Who played the role of Norma Bates in “Bates Motel”?
Answer: Vera Farmiga
What character did Maggie Smith play in “Downton Abbey”?
Answer: Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Who played the role of Tommy Egan in “Power”?
Answer: Joseph Sikora
What character did Bryan Cranston play in “Malcolm in the Middle”?
Answer: Hal
Comedies and Dramedies
Who played the role of Leslie Knope in “Parks and Recreation”?
Answer: Amy Poehler
What character did Donald Glover play in “Community”?
Answer: Troy Barnes
Who played the role of Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista in “Pose”?
Answer: Mj Rodriguez
What character did Mary-Louise Parker play in “Weeds”?
Answer: Nancy Botwin
Who played the role of Dev Shah in “Master of None”?
Answer: Aziz Ansari
What character did Anthony Anderson play in “Black-ish”?
Answer: Andre ‘Dre’ Johnson
Who played the role of Phil Dunphy in “Modern Family”?
Answer: Ty Burrell
What character did Tracee Ellis Ross play in “Black-ish”?
Answer: Rainbow Johnson
Who played the role of Jack Donaghy in “30 Rock”?
Answer: Alec Baldwin
What character did Tina Fey play in “30 Rock”?
Answer: Liz Lemon
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Who played the role of Buffy Summers in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”?
Answer: Sarah Michelle Gellar
What character did Nathan Fillion play in “Firefly”?
Answer: Malcolm Reynolds
Who played the role of Sydney Bristow in “Alias”?
Answer: Jennifer Garner
What character did David Tennant play in “Doctor Who”?
Answer: The Tenth Doctor
Who played the role of Alaric Saltzman in “The Vampire Diaries”?
Answer: Matthew Davis
What character did Emilia Clarke play in “Game of Thrones”?
Answer: Daenerys Targaryen
Who played the role of Bill Compton in “True Blood”?
Answer: Stephen Moyer
Crime and Mystery
Who played the role of Adrian Monk in “Monk”?
Answer: Tony Shalhoub
What character did Kyra Sedgwick play in “The Closer”?
Answer: Brenda Leigh Johnson
Who played the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in “NCIS”?
Answer: Mark Harmon
What character did Simon Baker play in “The Mentalist”?
Answer: Patrick Jane
Who played the role of Cal Lightman in “Lie to Me”?
Answer: Tim Roth
What character did Mariska Hargitay play in “Law & Order: SVU”?
Answer: Olivia Benson
Who played the role of Arthur Hastings in “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”?
Answer: Hugh Fraser
What character did Idris Elba play in “Luther”?
Answer: John Luther
Who played the role of Sarah Linden in “The Killing”?
Answer: Mireille Enos
What character did Tim Kang play in “The Mentalist”?
Answer: Kimball Cho
Recent Hits
Who played the role of Wanda Maximoff in “WandaVision”?
Answer: Elizabeth Olsen
What character did Pedro Pascal play in “The Mandalorian”?
Answer: Din Djarin/The Mandalorian
Who played the role of Maeve Millay in “Westworld”?
Answer: Thandie Newton
What character did Anya Taylor-Joy play in “The Queen’s Gambit”?
Answer: Beth Harmon
Who played the role of Beth Harmon in “The Queen’s Gambit”?
Answer: Anya Taylor-Joy
What character did Bill Hader play in “Barry”?
Answer: Barry Berkman/Barry Block
Who played the role of Otis Milburn in “Sex Education”?
Answer: Asa Butterfield
What character did Hailee Steinfeld play in “Dickinson”?
Answer: Emily Dickinson
Who played the role of Beth Dutton in “Yellowstone”?
Answer: Kelly Reilly
What character did Bob Odenkirk play in “Better Call Saul”?
Answer: Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill
