A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
Being A Film Extra Extras, or background actors, are essential to productions. Extras are performers who fill out background scenes such as football games, parades and restaurants. They do not have speaking roles nor do they have any interaction with the lead actors of the project. Texas Film Commission Resources Job Hotline – our office […]
Born and raised in the Texas capital, multihyphenate actor-artist-skateboarder Austin Amelio has been lucky enough to see his television and film career blossom in his hometown. “I’ve barely stepped foot in L.A.,” says the 36-year-old, which is fortunate, seeing as his “favorite place to create in the world is Texas.” Amelio was a professional skateboarder […]
Heart thumping. Palms sweating. Gut twisting. Adrenaline pumping. That’s what it feels like to walk into an audition in a cold, dimly lit room with little fanfare and no audience. Long before the show you pay to watch, this is where key decisions that determine who gets a role begin. It’s where the challenges that […]
Midland High School’s theatre program has another star in the making. Junior Madison Coleman was recently awarded the Texas Theatre Scholar Award by the Texas Thespians for the 2023-24 school year. Earning the designation came after Coleman submitted to a rigorous application process. Aside from being an active member of the MHS Theatre department, the […]
On an average morning this past May, Round Rock ISD alum Vincent Jamal Hooper had just finished eating breakfast and was playing video games with his girlfriend when he noticed a missed call from his agent. A couple of weeks prior, Hooper had tried out for one of the most revered and longest-running shows in […]
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!” It’s the iconic, ear-curdling ultrasonic scream of Sindel from the Mortal Kombat series. The sound alone can destroy her enemies in the game – and that scream was voiced by an actor who spent hours in a studio. Many video game voice actors must scream or yell for projects to make characters come to […]
After acting most of my life in New York and Los Angeles, I’m back in my hometown of Dallas as an acting coach. Today, I’d like to address acting opportunities in Texas outside of Dallas. The biggest market in Texas right now is Austin, a haven for artistic endeavors, with plenty of film, commercial, music […]
State lawmakers are considering a bill this week that could turn Texas into a film making Mecca. We spoke with actor Dennis Quaid about his push to bring Hollywood to Houston. “I’ve done some really great movies in Texas, going back to Rookie and The Alamo…after the incentive went away, and it became sort of […]
When audience member Samantha Coleman sat down to enjoy a Broadway production of “Hadestown” in New York in October, she was repeatedly called out by an actor on stage for using what was assumed to be a recording device. In actuality, Coleman – who is hard of hearing – was using a captioning device provided […]
