Century Designs

Some would argue that an actors resume is even more important than his or her headshot. In this article we will quickly review the central purpose of an acting resume and from there discuss what should and should not go in it and why.

An acting resume should take up precisely one side of one page, and you will typically have it stapled to the back of your head shot. This single page should represent you as an artist, as an entertainer, as an employee, and as a colleague. So the main thing is to understand what auditioners want from you. Think about the specific show they going to be doing and try to compare it to their previous work. What sorts of actors do they like to use, and what kinds of people do they usually use for the type of part you’re trying out for? Once you’ve considered what they’re looking for, the only thing to do is to try and give it to them. You’re an actor, so this will come pretty naturally to you.

The only thing you need to realize is that your acting resume should represent the part you want to play more than you as an independent entity. So, you should twist and pull at the facts of your professional life until they fit, as closely as possible, the specific audition. I would never tell you to lie; simply try to select and highlight the parts of your acting career that are the best fit for this show. This will hardly take you any time at all to do before each show. The fifteen minutes that you spend for each audition could be the difference between your next big break and your next season of waiting tables.