typecast

(tīpkast′)

transitive verb typecast, typecasting

to cast (an actor) repeatedly in the same type of part, or in the part of a character whose traits are very much like the actor's own

See typecast in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb type·cast, type·cast·ing, type·casts
  1. To cast in an acting role akin or natural to one's own personality or fitted to one's physical appearance.
  2. To assign (a performer) repeatedly to the same kind of part.

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