53121 – Actors, comedians and circus performers
53121 – Actors, comedians and circus performers
Actors, comedians and circus performers perform roles and circus skills in circuses, motion picture, television, theatre and radio productions to entertain a variety of audiences. They are employed by motion picture, television, circuses, theatre and other production companies. This unit group includes acting teachers employed by private acting schools.
Profile
Index of titles
Acrobat
Acting teacher - private or studio
Actor/actress
Aerial acrobat - entertainment
Circus artist
Circus performer
Clown
Comedian
Comic
Contortionist
Diction coach
Drama actor
Drama coach
Drama teacher - private or studio
Dramatic arts teacher - private or studio
Dramatic reader
Entertainer
Equilibrist
Film dubber
High-wire walker
Humorist - performing arts
Hypnotist
Illusionist
Impersonator
Improviser
Juggler
Mime
Mimic
Movie actor
Narrator
Performing arts extra
Reader - performing arts
Show horse rider
Slack-rope performer - entertainment
Standardized patient
Stand-in
Stand-up comedian
Story teller
Straight man
Stunt performer - film and theatre
Trapeze artist
Voice coach
Voice-over actor
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Actors and comedians
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
Train students in interpretation of scripts, speech, movement, and dramatic theory
Prepare acting students for specific auditions and performances.
Circus performers
perform a variety of acts intended to amaze, thrill, and engage audiences
conceptualize and choreograph original performances
study and perform acrobatic and aerial skills required by specific circus shows
may participate in the development of a director or ringmaster’s vision.
Employment requirements
Demonstrated ability, based on an audition or previous acting or circus roles, is an important hiring criteria.
Circus performers and acrobats may require a period of study at a circus school.
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.
Additional information
Exclusions
Announcers and other broadcasters (52114)
Dancers (53120)
Drama professor - university (in 41200 University professors and lecturers)
Musicians and singers (51122)
Other performers (55109)
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