"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.

If you ask OpenAI's popular chatbot, ChatGPT, which Hollywood jobs are most easily replaced by AI, background actors are top of the list as "most vulnerable" with "A-List actors & directors ...

Twenty-eight years after it debuted with little fanfare, Netflix, now under the leadership of Hastings’ successors, Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters, dominates Hollywood. Its market cap of $392.68 ...