Actor Resume Template
If you want to be taken seriously as an actor, you need an actor resume. This is a one-page guide to you: your previous roles, your skills, and your training. You’ll hand this resume to casting directors and potential agents.
How does a truly professional resume look? You can copy our template from Google Docs, and then we’ll walk you through filling it out in the rest of this article.
What should you bring to an audition?
An audition is nerve-wracking enough without having to deal with some kind of emergency caused by forgetting an important item.
From how to deal with spills to what your auditioners will expect you to bring, this list will set you up for success!
Bad Acting Advice: actors and comedians share the WORST advice they ever received
As an actor, one of your biggest challenges will be taking people’s advice and figuring out what works, what’s crap, and what’s the difference.
To help you sift through the crap a bit more easily, we’ve collected some of the worst acting advice ever given to professional actors, comedians, and directors.
6 Books to Improve Your Acting Skills
If you want to achieve maximum success as an actor, taking time to read about the craft will help you improve, especially if you can't afford taking classes constantly or afford to take every kind of class in every method available (and who can?).
These books were recommended to us by Network Member Juan Sebastian Cruz, Houston actor as the best books to start with.