Always given similar roles (8)
I believe the answer is:
typecast
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">always given similar roles</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for typecast that I've seen before include "Always given the same sort of roles" , "in the usual parts" , "make actor repeat himself ..." , "playing similar roles" , "Put into same kind of role continually" .)