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Film/TV/Video  View All


2/23/2026 | Feature Film | Non-Union | Pay 
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BROOKLYN: Female | African-American, Hispanic, Multi-Ethnic | Age: 18 - 25 | Role Type: Leading
She might be 18 but she’s still in high school. An attractive, seductive girl that has two things going for her: an unsettling mix of youth and confidence. Many po...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age


2/20/2026 | Campaign | Non-Union | Pay 
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ALTHEA : Female | Caucasian, Mid-East-Indian, Multi-Ethnic | Age: 22 - 32
Mediterranean, Middle Eastern Beautiful but tries to be invisible. Simple clothing, keeps her head down. Observant, careful in her movements.

AURELIUS : Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 32
Classical Roman features -- short dark hair, growing a short beard to disguise himself, athletic build from military training rather than brute strength. Carries...more

BRENNUS "THE PRIEST": Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 35 - 42 | Hair: Red, | Height: 6' 2" to 6' 7"
Red Hair and beard. Tall 6'2"+. Imposing frame with red hair and full red beard (possibly braided in Celtic style). Pale skin with woad tattoos or ritual scars on...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

DOMINICA: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 35 - 42
Striking rather than conventionally beautiful. Strong build, carries herself with absolute authority. Dark hair often pinned back practically. Wears rich but fun...more

FLAVIA : Female | Caucasian, Mid-East-Indian, Multi-Ethnic | Age: 37 - 48
Mediterranean, Middle Eastern look Greek or Eastern Mediterranean look with olive skin, dark curling hair, maintains her beauty carefully as part of her business.

LIVIA : Female | African-American | Age: 25 - 32
North African/Nubian features, dark skin, natural hair styled distinctively (braids, wraps). Strong, athletic build. Moves with confidence and grace.

OCTAVIA: Female | Caucasian, Mid-East-Indian, Multi-Ethnic | Age: 22 - 27
Mediterranean, Middle Eastern look Roman patrician beauty -- pale skin, dark hair styled elaborately, expensive clothing and jewelry. Conventionally beautiful b...more

SABINA : Female | Mid-East-Indian | Age: 32 - 48
Middle Eastern look Physical: Jewish or from Judea. Practical, modest clothing. Intelligent eyes, gentle hands scarred from medical work. Hair covered or pinned...more

TITUS: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 32 | Height: 5' 8" to 5' 9"
Lean and wiry from farm work, sun-weathered olive skin, dark hair, calloused hands. Shorter stature (5'8"-5'9"), practical with rugged, honest features.

VALERIA : Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 32
Tall, muscular build. Germanic/Noricum loook-- possibly blonde or light brown hair, strong features. Pretty, but in a tough way that radiates competence and str...more


2/20/2026 | Commercial | Non-Union | Pay 
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CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

PROJECT ON AUTISM: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 7 - 13 | Role Type: Leading
Real parents/caregivers with an autistic child seven-13 years old to speak about their experience. Parents who are open to speaking on camera about their child, da...more


2/19/2026 | Workshop | SAG-AFTRA/Non-Union | No Pay 
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ADULT TALENT : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 100
If submitting make sure your reels are playing correctly. And credits, size card, training and special skills are in the correct fields and spelled correctly. If y...more

CHILD/TEEN TALENT: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 5 - 17
If submitting make sure your reels are playing correctly. And credits, size card, training and special skills are in the correct fields and spelled correctly. If y...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age


2/19/2026 | Webisode/Webseries | Non-Union | No Pay 
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CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

TALENT: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 45 | Role Type: Leading
Submit headshot and resume if available


2/18/2026 | Webisode/Webseries | Non-Union | No Pay 
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CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

TALENT: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 55
For consideration, submit a cover letter noting availability. A candidate must be able to have great acting skills, provide dramatic acting, be able to improvise a...more


2/17/2026 | Commercial | SAG-AFTRA/Non-Union | Pay 
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ANDRES: Male | Hispanic | Age: 30 - 39 | Role Type: Supporting
Adventurous, instinct-driven leader of the group. Outdoorsy, playful, and confident behind the wheel. Feels like someone who grew up driving dirt roads and trusts...more

ARGENTINE FATHER-IN-LAW: Male | Hispanic | Age: 60 - 69 | Role Type: Supporting
Old-school Argentine fan. Expressive, opinionated, full of stories from past World Cups. Traditional energy.

ARGENTINE SON-IN-LAW: Male | Hispanic | Age: 30 - 49 | Role Type: Supporting
SON-IN-LAW (30s–40s) Modern, good-humored, confident. Comfortable with new technology but still deeply passionate about fútbol. Language / Flavor / Background Sp...more

BRAZILIAN DAUGHTER: Female | African-American, Hispanic | Age: 8 - 10
For father daughter duo. Non-speaking role.

BRAZILIAN FATHER: Male | African-American, Hispanic | Age: 40 - 49 | Role Type: Supporting
For a father daughter duo. Non-speaking role.

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

COLOMBIAN BROTHER: Male | Hispanic | Age: 6 - 12 | Role Type: Supporting
Lively, expressive, and playful siblings. Real kids with natural energy — not overly polished or “child actor” types.

COLOMBIAN HUSBAND: ROBERTO: Male | Hispanic | Age: 40 - 45 | Role Type: Supporting
Roberto handles logistics. Kids, dogs, straps, timing. Early on, he tried to be the main driver. He doesn’t anymore. He knows Alejandra is better.

COLOMBIAN SISTER: Female | Hispanic | Age: 6 - 12 | Role Type: Supporting
Lively, expressive, and playful siblings. Real kids with natural energy — not overly polished or “child actor” types.

COLOMBIAN WIFE: ALEJANDRA: Female | Hispanic | Age: 35 - 45
Confident, capable mother and natural leader of the family. Practical, adventurous, and completely at ease taking control. Strong presence without being flashy. No...more

DRIVER: LUCIANO: Male | Hispanic | Age: 36 - 49 | Role Type: Supporting
Confident, calm, deeply rooted in Argentine football tradition. Feels like someone who’s been backing up trailers and grilling asado his whole life. Strong presen...more

MEXICAN FRIENDS: Male or Female | Hispanic | Age: 25 - 39 | Role Type: Supporting
Authentic group of close friends with strong chemistry and playful energy. Outdoorsy, expressive, and proud of their culture in subtle, lived-in ways. Feels spont...more


2/17/2026 | Feature Film | Non-Union | Pay TBD 
PA
CLEMSON: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 28 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
20s-30s, male. Young, slightly inept soldier in Sarge’s group. Small comedic‑tragic moment before being killed. Brief appearance, moderate physicality, 3-4 s...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

COMMANDER MILLER - REMOTE VOICEOVER : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 70 | Role Type: Day Player | Audio Reel Required
40s–60s, male or female. Cold, professional, dispassionate military officer. Denies extraction for families below a certain rank, triggering Sarge’s descent. Requi...more

DAD: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 45 - 65 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Violet and Eric's dad. 40s–50s, male. Appears alive on Day 1 as an infected attacker, violent, feral, terrifying. Later appears as a calm, haunting hallucination c...more

DARLENE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 30 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
Early 20s, female. A young woman whose home was seized and father murdered. Traumatized and nearly catatonic in captivity. Innocent, soft‑spoken, but capable...more

DEE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 40 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Mid 20s-mid 30s. One of two primary Antagonists, a multi-dimensional performance needed. A calm, cold‑blooded, manipulative predator with a shark‑smile...more

JANE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 40 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
20s-40s, female. A survivor from Eloheh Ridge. Calm, compassionate, steady. Helps Violet during Eric’s final moments and later becomes her partner. Must portray em...more

KAREN: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
30s-40s, female. Sarge’s wife, seen only via video call. Terrified, trying to protect their daughter during an outbreak breach. Heart‑wrenching short perform...more

MOM: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 45 - 65 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
Eric and Violet's mom. 40s-50s, female. Appears infected on Day 1, then later in a hallucination as a warm, gentle, comforting figure who urges Eric to let go. Req...more

OLD MAN / DARLENES FATHER: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 55 - 80 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
60s-70s, male. A gentle, fatherly farmer trying to protect his daughter. Warm, humorous, and grounded in early scenes. Later brutally beaten and murdered by Sarge’...more

ROCK: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 35 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
20s-40s, male. A brutish, impulsive, cruel enforcer. Loud, aggressive, and predatory, especially toward the women captives. Not very smart — more brawn than brain....more

SARGE: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 55 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Late 30s-50s, male. One of two lead antagonists. A once‑loyal soldier shattered by losing his wife and daughter during the outbreak. Now a calm, ritualistic ...more

SARGES DAUGHTER: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 10 - 15 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
10-15, female. Scared child clinging to her mother during the outbreak. Minimal dialogue but emotionally potent. Appears in a video call scene. NOTE: Talent under ...more

SOLDIERS: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 45 | Role Type: Background
Soldiers that will be marching, screaming and yelling for blood during the gladiator like pit scene, dying and running when the infected break into the scene. This...more

STACEY: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 35 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
20s, female. A captured survivor held in the renegade camp. Bruised, traumatized, and exhausted, yet fiercely resilient. Shows dry humor even in horror. Protective...more

STACEYS HUSBAND: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
20s–50s, male. Brief appearance as a captive executed by Dee. Must portray fear and physical distress. This is a primarily physical performance but a lasting impre...more

SURIVIVORS: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 70 | Role Type: Background
All ages and genders. At the end at the sanctuary a dining hall full of people getting breakfast talking quietly. Kids running around, we need all of them.

TV REPORTER/EMERGENCY BROADCASTER - REMOTE VOICEOVER : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 60 | Role Type: Day Player | Audio Reel Required
20s–60s, any gender. Urgent, authoritative, news‑anchor‑style voice delivering outbreak warnings and early exposition. Pure voiceover performance. A co...more

ZOMBIES: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 50 | Role Type: Background
Some will be featured and action oriented and part of fight choreography, some are part of the horde.


2/17/2026 | Campaign | Union/Non-Union | No Pay 
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CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

SEND IN YOUR STORY: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 7 - 90


2/17/2026 | Webisode/Webseries | Non-Union | No Pay 
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CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

PODCAST GUEST: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 79
Late 20s to early 70s licensed therapist, mental health advocate, counselor, etc. and also involved in the church ministry.


2/16/2026 | Feature Film | Non-Union | No Pay 
PA NY
BROOKE: Female | Hispanic | Age: 22 - 26 | Role Type: Supporting
Brooke is around 22-23 and is away at college when she learns of her parents' accidental deaths. She heads home to get their affairs in order and is overwhelmed wi...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

DEPUTY KAYLA MITCHELL: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 28 - 45 | Role Type: Supporting | Height: 5' 4" to 5' 5"
Kayla is a very capable small-town deputy who grew up in the county she now serves. She takes her job seriously and can be intimidating when the occasion calls for...more

DEXTER: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 23 - 37 | Role Type: Supporting
A "shady: character we see throughout the film who seems to know more about an accidental death than he lets on. He's hardened and paranoid after several years in ...more

DR. SIMMONS: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 55 | Role Type: Supporting
A General Practitioner who is knowledgeable and confident. Pretty straight forward role. Written with a male in mind but females welcome to audition as well.

MELISSA : Female | Caucasian, Hispanic | Age: 35 - 55 | Role Type: Supporting
Melissa is a successful, hyper-focused type who is well organized and has some issues with the need to control everything. Despite her strength she can be rattled ...more


2/12/2026 | Webisode/Webseries | Non-Union | Pay 
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CHLOE DAWSON: Female | Caucasian | Age: 22 - 28 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
A small-town girl still grieving the lose of her first love. Her “safe” fiancé cheats on her. Broke, desperate, and trying to save her grandmother, she gets dragge...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

LORENZO BIANCHI: Male | Caucasian | Age: 25 - 35 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Cold, head of an underground empire, untouchable and emotionless. When Chloe insists he’s her dead ex, it brings flashes of memories he can’t explain. Starts quest...more

Theatre  View All


2/23/2026 | Theatre | Non-Union | Pay 
PA
BOY: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 12 - 14 | Role Type: Supporting
Charlie’s neighbors.

BRUCE: Male | Caucasian | Age: 25 - 40 | Role Type: Leading
Mercedes' boyfriend. Bad influence deals and uses drugs.

CALVIN: Male | African-American | Age: 30 - 40 | Role Type: Supporting
Karima’s boyfriend.

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

CRAZY CHARLIES WIFE: Female | African-American | Age: 40 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting

DAVID: Male | African-American | Age: 30 - 40 | Role Type: Supporting
Nelson’s co-worker.

KENDRA: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 35 | Role Type: Leading
Mercedes' girlfriend. Late 20s.

MARK: Male | African-American | Age: 25 - 35 | Role Type: Leading
Kathy’s son.

MRS. JACKSON: Female | African-American | Age: 35 - 50 | Role Type: Supporting
Quadir’s Mother. 40ish Black Female.

PAIGE NELSON: Female | African-American | Age: 7 - 10 | Role Type: Leading
8. Third grader. Black female. Single-parent household, the mother is unemployed. She sees her mother getting beaten often. Hit by a car (DUI) and killed after run...more

TERRI: Female | African-American | Age: 16 - 21 | Role Type: Supporting
Quadir’s girlfriend. 18. Black Female.

THUGS: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 16 - 21 | Role Type: Leading

TRISH: Female | African-American | Age: 21 - 35 | Role Type: Leading
Mercedes' girlfriend.

Kids/Teens  View All


2/19/2026 | Workshop | SAG-AFTRA/Non-Union | No Pay 
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ADULT TALENT : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 100
If submitting make sure your reels are playing correctly. And credits, size card, training and special skills are in the correct fields and spelled correctly. If y...more

CHILD/TEEN TALENT: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 5 - 17
If submitting make sure your reels are playing correctly. And credits, size card, training and special skills are in the correct fields and spelled correctly. If y...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age


2/17/2026 | Campaign | Union/Non-Union | No Pay 
NC DC LA SF SD TX MI FL ORL WA IL NO NE NV TN PA NY
CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

SEND IN YOUR STORY: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 7 - 90

Background  View All


2/17/2026 | Feature Film | Non-Union | Pay TBD 
PA
CLEMSON: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 28 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
20s-30s, male. Young, slightly inept soldier in Sarge’s group. Small comedic‑tragic moment before being killed. Brief appearance, moderate physicality, 3-4 s...more

CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

COMMANDER MILLER - REMOTE VOICEOVER : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 40 - 70 | Role Type: Day Player | Audio Reel Required
40s–60s, male or female. Cold, professional, dispassionate military officer. Denies extraction for families below a certain rank, triggering Sarge’s descent. Requi...more

DAD: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 45 - 65 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Violet and Eric's dad. 40s–50s, male. Appears alive on Day 1 as an infected attacker, violent, feral, terrifying. Later appears as a calm, haunting hallucination c...more

DARLENE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 30 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
Early 20s, female. A young woman whose home was seized and father murdered. Traumatized and nearly catatonic in captivity. Innocent, soft‑spoken, but capable...more

DEE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 40 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Mid 20s-mid 30s. One of two primary Antagonists, a multi-dimensional performance needed. A calm, cold‑blooded, manipulative predator with a shark‑smile...more

JANE: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 25 - 40 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
20s-40s, female. A survivor from Eloheh Ridge. Calm, compassionate, steady. Helps Violet during Eric’s final moments and later becomes her partner. Must portray em...more

KAREN: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
30s-40s, female. Sarge’s wife, seen only via video call. Terrified, trying to protect their daughter during an outbreak breach. Heart‑wrenching short perform...more

MOM: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 45 - 65 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
Eric and Violet's mom. 40s-50s, female. Appears infected on Day 1, then later in a hallucination as a warm, gentle, comforting figure who urges Eric to let go. Req...more

OLD MAN / DARLENES FATHER: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 55 - 80 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
60s-70s, male. A gentle, fatherly farmer trying to protect his daughter. Warm, humorous, and grounded in early scenes. Later brutally beaten and murdered by Sarge’...more

ROCK: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 21 - 35 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
20s-40s, male. A brutish, impulsive, cruel enforcer. Loud, aggressive, and predatory, especially toward the women captives. Not very smart — more brawn than brain....more

SARGE: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 30 - 55 | Role Type: Leading | Video Reel Required
Late 30s-50s, male. One of two lead antagonists. A once‑loyal soldier shattered by losing his wife and daughter during the outbreak. Now a calm, ritualistic ...more

SARGES DAUGHTER: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 10 - 15 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
10-15, female. Scared child clinging to her mother during the outbreak. Minimal dialogue but emotionally potent. Appears in a video call scene. NOTE: Talent under ...more

SOLDIERS: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 45 | Role Type: Background
Soldiers that will be marching, screaming and yelling for blood during the gladiator like pit scene, dying and running when the infected break into the scene. This...more

STACEY: Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 35 | Role Type: Supporting | Video Reel Required
20s, female. A captured survivor held in the renegade camp. Bruised, traumatized, and exhausted, yet fiercely resilient. Shows dry humor even in horror. Protective...more

STACEYS HUSBAND: Male | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 50 | Role Type: Day Player | Video Reel Required
20s–50s, male. Brief appearance as a captive executed by Dee. Must portray fear and physical distress. This is a primarily physical performance but a lasting impre...more

SURIVIVORS: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 70 | Role Type: Background
All ages and genders. At the end at the sanctuary a dining hall full of people getting breakfast talking quietly. Kids running around, we need all of them.

TV REPORTER/EMERGENCY BROADCASTER - REMOTE VOICEOVER : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 20 - 60 | Role Type: Day Player | Audio Reel Required
20s–60s, any gender. Urgent, authoritative, news‑anchor‑style voice delivering outbreak warnings and early exposition. Pure voiceover performance. A co...more

ZOMBIES: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 50 | Role Type: Background
Some will be featured and action oriented and part of fight choreography, some are part of the horde.

Reality TV  View All


2/18/2026 | Reality TV | Non-Union | Pay 
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CMR: Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Any Age

ENGAGED COUPLES : Male or Female | Any Ethnicity | Age: 18 - 70
We’re seeking engaged couples who: • Have a non-traditional or unconventional relationship • Are getting married in 2026 • Live in the U.S. (Northeast, Ce...more

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