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Actors

Low Risk
29%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
27%
(Low Risk)
POLLING
30%
(Low Risk)
Average: 29%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
4.5%
by year 2033
WAGES
The median wage for this occupation is currently unknown
Volume
62,560
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
6.3/10

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Calculated automation risk

27% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Fine Arts

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Originality

  • Social Perceptiveness

User poll

30% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 27% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Actors will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Actors' job openings is expected to rise 4.5% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 62,560 people employed as 'Actors' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'Actors'.

Job description

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.

SOC Code: 27-2011.00

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Lisa (No chance) 2 months ago
Voice actors? Definitely, especially if AI has a 20-year timeframe. But replacing actual, traditional actors would be near impossible. Robots lack the movement and dexterity of actual living beings, let alone humans.

A life-size robot would also be extremely expensive for producers to get. Coupled with the time spent making them look real? Not worth their time.
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Wil 7 months ago
Thanks to SORA, we all know that the risk level is 90 percent...just wait until the first Ai generated film gets made and the panic will start....
1 3 Reply
daddy 3 months ago
whos gonna tell him?
1 0 Reply
welp (Low) 8 months ago
People would still prefer to see human actors over AI-generated ones
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Ok 2 months ago
People won't know the difference. I personally would watch an AI generated movie honestly. Pretty sure AI can act better than humans LOL!
0 4 Reply
hllo 5 months ago
yes
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MainEditor 8 months ago
OpenAI Sora just come and killed that job...
1 0 Reply
Dontae Dovel 9 months ago
There's no chance for robots. In fact, in text to speech and to work at restaurants. In fact, there was robots usually working in this 1 restaurant in Sam & Cat.
1 0 Reply
Anon 9 months ago
Aaaaaaannd SORA is here. That was quicker than expected.
2 1 Reply
Bridget Bell 9 months ago
Actors had a low chance of being replaced until Chat GPT announced Sora. Now, videos can be made from text prompts with what appears to be human actors
4 0 Reply
Miranda Morris (Moderate) 11 months ago
look at what's recently occurred in the US with the actors strike
1 0 Reply
Silvana (Uncertain) 11 months ago
I can see the rating going down less people go to watch movies at the cinema because of CGI . It’s a pity that movies are suffering from the production companies becoming greedy and don’t want to pay for talent.
0 0 Reply
gabriella 12 months ago
if in 20 years im watching good burger and i see a robot making a sandwich, im deleting netflix
2 0 Reply
William Crowe (Moderate) 1 year ago
deepfake technologies are becoming more advanced by the day with face swapping algorithms as well as research done on 'the orb' which can scan real actors from many different angles to replicate their likeness.
1 0 Reply
josh (Highly likely) 1 year ago
deep fakes are only going to get more and more advanced
2 1 Reply
Anonymous (Uncertain) 1 year ago
No one wants to be inundated with automated junk, but also people don't like paying for art, and as we're seeing with the strikes right now, executives at top studios will do anything to avoid paying their performers.

It's never been easy to be any kind of artist, but now that companies are finding new ways to circumvent paying people their due wages, it's only going to get harder.
2 0 Reply
Naynesh 1 year ago
Only a little bit chance of robots to copied of human behaviour sech as walk,look, but does not match real human actor like emotion, feeling, dedication talking,,,,etc....
2 0 Reply
sebastian (Low) 1 year ago
theatres and movies will still be open and with robots they just wouldnt have that feel to them, therefore putting them out of business
1 0 Reply
Luxy John (high chance) 1 year ago
I Hope so.....In recent indiana jones, they made a young indiana jones which helped me relive the good old days , instead of seeing the octagenerian ambling across the street while the nuclear bomb ticks...I could still continue to see the christopher reeve superman who was happy and kind instead of the always frowning faced worried self doubting cavill superman... so that was all my self view point as a consumer..............From the actors point of view, yes, like every other occupation, it is a big worry....Well established talent amay not be too threatened but the semi-established stand to lose more i suspect... Newbies will find a new world where they want your body but not your mind...overall it may become more like dating........
1 0 Reply
Anonymous (Low) 1 year ago
Actors have their own personality, emotions, and creativity, and they produce quality work that a robot couldn't recreate.
1 0 Reply
Jim 1 year ago
Acting requires a certain skill and they will never be replaced.
1 0 Reply
Momo (No chance) 2 years ago
Robots will never have the emotional range and deep knowledge in acting technics to be able to replace human actors
1 0 Reply
Miguel (No chance) 2 years ago
Well, extremely realistic voices already exist in games, film and animation. CGI Is also being used right now. But the way i see it, neither of those will replace the personality of an actor, and his/her beauty, which makes us fall in love with him/her.
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