The DEFINITIVE guide to special skills for actors

Special skills play a HUGE part in any actor’s career. Especially when you’re just starting out. Having a solid arsenal of special skills at your disposal widens the range of roles an actor can get cast for. Yet, special skills are almost always an afterthought to the aspiring performer.

It’s this small section at the very bottom of your resume, how important can it be?

Hugely.

Common issues

There’s a right way to present your special skills and most actors don’t adhere to it. Casting directors come face to face with the worst practices on a daily basis and more often than not, it results in yet another resume heading for the trash.

It’s everything from adding no special skills to the resume and adding silly ones like “Stamp collector”, to straight-up lying and over-generalizing.

Don’t lie on your resume is something so blatantly obvious, yet bears repeating again and again. However, some things are more nuanced and less obvious and we’re happy to bring them to light.

Allcasting’s definitive special skills guide for actors

To educate aspiring stars and seasoned best-practice offenders, we’ve prepared a guide that helps answer every and any question relating to special skills.

What should you add? What to do if you don’t have any? What are some quick ones to learn? How to make your resume really stand out? What SPECIFICALLY are casting directors looking for? Which are the most desirable skills? And so much more.

Filled with valuable tips, practical insights, and real-life examples, this guide has been developed in cooperation with professional working actors and casting experts.

So if you’re an actor trying to polish your resume, as well as your skills, then this is a must-read. The advice will help you get cast. Simple as that.

Check out the definitive guide to special skills for actors here!

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