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Infobox actor
Date of birth {{{birthdate}}}

An Infobox Actor may be used to summarise information about a person who is an actor/actress.

Usage

The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. Only the name and birthdate parameters are required. For an example, see Helen Hunt.

{{Infobox actor
| bgcolour      = 
| name          = 
| image         = 
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = 
| birthname     = 
| birthdate     = 
| location      = 
| deathdate     = 
| deathplace    = 
| height        = 
| othername     = 
| homepage      = 
| notable role  = 
| academyawards = 
| spouse        = 
}}

Parameters

Those parameters in bold italics are required.

bgcolour background colouring (e.g. as used in associated colours/projects)
name actor's name; usually the article's page name (i.e. the actor's common name)
image an image of the actor, in the form: "Example.jpg"
imagesize in the form "Npx", resizes the image to a width of N pixels; default is 220px
caption caption for the image
birthname actor's name at birth
birthdate actor's date of birth, in the form: Month Date, Year
location actor's place of birth
deathdate actor's date of death (in form already given)
deathplace actor's place of death
height actor's height
othername other name(s) by which the actor is or was known
homepage actor's official website
notable role the role(s) for which the actor is best known, each in the form: RoleName<br>in FilmName
academyawards any Academy Awards won, in the form: AwardName, Year, FilmTitle Role
spouse if applicable, name(s) of the actor's spouse(s), in the form: Name (YearYear) (Year to date)
  1. ^ only used in conjuction with the image parameter.


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