New Hollywood ushered in a renaissance for American cinema, with a new generation of directors spearheading some of most ...

“It’s part of Hollywood,” Harrigan told The Los Angeles Times. “We’re also in front of the camera, and we’re an important part of TV and film.” The role of a background actor is ...

By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Yang responded to Best, writing, “Didn’t do any of this but I wrote the sketch you were a background actor in,” adding a smiley face emoji. In October last ...

(CNN) — Photographer Dafydd Jones’ Hollywood party pictures are littered with Oscars. They sit casually on star-studded dinner tables and are wielded by celebrities before the press.

standing in front of fellow film and TV actors who filled the house at the 99-seat Eastwood Performing Arts Center in East Hollywood. Like an old-timey silent movie performer, he then began ...

Background actor Scott Perry at the Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards in February 2025. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) ...

"It's part of Hollywood," Harrigan told The Times. "We're also in front of the camera, and we're an important part of TV and film." The role of a background actor is intentionally subtle.

Read more: Even before the L.A. fires, Hollywood jobs were hard to find. Will the work ever come back? The coveted prize? A mini Oscar-esque statuette known as a Blurry. There are Blurries for best ...