Ensemble cast

Friends is often considered to be one of the first American television shows with an ensemble cast.[1] The main actors, from left, clockwise: Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer, share similar screen times.

In a dramatic production, an ensemble cast is one that comprises many principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time.[2] The term is also used interchangeably to refer to a production (typically film) with a large cast or a cast with several prominent performers.[3]

  1. ^ McCarroll, Christina (May 6, 2004). "A family sitcom for Gen X - Friends cast a new TV mold". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  2. ^ Random House: ensemble acting Linked 2013-07-17
  3. ^ Steven Withrow; Alexander Danner (2007). Character design for graphic novels. Focal Press/Rotovision. p. 112. ISBN 9780240809021. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2009-09-05.