I spent Christmas with my family in the UK and flew back into Los Angeles on 7 January - the evening the wildfires started - the plane having to fly out over the Pacific and turn back into LA to cope with the 80 mph wind gusts. That night, in the mountains, the gusts...

It was a slow end to the year for work. I had another session for the voice over project that I’ve been working on and several nice auditions - for a new play, a vampire film, an award-winning television series and a national commercial. National commercial auditions...

Times are hard in Los Angeles at the moment. In the Hollywood Reporter article dated 16 October 2024, it was reported that July to September 2024 was the weakest quarter so far this year for television shows shooting in Los Angeles - dropping another 18.3% from the...

In July, I had a couple of weeks visiting friends and family in the UK. I’d had two callbacks for a Marvel Cinematic Universe feature shooting in the UK which I hoped to work on while I was in London but when I landed, casting had sent an email saying, “The role has...

Since the beginning of March, IATSE, the union for behind the scenes entertainment workers, has been negotiating a new deal. With the potential of another strike on the horizon, studios have been holding back on shooting so May and June have continued to be quiet....

So far, the industry has been slow all year because the studios, streaming platforms and television networks are waiting to see if the other unions (crew, drivers, technicians etc) will strike. The biggest union in the industry, IATSE, and several other unions, are...

On 17 January 2024, I became a citizen of the United States of America - I now have dual citizenship. I attended my interview where I was given a civics test, asked to read and write in English and asked some questions about my employment and travel history. The...

The actors’ strike finally ended on 9 November 2023 and was ratified by 78% of the membership on 5 December 2023. With the strike over, there was a small, flurry of television auditions at the end of the year – all saying, “memorization not required”, as SAG-AFTRA had...

The US actors' strike continued throughout October with no resolution but I still managed to get one or two auditions a week for independent features, short films, voice overs and commercials. At the end of October, I was on hold for a commercial. I waited to hear....

I was still in the UK until 23 August, waiting on an availability check for a major TV project shooting in October but there was no follow up so, having been in the UK for three months, I decided it was time to head back to LA. The writers and actors were still...