Character Descriptions from Musicals, Plays and Operas

Ensemble

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  clerk legal clerk assistant official administrator 

Ensemble

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  guard legal officer official judgmental 

Ensemble

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  judge intelligent authoritative serious important professional commanding gravitas 

Lead

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror angry bigot distasteful mean hot-tempered bitter indignant rude callous prejudiced racist 

Lead

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror european accent refugee ashamed humble subservient just awe-struck grateful 

Lead

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror elderly mild gentle defeated sullen kind compassionate 

Supporting

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror meek timid quiet persuadable influenceable insecure 

Supporting

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror wealthy rich well-to-do intimidating practical no-nonsense self-important classy 

Supporting

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror young frightened intimidated scared quiet lower class poor naive 

Supporting

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror slow careful honest unintelligent dull methodical 

Supporting

Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)

  juror salesman loud flashy loquacious hot-tempered bully coward self-important know-it-all forceful 

Lead

Twelve Angry Pigs

  pig jury decision group new work contemporary deliberation teen role