Minority actors, with the
exception of Native Americans, saw their share of television and film
roles continue to decline last year, mirroring the overall trend of
actors losing jobs to reality TV and runaway production, according to
statistics released by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).The roles going to
black actors fell 3% last year. That left them with a 15.3% share of
all TV and film roles while representing 12.8% of the U.S. population.
Lead roles increased to 64 male leads and 14 female leads, while total
film roles fell 23% over the previous year primarily because of fewer
males in lead roles. Roles for Latinos fell 10.5% last year, leaving
them with a 5.4% share of overall roles compared with a 13.7% share of
the U.S. population. The 31% decline in Latino male leads was
concentrated in episodic TV. At the same time, there was a 2.4%
increase in supporting roles for Latinos. [more ]
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