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Actors: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or film productions, or other settings 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.
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This source lists 18 tasks, including 9 marked Core and 9 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2026.
18 tasks shown
Core · Task 7648 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles.
Core · Task 7644 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
Core · Task 7649 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
Core · Task 7643 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
Core · Task 7646 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
Core · Task 7645 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations.
Core · Task 7647 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
Core · Task 7652 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props.
Core · Task 7650 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props.
Supplemental · Task 7653 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies.
Supplemental · Task 7656 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences.
Supplemental · Task 7654 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances.
Supplemental · Task 7651 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Sing or dance during dramatic or comedic performances.
Supplemental · Task 7655 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions.
Supplemental · Task 7657 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Introduce performances and performers to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events.
Supplemental · Task 7659 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Dress in comical clown costumes and makeup, and perform comedy routines to entertain audiences.
Supplemental · Task 7661 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines.
Supplemental · Task 7660 · 08/2026 · Occupational Expert
Perform original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audiences, occasionally including audience members as participants.
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