# 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. - Code: 27-2011.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 27-2011) - Family: [Arts, Design, Media & Sports](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-27), one of its 45 occupations - Tasks: 18 tasks (13 core and 5 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/27-2011.00 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/27-2011.00.json ## What the work is made of 1. Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble. Core task · Task 7646 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 2. Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences. Core task · Task 7649 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 3. Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role. Core task · Task 7644 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 4. Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures. Core task · Task 7647 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 5. Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed. Core task · Task 7643 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 6. Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations. Core task · Task 7645 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 7. Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles. Core task · Task 7648 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 8. Sing or dance during dramatic or comedic performances. Core task · Task 7651 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 9. Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props. Core task · Task 7650 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 10. Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences. Core task · Task 7656 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 11. Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props. Core task · Task 7652 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 12. Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies. Core task · Task 7653 · Rated by 49 people who do the job, July 2017 13. Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions. Core task · Task 7655 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 14. Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances. Supplemental task · Task 7654 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 15. Introduce performances and performers to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events. Supplemental task · Task 7657 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 16. Dress in comical clown costumes and makeup, and perform comedy routines to entertain audiences. Supplemental task · Task 7659 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 17. Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines. Supplemental task · Task 7661 · Rated by 50 people who do the job, July 2017 18. Perform original and stock tricks of illusion to entertain and mystify audiences, occasionally including audience members as participants. 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