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An acting CV is a list a casting director can scan in seconds: your details and agent, then credits grouped by theatre, screen and audio, then training and the skills you could be cast for.

It is not a work-history CV, so there is no long profile. This example is an actor two years out of drama school.

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Rhys Morgan
Actor
Cardiff and London · 07700 900220 · rhys.morgan@example.com · Agent: Harbour Lane Management, 020 7946 0381

Details

Height 5ft 11in. Hair dark brown. Eyes brown. Playing age 24 to 32. Native accents Welsh (South Wales) and standard English; Welsh speaker. Equity member.

Credits

Theatre

Tom, The Glass Menagerie | Bute Street Studio, Cardiff | dir. Alys Pryce | 2026

Ensemble and understudy Laertes, Hamlet (UK tour) | Taffside Theatre Company | 2025

Television and film

Paramedic (day player), Valley Emergency, series 2 | Coalface Pictures | 2026

Owen, Last Train West (short film) | Ffilm Ifanc | 2025

Audio and voice

Narrator, The Lighthouse Keeper's Son (audiobook) | Seaglass Audio | 2025

Training

BA (Hons) Acting Royal Glamorgan College of Drama · 2021–2024

Stage combat: unarmed and rapier, intermediate certificate 2024

Skills

Accents: Welsh, standard English, General American, Irish (Dublin)

Languages: Welsh (fluent)

Music: baritone, sight-reads; acoustic guitar

Sport: football, swimming, full UK driving licence

Fictional example for an actor. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What casting directors look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Prepare for and go to auditionsAccents, playing age and skills listed so a casting director can see the fit
Learn lines and attend rehearsalsA lead role and a touring understudy part
Work as a voice over artist or as an extraAudiobook narration and a day-player television part
Work with an agent to find new roles and opportunitiesAgent's name and number in the contact line
Research rolesCredits that name the director, venue and company

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for an actor.

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Actor on .

Inside this example
  • Details: 25 words here
  • Credits: 74 words here
  • Training: 20 words here
  • Skills: 27 words here

How to write yours

01

Credits, not duties

Each line is role, production, venue or company, director and year. Bullet points about what you did do not belong here.

02

Group by medium

Theatre, screen and audio in their own lists let a casting director go straight to the one they cast.

03

List only skills you could do on camera

An accent or instrument here may be asked for in the room. Keep it to the ones you would perform tomorrow.

04

Agent first

If you have an agent, their name and number go at the top; casting calls them, not you.

Rules and checks for an actor's CV

  • Equity. To join Equity you need to have earned money from acting, or be a student or graduate (National Careers Service). Give your membership if you hold it.
  • Agents. Agents usually charge commission on what you earn (National Careers Service). Read the agreement before you put their name on your CV.
  • Headshot and showreel. You can give showreels and headshots to agents and casting directors (National Careers Service). Send them as the links or files a casting call asks for, not pasted into this CV.

Creative and one page: the coloured header carries your agent, and credits sit in clear groups a casting director can scan.

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