Player may refer to:

Role or adjective

Player (game) Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and pla ...

, a participant in a game or sport **

Gamer A gamer is a proactive hobbyist who plays interactive games, especially video games, tabletop role-playing games, and skill-based card games, and who plays for usually long periods of time. Some gamers are competitive, meaning they routinel ...

, a player in video and tabletop games **

Athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-deve ...

, a player in sports **

Player character A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional 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 that are not contro ...

, 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 or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

* 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

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 DMS, OIG (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 tou ...

(born 1935), South African golfer *

Scott Player Scott Darwin Player (born December 17, 1969) is a former NFL, CFL, and UFL punter. He was signed by the Birmingham Barracudas as a street free agent in 1995. He also played college football at Florida State. Player was also a member of the New ...

(born 1969), former 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 filmmaker and novelist. He has written numerous screenplays, including '' The Player'' (1992), which he adapted from his own 1988 novel of the same name,Tolkin, Michael"The Player" 1st ed., ...

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

Music

* Player (band), 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), former name of Bravo 2, television channel in the United Kingdom * The Player Channel, television channel in the United Kingdom * ''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 control icons known from physical devices such as tape recorders and CD pl ...

, a piece of software tailored for playing back different forms of multimedia file formats * Player Project, a robot interface specification and software system

Technology

Blu-ray Disc The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of stor ...

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 optical disc data storage format. CD players were first sold to consumers in 1982. CDs typically contain recordings of audio material such as music or au ...

, a device that plays audio discs *

DVD player A DVD player is a device 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 *

Player piano A player piano (also known as a pianola) is a self-playing piano containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism, that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded on perforated paper or metallic rolls, with more modern im ...

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

Record player A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...

, a device that plays vinyl records * Tape player, a device that plays magnetic tapes