The Russian writer Dostoevsky ( himself a problem gambler ) portrays in his novella The Gambler the psychological implications of gambling and how gambling can affect gamblers.

Fox portrays himself as always in the right and always vindicated by God's interventions on his behalf.

In Tootsie ( 1982 ), Hoffman portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land a role on a soap opera.

Although Gunge portrays himself as the brains of the pair, neither ever really prove a great help.

DeForest Kelley portrays Doctor Leonard McCoy, who is given many of the film's comedic lines ; Kelley biographer Terry Lee Rioux wrote that in the film " he seemed to be playing straight man to himself ".

* Hungarian psychologist Péter Popper wrote a novel in 1997 Peloni or the Testament of Pilate in which Pilate portrays himself as a cultivated Roman bewildered by Judea and the Jews, who experienced some of the divine power of Jesus and executed him on Jesus's own impulse.

He portrays himself as a father figure towards them and would usually regard them as his boys.

* He portrays himself in Harold Robbins 1995 follow-up to The Carpetbaggers, The Raiders.

In it he portrays himself as a celebrity spokesman for Mega Lo Mart, although his animated form appears much younger than his current age, more closely resembling how he looked in the late 1970s, always wearing the white and red shirt from the cover of his " Feels So Good " album.

In his book, Delmedigo portrays himself as defender of Maimonidean Judaism, and — like many Maimonideans — he emphasized the rationality of Jewish tradition.

* Ron MacLean-the host of Hockey Night in Canada has appeared on Air Farce in several sketches, most notably one in which he portrays himself alongside Goy ( as the Queen who is impersonating Don Cherry ).

* Brian Williams-then-CBC Sports anchor who has made several appearances on Air Farce, most memorably in which he portrays himself locked in his studio at the conclusion of the 2000 Olympic Games.

Nogson portrays himself as " fierce ", but is actually anything but.

When Frank Willard, author of Moon Mullins, narrates a scene from his workplace, he portrays himself as a rowdy underdog much like The Yellow Kid.

A later scene portrays FDR literally dragging himself up the stairs as, through grit and determination, he painfully strives to overcome his physical limitations and not remain an invalid.

Theatre historian Don Wilmeth noted Gray's contribution to a unique style of writing and acting: " The 1980s saw the rise of the autobiographical monologue, its leading practitioner Spalding Gray, the WASP from Rhode Island who portrays himself as an innocent abroad in a crazy contemporary world.

In the video Stevens portrays himself, Santa, the prosecutor, and the Judge.

: An occasional actor on the show ( and a member of Jimmy's writing staff ), Tony Barbieri periodically portrays Jake Byrd, who insinuates himself into real life events around the country, seeking attention and irritating those around him.

Just behind them, Velázquez portrays himself working at a large canvas.

KQ6 primarily portrays the plan as Alhazred's plan to become the new King of the Green Isles ( who asks for advice from Shadrack ), and the Companion takes it further as the ultimate plan is to lead to the Land's destruction ( possibly instigated by Shadrack himself, with Abdul Alhazred being Mordack's underling ).

Possibly the most adept at musical depiction in his program music was the German composer Richard Strauss, whose symphonic poems include Death and Transfiguration ( portraying a dying man and his entry into heaven ), Don Juan ( based on the ancient legend of Don Juan ), Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks ( based on episodes in the career of the legendary German figure Till Eulenspiegel ), Don Quixote ( portraying episodes in the life of Miguel de Cervantes ' character, Don Quixote ), A Hero's Life ( which depicts episodes in the life of an unnamed hero often taken to be Strauss himself ) and Symphonia Domestica ( which portrays episodes in the composer's own married life, including putting the baby to bed ).

This would have discredited Sarmiento as a respected father of Argentina, as Sarmiento portrays himself as a sole individual, disregarding or denouncing important ties to other people and groups in his life.

Instead, he often proclaims himself to be a pirate, and typically portrays himself as such in his articles and artwork.

In Born on the Fourth of July ( 1989 ) Tom Cruise portrays disenchanted Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic who, wounded in action and wheel-chair bound, leads rallies against the war.

He portrays an aging United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant and Korean War veteran.

Ironically, Brand, a genuine decorated veteran, portrays a phony war hero, a coward who obtained his prize trophy ( a Japanese soldier's sword ) by murdering a Japanese officer after he had surrendered.

The album's title track portrays a Vietnam veteran who turns into a drug dealer.

There are enough mumbled half-liners in this contemporary war pic to satisfy those die-hards eager to see just how he portrays the consummate marine veteran.

Haeckel portrays a concrete demonstration of his Biogenetic Law through his ‘ Gastrea ’ theory, in which he argues that the early cup-shaped gastrula stage of development is a universal feature of multi-celled animals.

* John Osborne's play The Entertainer ( 1957 ) portrays the life and work of a failing third-rate music hall stage performer who tries to keep his career going even as his personal life falls apart.

Mark portrays the 1950s rock-a-billy era complete with exact replicas of all of Elvis ' performance guitars and stage clothes from 1954 to 1958, as well as old 1950s RCA microphones and even a full-size Nipper dog statue on-stage ( Mark is the only impersonator that uses RCA's Nipper ).

* In a 1973 episode of The Brady Bunch, housekeeper Alice Nelson portrays the Queen when the Bradys and Sam the Butcher help Cindy stage a re-enactment of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

David's key 1784 " Oath of the Horatii " portrays an event from this story, continuing French interest in it that had also produced Pierre Corneille's 1640 stage play Horace.

The title sequence to Grand Prix ( 1966 ) portrays the moments before the opening race in Monte Carlo, the title sequence to The Big Country ( 1958 ) depicts the days it takes a stage coach to travel to a remote Western town, and the opening montage title sequence to The Victors ( 1963 ) chronicles the twenty seven years between WWI and the middle of WWII, where the film begins.

The NES version of this video game has an original element that none of the other versions have: a stage that portrays Danny Madigan's " version " of the classic Shakespeare play Hamlet.

* Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray.

His seemingly inapt and never-explained Asian names — Kwan, Chen — spoof oddities of casting, as when a very British actor portrays a very British character with an utterly French name like Jean-Luc Picard ).

Artist William Mulready portrays African-American actor Ira Aldridge as Othello.

Brent Spiner portrays the android Data ; rumors before the film's release suggested that since Data's skin had been largely removed at the end of the story, it would allow another actor to assume the role.

* 2012: British actor Alexander Ellis portrays Dillinger in the first Dollar Baby screen adaptation of Stephen King's The Death of Jack Hamilton.

The film version of Bowser was met with significant criticism, even being mentioned by the actor who portrays him, Dennis Hopper, as the worst role he has ever played on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien.

A Double Life is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays.

Thomas Robins, the actor who portrays Colin MacKenzie, is today more easily recognized by audiences as Sméagol's ill-fated companion Déagol in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Stötzner also portrays an actor playing Franz.

* In Robert Heinlein's novel Double Star ( 1956 ), a down-and-out actor portrays, then replaces, a powerful political figure.

* Brian Delate as Kirk Burbank / Walter Moore: An actor who portrays Truman's father.

* Gregory Itzin, the actor who portrays fictional president Charles Logan of TV's 24, was a former resident

English actor David Tomlinson portrays the villainous Peter Thorndyke, owner of an auto showroom and a SCCA national champion who sells Herbie to Jim and eventually becomes Jim's racing rival.

The earliest example of character actor cited by the OED derives from the 9 November 1883 edition of The Stage, which defined the term as " one who portrays individualities and eccentricities, as opposed to the legitimate actor who [...] endeavours to create the rôle as limned by the author ".

In his brief cameo appearance, Devoto appears as a janitor cleaning a men's toilet while actor Martin Hancock portrays Devoto having a tryst with the wife of promoter / journalist Tony Wilson.

For the most part, Takayuki's Japanese voice actor portrays him as severely emotionally numbed ( dissociated ), consistent with PTSD ( one of the major themes ).

The Jack Sparrow figure is based on the actor that portrays him, Johnny Depp, even featuring his voice and facial mold.

* In the 2001 TV movie, Boss of Bosses, actor Chazz Palminteri portrays Gambino boss Paul Castellano.

* In the 1996 TV movie Gotti, actor Armand Assante portrays Gambino boss John Gotti.

* For the live-action adaptation film of The Prince of Tennis, actor Kanata Hongo portrays Ryoma.

A production scene photodouble portrays a double of the lead actor for the director.