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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 =
| emmyawards =
| spouse =
| imdb =
}}
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 |
| emmyawards | any Emmy Awards won, in the above format. |
| spouse | if applicable, name(s) of the actor's spouse(s), in the form: Name (YearYear) (Year to date) |
| imdb | if applicable, find the Actor's page on IMDb Name Seach or IMDb Regular Search and find their ID number and use the ID number only. Note: The ID number is the numbers after "http://www.imdb.com/name/nm" in the address bar. For instance, Tom Cruise is http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000129/, so his ID number is 0000124. |
| * Only used if the {{{image}}} parameter used. | |
 | This template employs intricate features of template syntax.
You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either this template's sandbox, the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here. |