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Program Codes
10292
31359
04180
Employment Percentage
-4.687664595
SOC ID
27-2011
SOC Title
Actors
ONET ID
27-2011.00
ONET Concat ID
27201100
Median Salary
50751.49
EMSI Interest Area Term
The Arts
Ed Level High School
61.66
Ed Level Certificate
3.81
Ed Level Some College
0
Ed Level Associates
0
Ed Level Bachelors
20.68
Ed Level Masters
13.86
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description

Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or film productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.

Core Tasks
  • Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
  • Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
  • Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
  • Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
  • Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
  • Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations.
  • Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles.
  • Sing or dance during dramatic or comedic performances.
  • Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props.
  • Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences.
  • Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props.
  • Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies.
  • Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions.
Start Annual Earnings
26966.16
Top Annual Earnings
161812.18
EMSI Career Title Slug
actor