Part 01 · Understand ItChapters 1–3
See what the document is supposed to do.
Learn the rules, walk through the standard layout, and compare an effective résumé with one that gets in its own way.
16 chapters · free to read
One page. Your work. No guesswork.
An acting résumé is not a job application. Learn the format casting expects, build it honestly from the credits you have today, and lay it out the way casting expects to read it.
16Free chapters
1Page only
3Clear columns
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We’ll show you what honestly belongs on the page right now.
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Jordan Taylor
ACTOR · CITY · REPRESENTATION · CONTACT
Film & Television
Project TitleLeadDirector / Company
Project TitleSupportingDirector / Company
Project TitleCo-StarNetwork / Director
Theatre
ProductionCharacterTheatre / Director
ProductionCharacterTheatre / Director
Training
Scene StudyTeacherStudio
On CameraTeacherStudio
Special Skills
The document casting expects
Not your work history. Your casting story.
A good acting résumé lets someone understand your experience in seconds. It is clean, scannable, truthful, and built around credits—not paragraphs about yourself.
One page
Three credit columns
No objective statement
No unrelated day jobs
Skills you can truly perform
Credits casting can verify
The complete résumé guide
Five decisions. Sixteen practical chapters.
Follow the full pathway or jump directly to the question you need answered. Every chapter is individually linked.
Part 02 · Build It HonestlyChapters 4–7
Start where you are—not where you wish you were.
Build a credible first page, list real special skills, understand the columns, and keep the format disciplined.
Part 03 · Match the MediumChapters 8–10
Screen and stage speak different languages.
Use the correct credit conventions for theatre, musical theatre, film, television, and commercials.
Part 04 · Send It ProfessionallyChapters 11–13
Attach, introduce, and adapt it correctly.
Know when paper still matters, when a cover letter helps, and how the UK acting CV differs.
Part 05 · Protect Your CredibilityChapters 14–16
Make it findable, honest, and safe.
Understand what can be checked, where casting profiles use the information, and what must stay off a young actor’s résumé.
The rule that prevents most mistakes
Three columns. Different meanings.
The first column names the project. The third names the company, theatre, network, or director. The middle column changes with the medium—and getting that right tells casting you understand the room.
ProjectTitle of production
RoleTier for screen · character for stage
ProductionCompany, theatre, director, or network
The layout, explained
Stop formatting. Start building.
Chapter two walks the industry-standard structure line by line, including what changes on Spotlight, where there is no résumé to upload at all and your credits are fields you type in one at a time.
The one-page acting layout
Correct three-column credit sections
Training and special-skills areas
Easy to update as credits arrive
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It only needs to be clear, honest, and ready.
Learn the layout, add what you have today, and let the next credit earn its place.