# Searching Actors has been broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** library-management\ **Created:** [November 17, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261 "2021-11-17T00:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/1 "2021-11-17T00:04:52Z")
I am on the latest BETA version of Plex , that I mainly installed to fix the duplicate pics of actors overlapping with each other, however now, when searching an actor that might exist in different libraries , search results are missing or are different depending the device you search them on. Different results on Shield TV, different on LG Web os 5.0 for plex, different on web browser. I have restarted the container, cleaned bundles, optimised database quite a few times. Have checked database to see if it has been corrupted but all seem well. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/2 "2021-11-17T01:08:01Z")
I have Colin Farell in 4 libraries. [Colin Farell](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268199/) is in 3 libraries and another [Colin Farell](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268200/) in just one. When searching on an android phone it shows the results from 2 library types. The rest are not shown. In order for the results from the other libraries to show I have to click on each Colin Farell library seperately. ![4hWSEaraXj](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/4/7/d47c02b5c689deb1daab6126f228ea3ea4dbc21b.jpeg) When searching on LG Plex, the results are even worse. Only one library shown out of the 4 and the second colin farell is missing as well. ![LNodoxksET](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/b/4/9/b49e0ec5d38fd7032019bac35090e6b06eadccbe.jpeg) ![one result](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/4/6/24663f095eca6a673a2d64317901804f994dbf40.jpeg) On Android TV. If I search Colin Farell it shows me only one Colin Farell but when I click on him, it asks me to choose from which library I would like results from which the other Colin Farell exists as well. ![colin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/2/a/6/2a6be71b18261706509c17fa049c6625dacf4d78.jpeg) ![UTHUFNU6Ak](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/3/f/6/3f68b8a965fcce07a83bb27563046206d065f830.jpeg) Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/3 "2021-11-21T06:10:27Z")
Am I the only one experiencing this? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/4 "2021-11-21T08:57:12Z")
Check out the those thread and see if it helps [Actor/Actress Metadata Issue](https://forums.plex.tv/t/actor-actress-metadata-issue/758593) ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/5 "2021-11-21T09:12:36Z")
Yeap. As described on my Post, have already cleaned bundles/ optimised database/ checked if corrupt. I bet something is wrong with the Plex apps, as each one of them produces different results. ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/6 "2021-11-21T09:18:50Z")
Have a tried a full library metadata refresh? I needed to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/7 "2021-11-21T09:27:07Z")
haha , yeah ofc… ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/8 "2021-11-24T07:47:01Z")
if anyone else have the same issues, please do report them as well. ---
**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/9 "2021-11-24T09:17:41Z")
Just so I’m clear on the issue you’re reporting, could you explain what you are _expecting_ to see? ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/10 "2021-11-28T09:55:10Z")
Let’s begin with the LG app. It’s not showing the second Colin Farrell and it’s only showing results for an item from just one library. The other 3 libraries are missing from the results (all libraries are pinned). ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/11 "2021-11-28T10:02:40Z")
> [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](#): > > it’s only showing results for an item from just one library. The other 3 libraries are missing from the results (all libraries are pinned). Actor search is scoped PER library and NOT shared across libraries. It’s a long running major shortfall of the actor search implementation from plex. There are many threads and even feature requests asking for it. Only current workaround is to have 1 single library per type but that only works for that library. For example, you can’t have TV libraries search actors from Movies libraries giving a consolidated search across your entire plex server. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/invisible_plex_user/32/297531_2.png) [@Invisible\_Plex\_User](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Invisible_Plex_User)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/12 "2021-11-28T10:14:22Z")
I dont mind having to choose from each library to show results as it happens with android, but with LG it doesnt even give me that choice. Just shows one library. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kilgry](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kilgry)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/13 "2021-12-02T18:10:15Z")
Oh good, someone else is having the same problem! I just started to notice this yesterday. I see multiple entries for an actor when doing a search as well. Also, If I visit a movie details page, and then click on the Actor’s portrait, I will only see one or two movies listed, even though I have over ten movies that contain that actor. If I then visit a movie’s detail page that does NOT show on the previous list, and click the actor’s portrait, all the previously unlisted movies are now listed BUT NOT the originally listed movies. It is as if the actor is being seen as two separate actors, however the names appear identical. ---
**Author:** ![anon5074910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@anon5074910](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon5074910)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/14 "2021-12-02T18:18:47Z")
> [@Kilgry](#): > > I see multiple entries for an actor when doing a search as well. For this please see this thread [Actors are registered as a duplicate with 1.25.0.5246 server beta - #2 by dokuro](https://forums.plex.tv/t/actors-are-registered-as-a-duplicate-with-1-25-0-5246-server-beta/760377/2) ---
**Author:** ![Kilgry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kilgry](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Kilgry)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/15 "2021-12-02T18:21:35Z")
Thank you! Seems to be helping so far on a smaller test I did. Refreshing entire library now… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/searching-actors-has-been-broken/758261/16 "2022-03-02T18:22:22Z")
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