My mom’s stories of a few celebrity interactions and her one time as an extra in the 1970s TV movie Champions: A Love Story are a huge part of the love of movies that my mom inspired in me when I was young.  She was the original Professional Blur,

Tom Zawacki is a stand-up, an actor, and he works frequently in props on shows like Parks and Rec and The Good Place.  The latter gave him two opportunities to play a demon whose human name is Lerf, and we go deep on his spin-off.

Dave Corey’s road to background and (mostly) under five work is a winding and fascinating one.  From the military, to radio, to getting killed in “Analyze This,” we talk all about his fascinating career. Support the show on Patreon Check out my Profess...

Stunts?  Voice over? Star Trek? LARP? Stephen’s done a bit of everything, and we fit as much as we can into this episode. Support the show on Patreon Check out my Professional Blur posts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.

Curt Sandvig has done over SIX HUNDRED extra gigs, and every story is a gem.  Enjoy him passing out in a suit of armor, getting knocked over by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and catching a peek of little Bruce Willis.

What better way to launch season 2  than with Jimmy Pardo?  His extra gig is with a mutual hero of ours.  Years later, I end up an extra on a show Jimmy has a part on, years before we actually meet. Also, this season,

For our season one finale, I speak with Laurel Rankin.  Laurel is a brilliant actor and voice over artist and her extra experience is unique among my friends, in that all of her extra work has been in commercials.

Anastasia and I met recently at a pilot taping and, as it turns out, she’s been doing extra work and acting since she was a little kid.  We’re talking The Addams Family, Die Hard 2 and even the singing voices in the updated It’s A Small World ride at D...

My good buddy Mitch started extra work about the same time as I did, but by the time we met, he was also directing and had left extra work behind.  Mitch talks Deadwood, Spider-Man 2, Boston Public, Herbie Fully Loaded and a Korean movie about dragons,...

My co-star in A Drinking Game and my co-extra in Drunk History, Tennile Goosic, talks with me about getting paid, not getting paid, getting featured, working period pieces, working with Will Ferrell and Seth Rogen,