Actor Resume Examples

by Joshua Siegel

Your resume will be your most important marketing tool.

A strong resume attached to a quality self photograph is an actor's most important marketing tool. Together, they are essential to starting, building, and maintaining an acting career. They are used to present your unique style and experience so that casting directors will want to hire you for their productions.

Unfortunately, few beginners know what a real acting resume even looks like. The following examples should give you a good idea of what talent agents and casting directors will expect from you.

Resumes (8 x 10 inch)
Your resume needs to be attached to the back of your headshot. Headshots are usually 8 x 10 inches in size. This means that your resume must be 8" x 10" also. Cut the appropriate amount off your printed resume if you use standard 8.5" x 11" paper or that of another size.

Advanced Actor's Resume Example

Stacy Adams
SAG-AFTRA
Height:	5'6"		Actingland Talent Co.
Weight:	115 lbs.		1234 Street Rd.
Hair:	Blonde		Los Angeles, CA 90210
Eyes:	Green		Tel: 310-555-1234

Film (Partial List)
Flight of the Eagle		Supporting	Film Productions, LLC.
Freedom		Co-Star	Moving Images
Clouds Outside the City		Lead	Moving Images
Brain Dead		Featured	Freeform Art Co.
Ski & Skate		Featured	Film Productions, LLC.
The Magic Lantern		Lead	Magic Lantern, LLC

Television
Sad Clowns		Guest Star	Liberty Television
Puddle Jumpers (Pilot)		Principal	AGP Media, LLC.
Car Wash		Series Regular	Inside-Up Prods.

Theater
The Comedy of Errors		Aegeon	Theater Under the Stars
King Lear		Edmund	St. Mary's High School
The Tragedy of Macbeth		Duncan	St. Mary's High School

Commercials
List available upon request

Training
Michigan School of Arts		Stage Performance	Ann Arbor, MI
Kim Bevel		Method Acting	Los Angeles, CA

Specials Skills
Surfing, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Golf, Swimming, Water Skiing, Snow Skiing, Rollerblading, Juggling, Motor Cross, Knife Throwing, Drag Racing

Beginning Actor's Resume Example

Mitch Myers

Height:	5'11"		1234 Street Rd.
Weight:	160 lbs.		Los Angeles, CA 90210
Hair:	Brown		Tel: 310-555-1234
Eyes:	Brown		Mobile: 310-555-5678

Film
Dark Matter		Featured Extra	Film Productions, LLC.

Theater
A Midsummer Night's Dream		Theseus	St. Mary's High School
Hamlet		Bernardo	St. Mary's High School

Training
Tony Blair		Dramatic Arts	St. Mary's High School

Specials Skills
Basketball, Baseball, Golf, Rollerblading, Juggling, Scuba (PADI certified), Photography, Valid Drivers License and U.S. Passport.

If you don't have experience, you should become a movie extra. That's the best way to get some material for your resume. You won't need a resume at all to be an extra. You might still need a headshot or recent photo, though.

Posted by Robert (2009-04-12) 1287

Any advice on constructing a resume if you have NO acting experience. I've been a foreign language teacher for 35 years and would now like to be in ads, or be an extra in tv or film. Will my headshot be looked at all if my resume lists no credits?

Posted by Cheryl (2008-01-11) 22