Used in: Movie, Episode

You can add cast members of a movie or episode in the cast field. Click “Cast (text input)” or “Cast (reference)”, and add the person and role in the newly appeared input fields, respectively. Redo for every cast member.

If you chose the option containing “text input”, you can simply type the role, while the “reference” option lets you reference either a person or a character as a role. With both options you have to create a person first in order to reference her as the actor playing the role. For a referenced cast member, you also have to create the character first.

The idea of selecting a person as a role is, for example, in a documentary, where the person doesn't actually play a certain role, but appears as the real-life self. The OFDb the role will simplay state “self” next to the actor, instead of a character.