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Expert: - 6/12/2008


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What is the general salary per year of an actor for different experience levels??

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HI Conner, Well, it doesn't work like that in professional acting.  There is a union minimum for both screen and stage acting (I do not have those figures but it is in the neighbor hoon of $350 a day for film and about $1200 a week for stage), but for larger roles and longer periods of employment, much greater amounts are paid.  Experience has nothing to do with pay in the professional theatre or films. Doc

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Kenneth D. Plonkey

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Questions about acting and directing. Questions about getting started in a careeer. Questions about training and schooling for actors.

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I am a retired film actor. I am a retired university theatre program director and professor. I am the author of "The Tao of Acting, Mentoring for the Aspiring Actor" to be published this summer.

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SAG

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BA, MA, PhD in Theatre Post graduate study with certificate in Media Acting

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John Golden Traveling Fellowship

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