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Step 1
Create a heading in a new document. The heading should include your name in large bold print (16 to 24 point). Use 12- or 14-point font on the rest of your document. Add your height, size or weight, eye color and hair color in a column under your name.
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Step 2
Make another column under your name with contact information including a telephone number and email address. If you have an agent, put your agent's contact information instead of your own. Also note any unions (e.g., SAG, AFTRA) that you belong to.
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Step 3
Create categories for all the acting work you've done, placing them along the left-hand margin of the page. The most common categories are Film, Television, Theater, Commercials, Music Videos and Industrials. Make the headings bold.
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Step 4
List all of your experience from most to least recent down the page. Include the name of the project, the role you played and the director's name or the production company's name in three columns across the page.
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Step 5
Add special skills or experience and training as separate categories underneath the experience listings. Add all relevant information in the sections.
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Step 6
Spell check, proofread and make sure the page doesn't have excessive white space. Enlarge the font slightly to hide any lack of experience.
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Step 7
Print the page and cut it using a paper cutter to 8 x 10 inches if necessary. Attach the resume directly to the back of the headshot.
