How to become an Actor

Official title: Actors

Performs in films, television dramas, radio dramas and stage plays.

Main tasks

• Study scripts, memorise lines and cues, and perform in film, television, radio, theatre or advertisements
• Bring to life characters created by writers and convey them to an audience
• Attend auditions and castings

Ways in

• University department: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 102 universities in Taiwan

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Average pay: NT$478,000 a year
• Demand for Legal, social and cultural jobs is projected at about 190,000 in 2024 and about 216,000 in 2030. (+13.7%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Dancers and Choreographers
• Visual Artists
• Musicians, Singers and Composers
• Film, Stage and Related Directors and Producers
• Announcers On Radio, Television and Other Media
• Other Creative and Performing Artists

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Questions people ask

How do I become an Actor?

Ways in include: Creative Arts & Design degrees.

How much does an Actor earn in Taiwan?

Average pay is NT$478,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).

Is an Actor a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 13.7% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of an Actor?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026