Circus performer

A circus performer is an individual who works or is otherwise assosociated with a circus for the purposes of paid entertainment. This may range from anything such as acrobats to clowns, jugglers, animal handlers, mentalists and strong men.

In the Planet of the Apes film series, the character of Caesar grew up working in Armando's Circus in the Los Angeles County area. Armando prided himself on being able to advertize that he offered the only performing ape out of any other circus active at that time.

In the Frankenstein multimedia franchise, a version of the Frankenstein Monster known as Viktor worked at a circus in Budapest in the mid 19th century with his dwarf friend Rinaldo. The management of the circus did not care for the duo and arranged to have Rinaldo killed. After which, Viktor flew into a rage and got revenge by terrorizing the ringleader as well as the knife thrower responsible for murdering Rinaldo.