Searching for actors is a daunting task to scroll through them all.
How about linking actors in a movie pane?
EX. when you go to a movie screen, the actors show at the bottom. How about being able to click on those actors and see all the movies the are in.
That’s already there in the Plex Web app. Are you referring to another app?
Also available in Plex for Windows client.
The Android TV app lists the actors, but does not provide a list of their movies if you select their picture.
Displaying the list of actors is a relatively recent addition to the Android TV app. Hopefully listing their movies will be added in a future release.
Not sure about other clients - iOS, SmartTV, etc.
I’m referring to the Plex app on an android device like the FireStick. I don’t watch too many movies from my computer.
Yes, on the android app, you can search by actor under genre or underneath a movie will list some of the actors.
Scrolling through the list under genre is extremely time consuming so I was just suggesting a better way to search by actor.
I was thinking to pick a movie I know an actor is in, scroll to list of actors in that movie and be able to click on their name to pull up all the movies with that actor
That is what I was referencing. For a given movie, you can view a list of actors. Selecting one does nothing.
When it comes to having actor icons in the movie pre-play screen for Android TV / Fire TV clients… there’s actually already an existing feature suggestion for this.
Just got a shield today and am coming off the roku app and I cannot believe that selecting an cast member does nothing and does not bring you to a list of movies/shows they are credited for.
This is on roku and has been for years (I think) so am amazed its not on the android TV app.
Is there a main feature request for this (so I can add my vote) or is this the main thread I need to follow (and rant on) to try and get this added.
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Ya, this is why I started the thread. Wasn’t sure where to notify Plex for adding this option. Hoping the community response would bring it to the developers attention. It would be a nice feature.
Plex knows this already… and they give a damn…
It’s a shame how actors and so much else is handled …
just like the “overall” actors-view (from search) just brings you to the movie-section only … whats with every other sections?!
Again something emby has for years, inclusive fav. actors
it’s ridiculous whats been added and whats not 
get the core out of beta before adding nonsense stuff like podcasts, web-shows, arcade and so on… stuff nobody uses … but believe it or not, people actually searching for actors
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
