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What’s My Type?

Your headshots are already making an impression. Find out what it is.

See how your current materials may read to casting.

Start My Free Casting Read
  • Free casting read
  • About 3 minutes
  • No credit card

Most actors know what they’re trying to communicate. Far fewer know what actually comes across.

Casting often meets you as a thumbnail — a small square on a screen, seen for a second beside hundreds of others. That glance forms an impression long before anyone reads your credits.

See how differently actors can read.

Tap a headshot to see a sample free report.

Contact Sheet · 006Vol. I

The Analysis

A few photos can reveal more than a type.

Your free report identifies the casting signals your current materials communicate most clearly. Your Casting Blueprint helps you decide what to do with that information.

Free casting read

  • 01

    Casting Shorthand

    A concise phrase that captures the casting impression your materials communicate most strongly.

  • 02

    How You May Read to Casting

    A short, story-focused interpretation of the person casting may imagine from your current presentation.

  • 03

    Casting Possibilities

    Playable characters and story functions your current materials may naturally support.

  • 04

    Casting Age Range

    The age range your current presentation may reasonably support on camera.

Why actors use it

  • Understand what your headshots communicate

  • See which casting lane comes through most clearly

  • Find characters worth studying

  • Make smarter choices about what to shoot, wear, and explore next

Casting Blueprint

Continue with your Casting Blueprint

Go from “How do I read?” to “What should I do with that?”

  • 05

    Casting Reference

    Study characters that illuminate your casting shorthand across different tones and genres, with personalized notes on exactly what to observe.

    One Casting Reference is included in your free report. The Blueprint adds additional references across different tones and genres.

  • 06

    Your Signature Look

    See the visual patterns your headshots communicate consistently—and where those patterns may be narrowing your range.

  • 07

    Visual Strategy

    Learn how wardrobe, color, and styling choices can strengthen your current casting lane or deliberately explore a neighboring one.

  • 08

    Goal Alignment

    See how your current materials support the work you actually want—and what small experiment may help bridge the gap.

  • 09

    Ask About Your Results

    Ask personalized follow-up questions grounded in your casting report.

Example Casting Reference

Jill Perez — Enlisted

Television · Single-Camera Comedy

Performed by Angelique Cabral

A sample of the kind of performance study included in the Casting Blueprint.

Example Casting Reference

Will — Nine Days

Film · Fantasy Drama

Performed by Winston Duke

A contrasting film reference showing how casting shorthand can operate within a different tone and genre.

Example Casting Reference

Much the Miller’s Son — Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood

Theatre · Contemporary Comedy

Character written as nonbinary

A stage reference showing how a casting lane can translate across medium, style, and gender presentation.

See a sample Casting Blueprint →

This isn’t a celebrity look-alike tool.

Casting Reference is designed to help you study storytelling—not imitate another performer.

You may be pointed toward a series regular, recurring character, guest role, film performance, or play that reveals something useful about your own casting lane.

What are your headshots saying?

You already have the materials. See what they communicate before you decide what to change next.

Start My Free Casting Read

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