For seven years, background actors have been recognizing ... filled the house at the 99-seat Eastwood Performing Arts Center in East Hollywood. Like an old-timey silent movie performer, he then ...

Moreover, productions are favoring a select group of background or stand-in artists whom they can trust and reuse. That is helping some extras counter the overall fall-off in work as Hollywood ...

Most of us, in Hollywood or outside it, are facing a common question: Can we have a working world in which you can survive without being a star? You may never notice background actors if they’re ...

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However, the parties did come to a tentative agreement that background actors would be given at least 48 hours notice of scenes involving nudity or simulated sex acts. Members of the Hollywood ...

The potential for artificial intelligence to replace background actors is one of the central tensions in the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike with studios, the biggest labor dispute in Hollywood since the ...

"It's part of Hollywood," Harrigan told The Times. "We're also in front of the camera, and we're an important part of TV and film." The role of a background actor is intentionally subtle.

Background actor Scott Perry at the Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards in February 2025. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) ...