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Your acting resume should evolve as you train and gain experience in the biz. Just as you should update your head shot every time your look changes, you should update your resume every time you land another good role.

By tailoring your resume for specific roles, you can show the casting director that you’ve either done similar roles before or are fully qualified for the current role you want to be cast in. The goal of your resume is to highlight what you’ve done and exhibit all your special skills.

This section takes a look at what credits you should highlight on your acting resume as a beginner, as an intermediate, and as a veteran actor. Use these samples to serve as a guide for creating your own beginner’s acting resume. Then, when you land that first big role, you can update your resume, using the intermediate actor’s example. Then, when you finally hit it big and are on the verge of becoming a major celebrity, you can use this chapter to put together your veteran actor’s resume. After that, you’ll be so famous that casting directors and producers will be knocking your door down to offer you roles, and you won’t even need to bother with a resume anymore!

There are no fixed set of rules for creating a resume. Use these examples to stir your imagination and creativity. The most important part about creating a resume is to make your resume look impressive whether you use specific words, highlight words in bold face or unique fonts, or rearrange your skills and experience so it appears you have the exact background and skills needed for the current role you’re auditioning for.

Note: The sample resumes shown herein are included for demonstration purposes only and aren’t the actual or true resumes of the individual resume’s holder. Furthermore, the names used herein are fictitious and any relation to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.