diff --git a/src/Service/GameGridGenerator.php b/src/Service/GameGridGenerator.php
index d13cb57..4353557 100644
--- a/src/Service/GameGridGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Service/GameGridGenerator.php
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ use App\Entity\Game;
 use App\Entity\GameRow;
 use App\Entity\User;
 use App\Repository\ActorRepository;
+use App\Repository\MovieRoleRepository;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 
 class GameGridGenerator
 {
     public function __construct(
         private readonly ActorRepository $actorRepository,
+        private readonly MovieRoleRepository $movieRoleRepository,
+        private readonly WikidataAwardGateway $wikidataAwardGateway,
         private readonly EntityManagerInterface $em,
     ) {}
 
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ class GameGridGenerator
 
         $usedActors = [$mainActor->getId()];
         $rowOrder = 0;
+        $usedMovieRoleIds = [];
+        $usedHintKeys = [];
 
         foreach (str_split(strtolower($mainActor->getName())) as $char) {
             if (!preg_match('/[a-z]/', $char)) {
@@ -50,6 +55,12 @@ class GameGridGenerator
             $row->setPosition(strpos(strtolower($actor->getName()), $char));
             $row->setRowOrder($rowOrder);
 
+            $hint = $this->generateHint($mainActor, $usedMovieRoleIds, $usedHintKeys);
+            if ($hint !== null) {
+                $row->setHintType($hint['type']);
+                $row->setHintData($hint['data']);
+            }
+
             $game->addRow($row);
             ++$rowOrder;
         }
@@ -115,4 +126,86 @@ class GameGridGenerator
             'middle' => $leftSize,
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param list<int> $usedMovieRoleIds MovieRole IDs already used (for DB exclusion)
+     * @param list<string> $usedHintKeys Semantic keys like "film:42" to avoid duplicate hints
+     * @return array{type: string, data: string}|null
+     */
+    private function generateHint(Actor $mainActor, array &$usedMovieRoleIds, array &$usedHintKeys): ?array
+    {
+        $types = ['film', 'character', 'award'];
+        shuffle($types);
+
+        foreach ($types as $type) {
+            $hint = $this->resolveHint($type, $mainActor, $usedMovieRoleIds, $usedHintKeys);
+            if ($hint !== null) {
+                return $hint;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param list<int> $usedMovieRoleIds
+     * @param list<string> $usedHintKeys
+     * @return array{type: string, data: string}|null
+     */
+    private function resolveHint(string $type, Actor $mainActor, array &$usedMovieRoleIds, array &$usedHintKeys): ?array
+    {
+        switch ($type) {
+            case 'film':
+                $role = $this->movieRoleRepository->findOneRandomByActor(
+                    $mainActor->getId(),
+                    $usedMovieRoleIds,
+                );
+                if ($role === null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                $movieId = (string) $role->getMovie()->getId();
+                $key = 'film:' . $movieId;
+                if (in_array($key, $usedHintKeys)) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                $usedMovieRoleIds[] = $role->getId();
+                $usedHintKeys[] = $key;
+                return ['type' => 'film', 'data' => $movieId];
+
+            case 'character':
+                $role = $this->movieRoleRepository->findOneRandomByActor(
+                    $mainActor->getId(),
+                    $usedMovieRoleIds,
+                );
+                if ($role === null) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                $roleId = (string) $role->getId();
+                $key = 'character:' . $roleId;
+                if (in_array($key, $usedHintKeys)) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                $usedMovieRoleIds[] = $role->getId();
+                $usedHintKeys[] = $key;
+                return ['type' => 'character', 'data' => $roleId];
+
+            case 'award':
+                try {
+                    $awards = $this->wikidataAwardGateway->getAwards($mainActor);
+                } catch (\Throwable) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                foreach ($awards as $award) {
+                    $text = $award['name'] . ' (' . $award['year'] . ')';
+                    $key = 'award:' . $text;
+                    if (!in_array($key, $usedHintKeys)) {
+                        $usedHintKeys[] = $key;
+                        return ['type' => 'award', 'data' => $text];
+                    }
+                }
+                return null;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }