Will AI replace Actors?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
17/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 29% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 12% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 20% of the work
What the job involves
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.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations.
- Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances.
Within reach(2)
- Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props.
- Introduce performances and performers to stimulate excitement and coordinate smooth transition of acts during events.
Out of reach(14)
- Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles.
- Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
- Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
- Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
- Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
and 9 more
Also called
Actress · Comedian · Entertainer · Role Player · Voice Actor · Voice-Over Artist · Background Actor · Motion Picture Actor
Related jobs
- Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers78/100
- Musicians and Singers15/100
- Music Directors and Composers27/100
- Talent Directors34/100
- Choreographers18/100
What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics