Fictional Actors in Literature
- Nick Bottom (theater character), weaver and actor - William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- María de Castro (novel character; played by Ariadna Gil in adaptation), the most respected Spanish actress during the Golden Century - Arturo Pérez-Reverte's Captain Alatriste novel series and movie adaptation (Alatriste)
- Francis Flute (theater character), bellows-mender and actor - William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Laszlo Nicolavic (novel character), an actor specialized in secondary characters, also a swordsmaster and occasional thug; Lucas Corso identified him by comparing him with Rochefort - Arturo Pérez-Reverte's The Club Dumas
- Peter Quince (theater character), carpenter and actor - William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Tom Snout (theater character), tinker and actor - William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Robin Starveling (theater character), tailor and actor - William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Montana Wildhack (novel character, probably inspired in Bettie Page), pornographic star abducted by the Tralfamadorians to be shown in a zoo - Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five
- Count Olaf, the notorious, chief villain - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Tubby Thackeray, comedic actor of the silent-film era. The Grin of the Dark, by Ramsey Campbell.
- Sybil Vane, actress who falls in love with Dorian Gray - The Picture of Dorian Gray
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