To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

The complement of actors in a play.

All of the actors who have an active part in the film, ie not extras.

select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona"

assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?"

Actors chosen for production.

Use for actors portraying characters as required by a script. Use for groups of people, such as The Kingston Trio, when they act as scripted characters other than themselves. Do not use for animals, such as Lassie."

The list of characters in a play and the actors who play them. Also, as a verb, to allocate parts to members of a company.

assistants to the GM team who perform limited but essential character roles during the game, and who may also help with other tasks as needed. Distinct from GMs, who oversee game staff and moderate game play, and crew, who primarily assist in technical areas rather than character roles. See also non-player-character.

A collective term for the actors appearing in a particular movie.

to assign parts to the actors in a play.

group of actors in a particular play.

the actors who portray the characters in a performance of dramatic literature.

The characters who are physically present in the play or film. These are the roles for which actors will be needed. When we talk about a role in a stageplay as being double-cast with another, it means that the same actor is expected to play both roles. This happens in film as well (e.g. Eddie Murphy), but only rarely.