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- NOC 2016 Version 1.3
5135 – Actors and comedians
Actors and comedians perform roles in motion picture, television, theatre and radio productions to entertain a variety of audiences. They are employed by motion picture, television, theatre and other production companies. This unit group includes acting teachers employed by private acting schools.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Acting teacher - private or studio
- Actor/actress
- Comedian
- Comic
- Diction coach
- Drama actor
- Drama coach
- Drama teacher - private or studio
- Dramatic arts teacher - private or studio
- Dramatic reader
- Film dubber
- Humorist - performing arts
- Improviser
- Mime
- Movie actor
- Narrator
- Performing arts extra
- Reader - performing arts
- Stand-up comedian
- Standardized patient
- Story teller
- Straight man
- Voice coach
- Voice-over actor
- Acting teacher - private or studio
- Actor/actress
- Comedian
- Drama teacher - private or studio
- Narrator
Inclusions
- Standardized patient
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- 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.
Employment requirements
- Demonstrated ability, based on an audition or previous acting roles, is an important hiring criteria.
- 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 (5231)
- Dancers (5134)
- Drama professors (in 4011 University professors and lecturers)
- Musicians and singers (5133)
- Other performers, n.e.c. (5232)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 5 – Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- Skill level
- A – Occupations usually require university education.
- Major group
- 51 – Professional occupations in art and culture
- Minor group
- 513 – Creative and performing artists
- Associated Career Handbook profiles
- 5135.1 – Actors and comedians5135.2 – Acting teachers
- Version
- NOC 2016 Version 1.3