Player

Player may refer to:

Role or adjective

 * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport
 * Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games
 * Athlete, a player in sports
 * Player character, 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
 * Player (slang), a philanderer, often male

People

 * Allen Player (1893–1962), New Zealand cricketer
 * Willa Beatrice Player (1909-2003), American educator
 * Gary Player (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, 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), a piece of software tailored for playing back different forms of multimedia file formats
 * Player Project, a robot interface specification and software system
 * VMware Player

Technology

 * Blu-ray Disc player, a device that plays discs with high definition video
 * CD player, a device that plays audio discs
 * DVD player, a device that plays discs produced under both the DVD-Video and DVD-Audio technical standards
 * Portable media player (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 self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music
 * Record player, a device that plays vinyl records
 * Tape player, a device that plays magnetic tapes