Index
Intro
Actors and comedians perform roles in motion picture, television, theatre and radio productions to entertain a variety of audiences. They are employed by motion picture, television, theatre and other production companies. This unit group includes acting teachers employed by private acting schools.
Main Duties
- Actors and comedians perform some or all of the following duties:
- Study and rehearse lines, gestures and expressions to interpret a role
- Portray roles in video or motion picture productions, television shows, theatre productions, radio dramas, commercials and other productions or perform the narration
- Sing or dance as required by specific roles
- Perform comedy acts in nightclubs alone or as members of comedy troupes
- Improvise a role.
- Acting teachers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Train students in interpretation of scripts, speech, movement, and dramatic theory
- Prepare acting students for specific auditions and performances.
Employment Requirements
- Demonstrated ability, based on an audition or previous acting roles, is an important hiring criteria.
- Acting programs are offered at universities, colleges and private acting schools.
- Acting teachers usually require experience as actors.
- Membership in a guild or union may be required.
All Titles
- acting teacher – private or studio
- actor/actressactor, actress
- comedian
- comic
- diction coach
- drama actor
- drama coach
- drama teacher – private or studio
- dramatic arts teacher – private or studio
- dramatic reader
- extra, performing arts
- film dubber
- humorist – performing arts
- improviser
- mime
- movie actor
- narrator
- reader – performing arts
- standardized patient
- stand-up comedian
- story teller
- straight man
- voice coach
- voice-over actor
Exclusions
- Announcers and other broadcasters (5231)
- Dancers (5134)
- Drama professors (See 4011 University professors and lecturers)
- Musicians and singers (5133)
- Other performers, n.e.c. (5232)