(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Actors
Job Description
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or motion picture productions 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.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Study and rehearse roles from scripts in order to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed. |
99
|
Attend auditions and casting calls in order to audition for roles. |
98
|
Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role. |
97
|
Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other in order to develop role interpretations. |
97
|
Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements in order to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences. |
96
|
Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble. |
94
|
Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures. |
89
|
Work with other crewmembers responsible for lighting, costumes, makeup, and props. |
80
|
Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies. |
79
|
Sing and/or dance during dramatic or comedic performances. |
78
|
Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props. |
51
|
Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences. |
48
|
Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances. |
46
|
Introduce performances and performers in order to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events. |
44
|
Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions. |
35
|
Dress in comical clown costumes and makeup, and perform comedy routines to entertain audiences. |
15
|
Manipulate strings, wires, rods, or fingers to animate puppets or dummies in synchronization with talking, singing, or recorded programs. |
13
|
Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines. |
12
|
Perform original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audiences, occasionally including audience members as participants. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
87
|
Thinking Creatively
|
83
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
79
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
68
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
63
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
58
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
58
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
57
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
57
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
57
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
56
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
56
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
54
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
54
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
52
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
47
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
47
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
46
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
44
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
43
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
43
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
43
|
Getting Information
|
41
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
39
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
34
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
27
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
26
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
25
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
24
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
23
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
20
|
Processing Information
|
19
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
17
|
Interacting With Computers
|
14
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
13
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
13
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
7
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
5
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
4
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
1
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
1
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|