# Role Player (Intelligence Training) **Entity class:** Training role **Domain:** Intelligence / law enforcement / simulation ## Definition A **role player** embodies a person inside a training scenario so participants must interact with a responsive human rather than a fixed script. Intelligence and law-enforcement programs use role players as sources, targets, intermediaries, victims, bystanders, officials, or members of notional organizations; foreign-language role players add linguistic and cultural demands. ## Relationships - **directed by:** [[wiki/White Cell|White Cell]] and exercise-control staff. - **procured through:** [[wiki/FLETC Roleplayer Services|FLETC Roleplayer Services]] and USAICoE contracts. - **performance methods:** [[wiki/Given Circumstances|Given Circumstances]], [[wiki/Meisner Technique|Meisner Technique]], and [[wiki/Character Bible|Character Bible]]. - **digital analogue:** [[wiki/Virtual Humans|Virtual Humans]]. - **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]].