• Player (dating), slang term for a (usually male, but also female) individual skilled at sexual seduction
• Player (game), a participant in a game
• Player character
• Player-coach
• Player-manager
• Player (political)

Theatre, film, and television

• An actor
• Bravo 2, a television channel, originally known as Player, focusing on gambling
• The Player (1971), a rare film featuring billiards legend Minnesota Fats (Rudolph Wanderone Jr.) as himself
• The Player (1992), a satirical film directed by Robert Altman about a cynical Hollywood film producer

Music

• Player (band), a 1970s rock band from Los Angeles, California
• Player (M. Pokora album), French singer M. Pokora's second album

Technology

• CD player
• DVD player
• Player piano
• Record player
• Tape player

Computing

• Media player (application software), a piece of software tailored for playing back different forms of multimedia file formats
• Player (software), a robot interface specification and software system

See also

• Players
• Playhour