`  == The French Connection ==  I don't believe there's any french translation for ``character/typecast actor``. That's probably because the french don't believe actors should undergo such categorization. Any actor is deemed to do either ``character acting`` (= perform ``rôles de composition`` in french) and/or remain ``typecast`` (= ``genre`` or ``typé`` in french) anytime throughout his/her career, occasionally or durably, without any of the hierarchical stigma I can sense within the article and all the discussion attached. Actors generally seek for diversity, and life just decides otherwise. One could find Connery's best (leading) performances outside Fleming's Bond, and yet admit he was the one and only 007 agent, all at the same time.   `