A role in sociology is a set of behaviours conceptualised by people in a social situation. Look up role in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Role or roles may also refer to: Role (performing arts), a character or part played by a performer or actor Role, Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland Role, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland Role, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland Rholes, or Roles, a tribal leader in Scythia Minor c. 31–27 BC All pages with titles beginning with Role All pages with titles containing Role Thematic role (disambiguation) Role theory, a perspective in sociology Roles (surname) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Role.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.