title character
noun
: the character in a book for which the book is named
the title character of the book Tom Sawyer
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The Wolf Man, in which Lon Chaney Jr. played the memorable title character.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Zellweger plays the title character, while Grant plays Daniel Cleaver, her boss turned lover.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
John Cena will once more play the title character, an overly intense freedom-fighting antihero.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The last time an actor won a Golden Globe for a horror film role was in 2007 when Johnny Depp took the Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for playing the title character in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
Zellweger plays the title character, while Grant plays Daniel Cleaver, her boss turned lover.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
John Cena will once more play the title character, an overly intense freedom-fighting antihero.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The last time an actor won a Golden Globe for a horror film role was in 2007 when Johnny Depp took the Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for playing the title character in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Title character.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/title%20character. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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