Role Credits—Shazam for actors

Role Credits is here. You're watching something, someone's face is so familiar, and you can't place it—point your phone at the screen and it names every actor in the shot, then ranks their filmography by the role you probably know them from, not just a random list.

The thing I cared most about: it works across any screen—TV, laptop, movie theater—because it reads what's actually in front of you instead of being tied to one streaming service's catalogue.

What it's good for

• Settling the "wait, where do I know them from" argument mid-episode
• Pausing less, not more—it scans live while you keep watching
• Getting the actual show identified too, not just the faces

Under the hood: on-device face detection gates the cloud calls, AWS Rekognition and Claude both run in parallel to identify the celebrities and the show, then TMDB fills in the filmography. No account, no tracking, no stored images.

3 free scans to start, then Role Credits Pro at $2.99/month (or $19.99/year) if you're a repeat offender like me.