Are you considering a career as a performance artist? If you are, then getting yourself an acting agent is the most important factor towards your career as successful artist. If it is really your desire to enter into film and television, probably the first step to take is to relocate yourself to Los Angeles where the heart of the acting scene is.
When you are there, you can easily find acting agents but before you get one, make sure you know what agents are and how your relationship with your agent works. Do not be scammed, as a beginner know that acting agents do not ask for any fees up front and do not require their actors to take any acting classes or any photographs to begin with. Its main job is to find an actor a work and when he gets a work for its client then the acting agent usually gets ten to fifteen percent of the income. All you should need to get start is a good headshot, an attractive acting resume format, and some solid experience under your belt.
There are actually two major types of television agents, a commercial and theatrical agent. Most actors find a commercial acting agent since these agents are usually looking for new actors and actresses and can help you in joining two important unions in the acting industry – SAG and AFTRA. After you have your own commercial agent then you can move on to making your own demo in cd’s and send it to theatrical agents who can represent you. Its job is to book you for any acting work in movies or any film.
Many actors think that they can make use of an average acting agent rather than having no agent at all, but remember as a beginner the more that you need to find someone that is quite reputable in the business for you to have a big chance of getting a good casting.
Many actors are under the assumption that a mediocre agent is better than no agent – but that is hardly the case. If you have an agent that does not have a very good relationship with casting directors (CDs), you are risking the chance of being blacklisted by certain CDs and ruining opportunities for future projects.





