Entertainment occupations

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thumb|right|300px An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who act or adapt a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers". The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs

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A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.

A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This may be done by telling jokes, creating amusing situations, acting foolishly, or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedian.

person who performs sex acts in pornographic films

A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch kept to entertain guests at the royal court. Jesters were also travelling performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. Jester-like figures were common throughout the world, including ancient Rome, China, Persia, and the Aztec Empire.

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person who performs stunts

thumb|upright=1.35|The Minstrels of Beverley. Woodcut of 16th-century English musicians. Left to right: pipe and tabor, fiddle, windcap instrument, lute, and shawm. A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe. The term originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool; later, from the sixteenth century, it came to mean a specialist entertainer who sang songs and played musical instruments.

top position in the production of media

someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or in performance art

An impresario (from Italian ) is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer.

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A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over the production, and the executive producer's role is limited to investing. In scripted comedy and drama TV shows, the showrunner also usually serves as the head writer (or its most prolific writer). The role of a showrunner is not present on all television series, especially outside the United States; this article describes the nature of the role where it

child acting on stage or in motion pictures or television

thumbnail| by Honoré Daumier, 1842 A claque is an organized body of professional applauders in French theatres and opera houses. Members of a claque are called claqueurs.

agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers and film producers

official host of a staged event or similar performance

entertainer who skillfully mimics the voices, speech patterns, singing styles, and mannerisms of others in their performances

act of doubling a character in an animated moving picture or to voice-over

celebrity who is famous for starring in motion pictures

person who represents the interests of entertainment, broadcast, and sports professionals

model hired to drive consumer demand for a product, service, brand, or concept by directly interacting with potential consumers

thumb|220px|Musei Tokugawa, famous benshi were Japanese performers who provided live narration for silent films (both Japanese films and Western films). Benshi are sometimes called or .

thumb|Musicians and skomorokhs. An outline of a fresco from [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv, 11th century]] thumb|Skomorokhs in a village, , 1857 A skomorokh (, Russian: , , ) was a medieval East Slavic actor, who could also sing, dance, play musical instruments and compose for oral/musical and dramatic performances. The term has an unclear etymology.

type of model at combat sports fights

juggling-type entertainment performed by bartenders

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thumb|upright=0.8|Le Pétomane was a professional flatulist around the start of the 20th century in France. A flatulist, fartist, fartial artist, professional farter or simply farter is an entertainer often associated with flatulence-related humor, whose routine consists solely or primarily of passing gas in a creative, musical, or amusing manner.

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The term showman has multiple meanings, but generally refers to an individual involved in the entertainment industry.

person who guides the career of an artist

artistic leader of a cultural institution

individual or company that promotes live entertainment events

circus performer

controls lighting for art and entertainment venues or for films

thumb|256x256px|Painting of a 17th century pyrotechnician by Joseph Furttenbach (1665) Pyrotechnicians are people who are responsible for the safe storage, handling, and functioning of pyrotechnics and pyrotechnic devices. Although the term is generally used in reference to individuals who operate pyrotechnics in the entertainment industry, it can include all individuals who regularly handle explosives. However, individuals who handle more powerful materials for commercial, demolition, or military applications are generally referred to as explosive technicians.

thumb|1902 postcard showing a badkhn addressing a bride at a Jewish wedding A badchen or badkhn (, pronounced and sometimes written batkhn) is a type of Ashkenazic Jewish professional wedding entertainer, poet, sacred clown, and master of ceremonies originating in Eastern Europe, with a history dating back to at least the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The badkhn was an indispensable part of the traditional Jewish wedding in Europe who guided the bride and groom through the stages of the ceremony, acted as master of ceremonies, and sang to the bride, groom and in-laws with the accompaniment

female entertainers with multiple talents for singing, dancing, or acting

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arranges the casting and performance of stunts for a film, TV, or stage production

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head of the film or TV program production office, responsible for human resources and solving any production problems, manages the film's schedule and budget, staff and the day-to-day physical aspects of production

person responsible for locations where a movie is shot

Flag throwing is swinging a colourful flag of about 80 x 80 inch, in an artistic and elegant manner