The Prestige (2006) Cast & Characters — QuantCinema

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CAST · THE PRESTIGE

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

23,830

across full runtime

Named matches

14

actors identified

Close-up shots

32.5%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

7.7%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

78%

22%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 32%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Andy Serkis

90% non-neutral

Lead screen share

34%

14 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

7.7%

1,825 frames

Surprise

5.1%

1,205 frames

Neutral

32.1%

7,661 frames

Fear

20.1%

4,780 frames

Sad

13.1%

3,114 frames

Angry

16.6%

3,964 frames

Disgust

5.4%

1,281 frames

Screen time by actor

14 named · 89m tracked of 130.5m

01

Hugh Jackman

as Robert Angier · 4374 scenes

30.4min · 34% of cast

angry

02

Christian Bale

as Alfred Borden · 3513 scenes

24.4min · 28% of cast

angry

03

Michael Caine

as Cutter · 1718 scenes

11.9min · 13% of cast

sad

04

Scarlett Johansson

as Olivia Wenscombe · 1084 scenes

7.5min · 9% of cast

neutral

05

Rebecca Hall

as Sarah · 747 scenes

5.2min · 6% of cast

happy

06

Andy Serkis

as Alley · 352 scenes

2.5min · 3% of cast

disgust

07

David Bowie

as Tesla · 333 scenes

2.3min · 3% of cast

angry

08

Roger Rees

as Owens · 269 scenes

1.9min · 2% of cast

angry

09

Piper Perabo

as Julia McCullough · 204 scenes

1.4min · 2% of cast

neutral

10

Daniel Davis

as Judge · 63 scenes

0.4min · 0% of cast

angry

11

Jamie Harris

as Sullen Warder · 50 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

neutral

12

Mark Ryan

as Captain · 19 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

sad

13

Jim Piddock

as Prosecutor · 15 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

sad

14

Christopher Neame

as Defender · 4 scenes

0.0min · 0% of cast

neutral

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Michael Caine as Cutter	3,053	220.6	29.9%
Christian Bale as Alfred Borden	2,121	200.1	20.8%
Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier	1,595	215	15.6%
Scarlett Johansson as Olivia Wenscombe	886	255	8.7%
Andy Serkis as Alley	592	193.8	5.8%
Roger Rees as Owens	527	235.9	5.2%
David Bowie as Tesla	483	210.3	4.7%
Rebecca Hall as Sarah	442	216.2	4.3%
Piper Perabo as Julia McCullough	217	124.3	2.1%
Daniel Davis as Judge	131	233.9	1.3%
Jamie Harris as Sullen Warder	63	273.9	0.6%
Jim Piddock as Prosecutor	52	206.3	0.5%
Unidentified speakers	44	—	0.4%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

HJ

Hugh Jackman

AS ROBERT ANGIER

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

30m 25s

Scenes

4374

First seen

1:21

Last seen

123:53

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

7%

Happy

5%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

17%

Fear

16%

Sad

33%

Angry

8%

Disgust

CB

Christian Bale

AS ALFRED BORDEN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

24m 25s

Scenes

3513

First seen

1:19

Last seen

124:40

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

10%

Happy

7%

Surprise

19%

Neutral

6%

Fear

12%

Sad

37%

Angry

10%

Disgust

MC

Michael Caine

AS CUTTER

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

11m 56s

Scenes

1718

First seen

1:07

Last seen

124:24

Volatility

45 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

8%

Happy

17%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

2%

Fear

32%

Sad

8%

Angry

10%

Disgust

SJ

Scarlett Johansson

AS OLIVIA WENSCOMBE

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

7m 32s

Scenes

1084

First seen

35:51

Last seen

120:03

Volatility

44 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

16%

Happy

4%

Surprise

33%

Neutral

2%

Fear

22%

Sad

10%

Angry

14%

Disgust

RH

Rebecca Hall

AS SARAH

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

5m 11s

Scenes

747

First seen

18:24

Last seen

120:23

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

37%

Happy

2%

Surprise

12%

Neutral

13%

Fear

32%

Sad

1%

Angry

4%

Disgust

AS

Andy Serkis

AS ALLEY

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

2m 27s

Scenes

352

First seen

10:31

Last seen

90:35

Volatility

53 High

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

18%

Happy

9%

Surprise

10%

Neutral

9%

Fear

14%

Sad

9%

Angry

30%

Disgust

DB

David Bowie

AS TESLA

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 19s

Scenes

333

First seen

49:57

Last seen

90:50

Volatility

27 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

0%

Happy

3%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

6%

Fear

8%

Sad

71%

Angry

2%

Disgust

RR

Roger Rees

AS OWENS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 52s

Scenes

269

First seen

4:55

Last seen

109:01

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

7%

Happy

0%

Surprise

3%

Neutral

4%

Fear

9%

Sad

58%

Angry

19%

Disgust

PP

Piper Perabo

AS JULIA MCCULLOUGH

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 25s

Scenes

204

First seen

11:54

Last seen

25:22

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0032m65m97m130.5m

29%

Happy

5%

Surprise

31%

Neutral

3%

Fear

28%

Sad

3%

Angry

0%

Disgust

DD

Daniel Davis

AS JUDGE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 26s

Scenes

63

First seen

4:38

Last seen

23:00

Too few detections for emotion analysis

JH

Jamie Harris

AS SULLEN WARDER

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 21s

Scenes

50

First seen

5:33

Last seen

115:36

Too few detections for emotion analysis

MR

Mark Ryan

AS CAPTAIN

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 08s

Scenes

19

First seen

5:18

Last seen

5:44

Too few detections for emotion analysis

JP

Jim Piddock

AS PROSECUTOR

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 06s

Scenes

15

First seen

3:50

Last seen

4:12

Too few detections for emotion analysis

CN

Christopher Neame

AS DEFENDER

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 02s

Scenes

4

First seen

4:13

Last seen

4:36

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 14 clusterssums to 100.1% of all dialogue

Caine 28.8%

Bale 22.1%

Jackman 15.5%

Johansson 7.2%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 8 ensemble

0:0032:3865:1597:53130:30

runtime

Christian Bale

0:58enter

Michael Caine

1:06enter

Jim Piddock

3:21enter

Daniel Davis

4:37enter

Roger Rees

5:08enter

Hugh Jackman

7:36enter

SPEAKER 09

8:33enter

Andy Serkis

9:14enter

Piper Perabo

11:51enter

Scarlett Johansson

13:54enter

Rebecca Hall

14:50enter

Jamie Harris

48:14enter

David Bowie

49:59enter

SPEAKER 12

70:00enter

Michael CaineSPEAKER 19

Rapid exchange

28.8%

of all dialogue · 3,053 words · 13:50 spoken

WPM220.6

Turns481

Avg turn1.8s

Longest21.9s

enters at 1:06profanity 4

Christian BaleSPEAKER 14

Rapid exchange

22.1%

of all dialogue · 2,121 words · 10:36 spoken

WPM200.1

Turns545

Avg turn1.3s

Longest13.6s

enters at 0:58profanity 12

Hugh JackmanSPEAKER 17

Rapid exchange

15.5%

of all dialogue · 1,595 words · 7:25 spoken

WPM215

Turns339

Avg turn1.4s

Longest19.2s

enters at 7:36profanity 0

Scarlett JohanssonSPEAKER 01

Conversational

7.2%

of all dialogue · 886 words · 3:29 spoken

WPM255

Turns134

Avg turn1.6s

Longest6.2s

enters at 13:54profanity 0

Andy SerkisSPEAKER 00

Conversational

6.4%

of all dialogue · 592 words · 3:03 spoken

WPM193.8

Turns127

Avg turn1.4s

Longest8.8s

enters at 9:14profanity 0

Roger ReesSPEAKER 23

Conversational

4.7%

of all dialogue · 527 words · 2:14 spoken

WPM235.9

Turns114

Avg turn1.3s

Longest6.4s

enters at 5:08profanity 0

David BowieSPEAKER 32

Brief

4.8%

of all dialogue · 483 words · 2:18 spoken

WPM210.3

Turns69

Avg turn2.1s

Longest6.7s

enters at 49:59profanity 1

Rebecca HallSPEAKER 21

Conversational

4.3%

of all dialogue · 442 words · 2:03 spoken

WPM216.2

Turns131

Avg turn1.2s

Longest7.3s

enters at 14:50profanity 0

Piper PeraboSPEAKER 28

Rapid exchange

3.6%

of all dialogue · 217 words · 1:45 spoken

WPM124.3

Turns199

Avg turn1.1s

Longest16.1s

enters at 11:51profanity 0

Daniel DavisSPEAKER 29

Brief

1.2%

of all dialogue · 131 words · 0:34 spoken

WPM233.9

Turns28

Avg turn1.6s

Longest10.2s

enters at 4:37profanity 0

Jamie HarrisSPEAKER 25

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 63 words · 0:14 spoken

WPM273.9

Turns15

Avg turn1.0s

Longest2.4s

enters at 48:14profanity 0

Jim PiddockSPEAKER 02

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 52 words · 0:15 spoken

WPM206.3

Turns7

Avg turn2.4s

Longest4.3s

enters at 3:21profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 09 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 29 words · 0:07 spoken

WPM242.3

Turns10

Avg turn0.8s

Longest1.9s

enters at 8:33profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 12 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 15 words · 0:08 spoken

WPM113.9

Turns2

Avg turn3.4s

Longest4.3s

enters at 70:00profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 14 unique characters · 23,830 faces detected · 14 named matches · 89m screen-time tracked