# How to identify and return a specific actor within a collection of actors?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-identify-and-return-a-specific-actor-within-a-collection-of-actors/9653
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [October 20, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-identify-and-return-a-specific-actor-within-a-collection-of-actors/9653 "2022-10-20T10:57:34Z")
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### Author: ![llobera](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/llobera/32/5540_2.png) [@llobera](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/llobera)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-identify-and-return-a-specific-actor-within-a-collection-of-actors/9653/1 "2022-10-20T10:57:34Z")

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I have two related questions:

- Is there a way to provide a unique identifier to a vtkActor() ?
- Using `renderer.GetActors()` I get back a collection of actors, I am looking for a specific actor. How can I find and return a pointer to this actor?