Actors

Definition:

Actors portray roles in motion pictures, television or radio productions and stage shows.

Job Description:

• 1) Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or motion picture productions 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.

Duties and Tasks:

• .1) Attend auditions and casting calls in order to audition for roles.
• 2) Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
• 3) Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other in order to develop role interpretations.
• 4) Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
• 5) Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements in order to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
• 6) Sing and/or dance during dramatic or comedic performances.
• 7) Study and rehearse roles from scripts in order to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
• 8) Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
• 9) Manipulate strings, wires, rods, or fingers to animate puppets or dummies in synchronization with talking, singing, or recorded programs.
• 10) Perform original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audiences, occasionally including audience members as participants.
• 11) Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies.
• 12) Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props.
• 13) Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences.
• 14) Work with other crewmembers responsible for lighting, costumes, makeup, and props.
• 15) Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances.
• 16) Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines.
• 17) Dress in comical clown costumes and makeup, and perform comedy routines to entertain audiences.
• 18) Introduce performances and performers in order to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events.
• 19) Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions.

Activities:

• 1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 2) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 3) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 4) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 5) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 6) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests
• 7) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• 8) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 9) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 10) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 11) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• 4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 5) Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
  
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
  
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Knowledge

• 1) Fine Arts — Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
• 2) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.