Player may refer to:

Role or adjective

Player (game) Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game. The term applies to both video games and Tabletop game, tabletop games. Gameplay is the connection between the player and the game, the player's overcoming of challenges, and t ...

, a participant in a game or sport **

Gamer A gamer is someone who plays interactive games, either video games, tabletop role-playing games, skill-based card games, or any combination thereof, and who often plays for extended periods of time. Originally a hobby, gaming has evolved in ...

, a player in video and tabletop games **

Athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

, a player in sports **

Player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional Character (arts), character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters tha ...

, a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player * Player (political), a participant in politics who has or is perceived to have influence or power * Global player, a corporate organization that owns production of some good or service in at least one country other than its home country * Player, Shakespearan term for a

stage actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

* Player (slang), a

philanderer Promiscuity is the practice of engaging in sexual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. The term can carry a moral judgment. A common example of behavior viewed as promiscuous by man ...

, often male

People

* Allen Player (1893–1962), New Zealand cricketer *

Willa Beatrice Player Willa Beatrice Player (August 9, 1909 – August 29, 2003) was an American educator, college administrator, college president, civil rights activist, and federal appointee. Player was the first African-American woman to become president of a four ...

(1909-2003), American educator *

Gary Player Gary James Player (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine ...

(born 1935), South African golfer * Scott Player (born 1969), NFL punter * T-Dre Player (born 1992), Canadian football player

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''The Player'', 1988 novel by

Michael Tolkin Michael L. Tolkin (born October 17, 1950) is an American screenwriter, novelist, and director. He has written numerous screenplays, including ''The Player (1992 film), The Player'' (1992), which he adapted from his own 1988 novel of the same name ...

, the basis for the 1992 film * ''The Player'' (1953 film) * ''The Player'' (1992 film), an American film

Music

Player (band) Player is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The group scored several US Hot 100 hits, three of which went into the top 40; two of those single releases went top 10, including the No. 1 hit " Baby Come ...

, a 1970s rock band from Los Angeles, California * ''Player'' (Player album), 1977 * ''Player'' (M. Pokora album), 2006 * ''Player'' (Capsule album), 2010 * ''The Player'' (First Choice album), 1974 * ''The Player'' (The Supermen Lovers album), 2001 * "Player" (song), a 2015 song by Tinashe

Television

Player (TV channel) Bravo 2 (formerly known as Player) was a British television channel. History Player The channel launched as "Player" on March 2, 2006, being a spin-off to a block that previously aired late-at-night on Challenge. Unlike the block, the channel f ...

, former name of Bravo 2, television channel in the United Kingdom *

The Player Channel The Player Channel, known as the Poker Channel until 3 December 2012, was a gaming TV network which broadcast to over 30 million households in 30 countries. The Channel was typically carried in the basic packages of cable and satellite operator ...

, television channel in the United Kingdom * Player.pl, a Polish VOD service * ''The Player'' (Algerian TV series), a 2004 Algerian drama series * ''The Player'' (2004 TV series), a 2004 American reality series * ''The Player'' (2015 TV series), a 2015 American drama series * ''Player'' (TV series), a 2018 South Korean TV series * ''The Player'' (Thai TV series), a 2020 Thai drama series

Computing

Media player (software) Media player software is a type of application software for playing multimedia computer files like audio and video files. Media players commonly display standard Media controls, media control icons known from physical devices such as tape record ...

, a piece of software tailored for playing back different forms of multimedia file formats *

Player Project The Player Project (formerly Player/Stage Project) creates free and open-source software for research into robotics and sensor systems. Its components include the ''Player'' Computer network, network Server (computing), server and the ''Stage'' p ...

, a robot interface specification and software system * VMware Player

Technology

Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of ...

player, a device that plays discs with high definition video *

CD player A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs, which are a digital audio, digital optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such a ...

, a device that plays audio discs *

DVD player A DVD player is a machine that plays DVDs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards, two different and incompatible standards. Some DVD players will also play audio CDs. DVD players are connected to a television to ...

, a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards *

Portable media player A portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files. Normally they refer to small, Electric battery, batter ...

(PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) (was often marketed as MP3 player), a device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files *

Player piano A player piano is a self-playing piano with a pneumatic or electromechanical mechanism that operates the piano action using perforated paper or metallic rolls. Modern versions use MIDI. The player piano gained popularity as mass-produced home ...

, a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music *

Record player A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound. The sound vibration Waveform, waveforms are recorded as correspond ...

, a device that plays vinyl records *

Tape player An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present ...

, a device that plays magnetic tapes