# Actors

> Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or film 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.

- **SOC code:** 27-2011.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2011-00
- **Also known as:** Actor, Actress, Comedian, Performer, Comic, Community Theater Actor, Ensemble Member, Narrator
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- 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.
- Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations.
- Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles.
- Sing or dance during dramatic or comedic performances.
- Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props.
- Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences.
- Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props.
- Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Fine Arts _(knowledge)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Communications and Media _(knowledge)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Reading Comprehension _(essential_skill)_
- Speaking _(essential_skill)_
- Written Comprehension _(ability)_
- Memorization _(ability)_
- Speech Clarity _(ability)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(transferable_skill)_

**Skills in demand:**
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Psychology _(Specialized Skill)_
- Time Management _(Common Skill)_
- TikTok _(Specialized Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Microsoft Word _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft PowerPoint _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Excel _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Facebook _(hot technology)_
- Linux _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Outlook _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft PowerPoint _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Word _(hot technology)_
- TikTok _(hot technology)_
- Zoom _(hot technology)_
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Email software
- FileMaker Pro

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 39th percentile (Moderate) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.):** 52nd percentile (Moderate) — source: felten_aioe.
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 27th percentile (Low) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 43rd percentile (Moderate) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Frey–Osborne (2013, historical computerization estimate):** 42nd percentile — kept separate from current-era studies.
- **Remote-capable (Dingel–Neiman):** no — task structure, not who actually works remote.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** 0.3% growth (About average); 6.3k annual openings; 57k → 57.1k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median —; 38,800 employed.

## How people actually use AI here

Anthropic Economic Index — measured AI conversations mapped to this occupation's tasks:

- **Automation vs augmentation:** 52% automation, 43% augmentation (usage-weighted).
- **Autonomy median:** 4.0 (higher = AI acts more independently).
- **Dominant collaboration mode:** directive.

**Tasks most handed to AI here:**
- Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances. _(76.3% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences. _(9.3% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations. _(0.9% of measured AI use; learning)_
- Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props. _(0.9% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures. _(0.8% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences. _(0.6% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed. _(0.3% of measured AI use)_

**Example prompts (honest phrasings of the tasks above — starting points, not endorsed instructions):**
- Help me write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances.
- Help me portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
- Help me learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations.
- Help me read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props.
- Help me perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE
- **Frey & Osborne (2013)** (frey-osborne-automation) — academic. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/
- **Dingel & Neiman (2020)** (dingel-neiman-workathome) — academic. https://github.com/jdingel/DingelNeiman-workathome

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-2011-00_