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Character Analysis

15,196
Faces Detected
14
Named Actors
16.2%
Close-up Shots
4.0%
Smile Rate
84% M / 15% F
Gender Split
Sad
Dominant Emotion
Tom
Most Expressive
44%
Lead Screen Share

Face recognition uses ArcFace + TMDB headshots — accuracy varies for actors in heavy makeup or costumes.

Screen Time by Actor

Bar color represents dominant emotion

Dialogue by Character

Speaker matching uses face detection overlap — actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Words spoken — grey bar represents dialogue not matched to a named actor

Cast Profiles

Leonardo DiCaprio

as Dom Cobb

34.0 min

3264

scenes

1:03

first seen

140:23

last seen

sadMedium volatility (42%)

Emotion Breakdown

neutral 34%fear 9%sad 37%angry 16%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Cillian Murphy

as Robert Fischer, Jr.

9.2 min

879

scenes

44:38

first seen

139:23

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (42%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 3%neutral 38%fear 13%sad 33%angry 12%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

as Arthur

8.7 min

834

scenes

2:56

first seen

138:03

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (40%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 3%neutral 45%fear 13%sad 33%angry 6%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Ken Watanabe

as Saito

6.1 min

581

scenes

2:48

first seen

138:24

last seen

sadMedium volatility (39%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 3%neutral 26%fear 10%sad 52%angry 10%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Tom Hardy

as Eames

5.5 min

528

scenes

35:08

first seen

139:16

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (50%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 10%neutral 39%fear 11%sad 27%angry 14%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Marion Cotillard

as Mal Cobb

5.2 min

495

scenes

5:44

first seen

133:48

last seen

sadMedium volatility (32%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 4%neutral 17%fear 11%sad 47%angry 21%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Dileep Rao

as Yusuf

2.3 min

216

scenes

41:29

first seen

139:11

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (50%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 8%neutral 38%fear 3%sad 29%angry 22%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Tom Berenger

as Peter Browning

2.2 min

207

scenes

45:31

first seen

96:45

last seen

sadMedium volatility (34%)

Emotion Breakdown

happy 8%neutral 32%fear 11%sad 42%angry 7%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Elliot Page

as Ariadne

1.8 min

172

scenes

25:09

first seen

127:16

last seen

neutralMedium volatility (48%)

Emotion Breakdown

surprise 3%neutral 45%fear 6%sad 29%angry 16%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Michael Caine

as Stephen Miles

1.4 min

134

scenes

22:25

first seen

140:29

last seen

sadMedium volatility (34%)

Emotion Breakdown

neutral 30%fear 5%sad 55%angry 9%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Lukas Haas

as Nash

0.7 min

62

scenes

4:47

first seen

18:41

last seen

sadMedium volatility (39%)

Emotion Breakdown

neutral 16%fear 7%sad 60%angry 16%

Emotional Arc

StartEnd

Pete Postlethwaite

as Maurice Fischer

0.5 min

46

scenes

45:09

first seen

131:40

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Tohoru Masamune

as Japanese Security Guard

0.0 min

3

scenes

1:21

first seen

1:22

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Talulah Riley

as Blonde

0.0 min

2

scenes

86:49

first seen

86:50

last seen

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Overall Emotion Distribution

Across 3,334 unique characters identified in the film

happy4.0%
surprise0.5%
neutral28.5%
fear12.7%
sad40.8%
angry13.3%
disgust0.1%