You probably don’t think much about background actors. You’re not meant to, hence the name. They’re the nonspeaking figures who populate the screen’s margins, making Gotham City or King ...

For one night, Hollywood’s background actors are the real stars Background actor Scott Perry at the Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards in February 2025. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) ...

While the COVID-19 pandemic has shrunk crew sizes and banned crowd scenes, Hollywood's new safety rules mean longer jobs for some background actors.

And like many in Hollywood, background actors have faced a difficult last few years. First, there was the pandemic, which shut down productions and limited acting opportunities.

ART: Hollywood Misogynist. 2 minute read. TIME. July 15, 1935 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... To while the time away, Kosleck taught himself to paint, did some background pictures for a Janet Gaynor film.

Scouring Hollywood’s Background, Before Someone Else Gets There First. ... Legendary Entertainment and the art film studio A24. “It’s the result of a collision of two things: ...

Hollywood is gearing up for a fight against AI. ... The actors had been booked for background roles on films produced by the likes of Disney, ... Art is for me a distillation of the human experience.

Quentin Tarantino knew just what he wanted when he sought a fake TV Guide cover to feature in his movie “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” His art direction read: “Smirking Jake Cahill ...

Backdrops from films including ‘North by Northwest,’ ‘Ben Hur’ and ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ are artworks in their own right, sometimes even upstaging the films themselves.