Actors
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, motion picture 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.
AI Impact Summary
Actors faces low AI displacement risk with a score of 18/100. This occupation has higher AI displacement risk than 1% of all analyzed occupations. Of 19 analyzed tasks, 0 are highly automatable. Strong protective factors — including social intelligence, creativity, or regulatory barriers — significantly reduce effective risk.
Skill Impact Analysis
6
AI-Vulnerable
11
AI-Resistant
7
AI-Augmented
AI-Vulnerable
High reliance on Memorization is a risk area. Consider developing complementary AI-resistant skills to maintain value.
High reliance on Reading Comprehension is a risk area. Consider developing complementary AI-resistant skills to maintain value.
AI-Resistant
Adaptability/Flexibility is AI-resistant — strengthening this skill provides durable career protection.
Social Perceptiveness is AI-resistant — strengthening this skill provides durable career protection.
Education & Training
Percentage of workers at each education and training level
Education Level
Prior Experience Needed
Work experience required to enter this job
Training Provided After Hiring
How long it typically takes to learn on the job
How AI Impacts Each Task
19 tasks analyzed
Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
| Task | AI Capability | Risk | Time % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble. | 5 | 17.0% | 8% |
| Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences. | 25 | 19.0% | 15% |
| Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role. | 15 | 21.0% | 8% |
| Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures. | 25 | 19.0% | 10% |
| Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed. | 65 | 53.0% | 11% |
Protective Factors
Total protective discount: 29.4%
Essential Soft Skills
Traits that are hard for AI to replicate
Wage & Employment (2024)
Median Wage
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per year
Mean Wage
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per year
Employment
39K
workers
Wage Range
N/A - N/A
10th - 90th pct
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