# \[BUG\] Actor search not functioning (Android TV / NVIDIA Shield Pro) **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** server-windows, android-tv\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727 "2021-08-16T02:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omnivenom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/258eb7/32.png) [@omnivenom](https://forums.plex.tv/u/omnivenom)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/1 "2021-08-16T02:51:00Z")
Server Version#: 1.24.0.4930 Player Version#: 8.21.2.27212 Actor avatar does nothing when pressed. On all other players, pressing the avatar initiates a search for that actor in your library. Someone already reported this bug (missing feature) back in September 2020, but it has yet to be resolved/implemented. Today is August 15, 2021. The topic was automatically closed, so I’m opening a new one in case people just forgot about it. Original topic: [https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning/638068](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning/638068) ---
**Author:** ![Pow4Life181](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pow4life181/32/110911_2.png) [@Pow4Life181](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Pow4Life181)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/2 "2021-08-17T09:19:10Z")
Are we EVER going to get an ETA on this feature, guys?? This has been missing for so long and is requested every other week, either here or on Reddit. ---
**Author:** ![bPlaTyPuS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bplatypus/32/18274_2.png) [@bPlaTyPuS](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bPlaTyPuS)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/3 "2021-08-17T14:32:20Z")
same for me. ++ when you are on a movie ‘page’, when you scroll down (I mean with the shield remote…) after few seconds, it automatically scrolls up! this is also very annoying… ---
**Author:** ![GiWi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/779978/32.png) [@GiWi](https://forums.plex.tv/u/GiWi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/4 "2021-08-19T19:56:42Z")
Same frustration here, it’s really annoying and it has been more than a year since we are told it’s coming! ---
**Author:** ![carbonunit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/carbonunit/32/97119_2.png) [@carbonunit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/carbonunit)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/5 "2021-08-26T18:21:56Z")
I would also like to throw my hat in. We have been waiting for this feature for quite a while. It works in Roku, why not Android? ---
**Author:** ![McWetty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mcwetty/32/252723_2.png) [@McWetty](https://forums.plex.tv/u/McWetty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/6 "2021-09-04T21:53:12Z")
Keeping this thread alive… same bug here. Hoping for a fix soon. ---
**Author:** ![carbonunit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/carbonunit/32/97119_2.png) [@carbonunit](https://forums.plex.tv/u/carbonunit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/7 "2021-10-06T22:16:15Z")
No love for Android TV. ---
**Author:** ![TedBonez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TedBonez](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TedBonez)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/8 "2021-10-17T14:16:51Z")
My grandma has been complaining about this recently. She loves to guess actors’ other movies. Did the feature work and stopped working recently? ---
**Author:** ![barediver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@barediver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/barediver)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/9 "2021-11-01T22:27:12Z")
Bump. Loved this feature on my old roku tv. Would love to have it back. ---
**Author:** ![Maltavius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/maltavius/32/96461_2.png) [@Maltavius](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Maltavius)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/10 "2021-12-17T08:13:27Z")
Even if they get this working it’s not working correctly in the Web version of Plex either. If I click on Nathan Fillion in the TV-Series “The Rookie” I get no more results. If I change to my “Movies” category and search for Nathan Fillion, I get hits for several movies I have where he’s an actor. Searching for an actor should be across all my local libraries not just in the one I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/11 "2021-12-17T08:32:15Z")
Cast search is scoped per library and not per plex server which is why you see results like this. Its a major limitation of this functionality which many of us have been asking years for. ---
**Author:** ![boblinthewild](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/boblinthewild/32/4050_2.png) [@boblinthewild](https://forums.plex.tv/u/boblinthewild)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/12 "2022-02-04T05:13:28Z")
Clicking on actors was just implemented in the latest beta Plex for Android 8.30.0.30648-beta. Thanks Plex! ---
**Author:** ![M93p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@M93p](https://forums.plex.tv/u/M93p)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/13 "2022-02-05T12:28:50Z")
Thank you Plex devs for implementing clickable actors on Android TV ! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-actor-search-not-functioning-android-tv-nvidia-shield-pro/736727/14 "2022-05-06T12:29:01Z")
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