The Truman Show (1998) Cast & Characters — QuantCinema

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CAST · THE TRUMAN SHOW

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

20,430

across full runtime

Named matches

14

actors identified

Close-up shots

25.2%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

13.4%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

75%

25%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 30%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Noah Emmerich

85% non-neutral

Lead screen share

47%

14 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

13.4%

2,733 frames

Surprise

5.6%

1,138 frames

Neutral

29.9%

6,099 frames

Fear

15.8%

3,233 frames

Sad

16.5%

3,381 frames

Angry

13.0%

2,657 frames

Disgust

5.8%

1,189 frames

Screen time by actor

14 named · 63m tracked of 102.9m

01

Jim Carrey

as Truman Burbank · 4237 scenes

29.4min · 47% of cast

sad

02

Ed Harris

as Christof · 1209 scenes

8.4min · 13% of cast

angry

03

Laura Linney

as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill · 1066 scenes

7.4min · 12% of cast

happy

04

Noah Emmerich

as Marlon / Louis Coltrane · 859 scenes

6.0min · 10% of cast

happy

05

Natascha McElhone

as Lauren Garland / Sylvia · 454 scenes

3.2min · 5% of cast

sad

06

Paul Giamatti

as Simeon · 426 scenes

3.0min · 5% of cast

neutral

07

Holland Taylor

as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair · 222 scenes

1.5min · 2% of cast

sad

08

Una Damon

as Chloe · 180 scenes

1.3min · 2% of cast

angry

09

O-Lan Jones

as Bar Waitress · 122 scenes

0.8min · 1% of cast

fear

10

Krista Lynn Landolfi

as Bar Waitress · 99 scenes

0.7min · 1% of cast

disgust

11

Peter Krause

as Lawrence · 70 scenes

0.5min · 1% of cast

neutral

12

Brian Delate

as Walter Moore / Kirk Burbank · 29 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

happy

13

Heidi Schanz

as Vivien · 22 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

happy

14

Blair Slater

as Young Truman · 16 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

happy

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank	1,902	145.6	30.2%
Ed Harris as Christof	1,332	173	21.1%
Laura Linney as Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill	934	193.9	14.8%
Noah Emmerich as Marlon / Louis Coltrane	494	220.9	7.8%
Natascha McElhone as Lauren Garland / Sylvia	450	105.9	7.1%
Paul Giamatti as Simeon	342	260.3	5.4%
O-Lan Jones as Bar Waitress	240	182.6	3.8%
Una Damon as Chloe	192	196.1	3.0%
Holland Taylor as Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair	184	158	2.9%
Peter Krause as Lawrence	148	154.1	2.3%
Blair Slater as Young Truman	54	246.6	0.9%
Unidentified speakers	31	—	0.5%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

JC

Jim Carrey

AS TRUMAN BURBANK

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

29m 27s

Scenes

4237

First seen

0:50

Last seen

95:57

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

15%

Happy

4%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

20%

Fear

33%

Sad

14%

Angry

6%

Disgust

EH

Ed Harris

AS CHRISTOF

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

8m 24s

Scenes

1209

First seen

0:19

Last seen

95:04

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

1%

Happy

3%

Surprise

22%

Neutral

19%

Fear

14%

Sad

32%

Angry

11%

Disgust

LL

Laura Linney

AS MERYL BURBANK / HANNAH GILL

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

7m 25s

Scenes

1066

First seen

1:23

Last seen

81:60

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

46%

Happy

7%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

14%

Fear

19%

Sad

3%

Angry

6%

Disgust

NE

Noah Emmerich

AS MARLON / LOUIS COLTRANE

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

5m 58s

Scenes

859

First seen

1:59

Last seen

80:20

Volatility

41 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

35%

Happy

1%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

2%

Fear

4%

Sad

24%

Angry

20%

Disgust

NM

Natascha McElhone

AS LAUREN GARLAND / SYLVIA

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

3m 10s

Scenes

454

First seen

19:32

Last seen

95:22

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

24%

Happy

1%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

15%

Fear

30%

Sad

8%

Angry

16%

Disgust

PG

Paul Giamatti

AS SIMEON

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 58s

Scenes

426

First seen

57:33

Last seen

95:49

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

5%

Happy

9%

Surprise

59%

Neutral

4%

Fear

8%

Sad

14%

Angry

2%

Disgust

HT

Holland Taylor

AS ANGELA MONTCLAIR / ALANIS MONTCLAIR

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 32s

Scenes

222

First seen

16:03

Last seen

79:17

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

19%

Happy

19%

Surprise

0%

Neutral

12%

Fear

32%

Sad

1%

Angry

16%

Disgust

UD

Una Damon

AS CHLOE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 15s

Scenes

180

First seen

57:28

Last seen

95:49

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

6%

Happy

2%

Surprise

19%

Neutral

7%

Fear

18%

Sad

37%

Angry

11%

Disgust

OJ

O-Lan Jones

AS BAR WAITRESS

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

0m 51s

Scenes

122

First seen

19:14

Last seen

94:36

Volatility

34 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

4%

Happy

2%

Surprise

0%

Neutral

52%

Fear

22%

Sad

10%

Angry

11%

Disgust

KL

Krista Lynn Landolfi

AS BAR WAITRESS

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 41s

Scenes

99

First seen

19:14

Last seen

95:28

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m51m77m102.9m

9%

Happy

8%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

19%

Fear

9%

Sad

11%

Angry

37%

Disgust

PK

Peter Krause

AS LAWRENCE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 29s

Scenes

70

First seen

5:57

Last seen

80:19

Too few detections for emotion analysis

BD

Brian Delate

AS WALTER MOORE / KIRK BURBANK

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 12s

Scenes

29

First seen

11:59

Last seen

80:19

Too few detections for emotion analysis

HS

Heidi Schanz

AS VIVIEN

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 09s

Scenes

22

First seen

72:46

Last seen

80:19

Too few detections for emotion analysis

BS

Blair Slater

AS YOUNG TRUMAN

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 07s

Scenes

16

First seen

61:33

Last seen

64:20

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 12 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Carrey 34.2%

Harris 20.2%

Linney 12.6%

McElhone 11.1%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 6 ensemble

0:0025:4451:2777:11102:54

runtime

Ed Harris

0:20enter

Jim Carrey

0:51enter

Laura Linney

1:15enter

Noah Emmerich

1:59enter

Una Damon

4:19enter

O-Lan Jones

5:25enter

Peter Krause

6:51enter

Natascha McElhone

11:29enter

Holland Taylor

15:56enter

Blair Slater

26:29enter

Paul Giamatti

30:02enter

SPEAKER 24

40:50enter

Jim CarreySPEAKER 18

Rapid exchange

34.2%

of all dialogue · 1,902 words · 13:04 spoken

WPM145.6

Turns517

Avg turn1.2s

Longest15.0s

enters at 0:51profanity 5

Ed HarrisSPEAKER 06

Rapid exchange

20.2%

of all dialogue · 1,332 words · 7:42 spoken

WPM173

Turns278

Avg turn1.5s

Longest13.7s

enters at 0:20profanity 1

Laura LinneySPEAKER 13

Rapid exchange

12.6%

of all dialogue · 934 words · 4:49 spoken

WPM193.9

Turns200

Avg turn1.5s

Longest19.4s

enters at 1:15profanity 0

Noah EmmerichSPEAKER 07

Conversational

5.9%

of all dialogue · 494 words · 2:14 spoken

WPM220.9

Turns114

Avg turn1.0s

Longest4.3s

enters at 1:59profanity 3

Natascha McElhoneSPEAKER 23

Rapid exchange

11.1%

of all dialogue · 450 words · 4:15 spoken

WPM105.9

Turns305

Avg turn1.1s

Longest11.6s

enters at 11:29profanity 1

Paul GiamattiSPEAKER 08

Brief

3.4%

of all dialogue · 342 words · 1:19 spoken

WPM260.3

Turns89

Avg turn1.0s

Longest4.7s

enters at 30:02profanity 1

O-Lan JonesSPEAKER 19

Brief

3.4%

of all dialogue · 240 words · 1:19 spoken

WPM182.6

Turns62

Avg turn1.2s

Longest6.4s

enters at 5:25profanity 0

Una DamonSPEAKER 04

Brief

2.6%

of all dialogue · 192 words · 0:59 spoken

WPM196.1

Turns47

Avg turn1.2s

Longest6.0s

enters at 4:19profanity 1

Holland TaylorSPEAKER 09

Brief

3.0%

of all dialogue · 184 words · 1:10 spoken

WPM158

Turns43

Avg turn1.8s

Longest11.0s

enters at 15:56profanity 0

Peter KrauseSPEAKER 00

Brief

2.5%

of all dialogue · 148 words · 0:58 spoken

WPM154.1

Turns62

Avg turn0.8s

Longest3.9s

enters at 6:51profanity 0

Blair SlaterSPEAKER 20

Brief

0.6%

of all dialogue · 54 words · 0:13 spoken

WPM246.6

Turns14

Avg turn1.4s

Longest12.5s

enters at 26:29profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 24 · unmatched

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 31 words · 0:11 spoken

WPM176

Turns8

Avg turn1.5s

Longest4.1s

enters at 40:50profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 14 unique characters · 20,430 faces detected · 14 named matches · 63m screen-time tracked