Any user can become Verified on enCAST if they qualify.

Being verified adds extra advantages to your profile:

Actors

• Appear higher in the search results
• Preference when being promoted to CDs for projects
• Able to contact other users directly on the site

CDs and Talent Agents

• Able to contact actors and other users directly on the site
• Automatically publish a casting after editing

What does Verification mean? #

Verification simply means that we have checked your profile and can confirm you are a professional Actor, CD, or Agent and that you are who you say you are.

Then, when your profile is verified, an orange tick is placed on your Calling Card.

Being verified means that visitors and other users of the site know exactly who they are dealing with. In other words, they know they can trust that the profile is genuine and that the user has good experience in the film industry.

IMPORTANT: if you are an actor you do NOT need to be verified to submit to castings. Verification is an extra and does NOT affect your submissions at all.

Verification for Actors #

To become verified and claim the orange tick:

• You must be a Pro Actor (note, this does not include Standard profiles)
• Your profile must be complete (you can Auto Check your profile with this link)
• You must have a good number of acting credits on IMDB as an actor - generally 10 or more named roles (i.e. characters who have names, not "uncredited" or "man" or "angry woman", etc); these should include at least 3 feature length films or 3 recurring roles in a tv serials (i.e. more than 3 episodes)
• Your showreel must include different scenes from at least 3 professional film/tv productions
• You need to send us your photo ID (please see FAQ below) or you need to have an IMDb Pro profile and write to us from the contact email you have there

When you are ready to be verified, AutoCheck your profile to make sure there are no omissions. When the AutoCheck is complete, you can follow the instructions to continue to verification.

As an Actor, why do I need IMDB credits?

The reason we ask for a minimum number of IMDB credits is simple; Casting Directors want to know that you have worked on reasonable sized productions and have experience on set.

If you do not yet have enough IMDB credits, you should chase up previous productions and see if they are on IMDB already and then add yourself to them. You can also think about adding productions as well.

See here for why some actors fail verification: Why Wasn't My Profile Verified?

Verification for Casting Directors & Talent Agents #

To become verified and earn the orange tick, first make sure your profile is complete, then add the following:

• Your real name (the name of the individual, not the company). This must match the photo ID you send us.
• Your nationality.
• Your Company or Personal IMDb link on your profile.

If you represent a company:

• Add your company name and company website.
• Your account email must be on that company's domain (for example you@yourcompany.com), not a free address such as Gmail or Hotmail. This is how we confirm you belong to the company. NB If you are an individual (no company), a personal email address is fine.

When your details are ready, go to your verification page (or click Verify my identity on your profile) and run the checks. Once they pass, you will be asked to upload a photo ID.

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