Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors have been on strike since midnight July 14, effectively bringing the movie and TV business to a halt as they later joined screenwriters in the first industry-wide walkout in 63 years. Members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) are striking for better pay and protection from the use of artificial intelligence, among other things.
Here’s a look at some familiar faces picketing outside various U.S. studios in recent days.
Outside Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. in Burbank
Actor Sean Penn joins members of SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) as they walk a picket line outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif., on Aug. 1.
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Actors Diana-Maria Riva, left, and Roselyn Sánchez walk on a picket line, joined by Latina members of SAG-AFTRA, outside the Disney Studios in Burbank on July 28.
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Actors Mandy Moore, left, and Jon Huertas join members on a picket line outside the Walt Disney Studios on Aug. 1.
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Actor Rosario Dawson attends a rally by striking writers and actors outside Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank on July 14 — the first day actors formally joined the picket lines.
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Actor Dermot Mulroney takes part in a rally outside Netflix studio in Los Angeles on July 14.
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Outside other studios in N.Y.C.
Actor Michelle Hurd speaks as SAG-AFTRA members rally in Times Square on July 25 in New York City.
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Actors Brendan Fraser and Arian Moayed attend the rally in Times Square.
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Actor Cynthia Nixon on the picket line outside the offices of Netflix and Warner Bros. on July 21 in New York City.
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Daniel Dae Kim on the picket line in front of Amazon/HBO at 450 West 33 St. in New York City on July 20.
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Actor Kevin Bacon, front left, joins the picket line outside NBCUniversal at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York on July 18.
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Actor Anson Mount joins fellow SAG-AFTRA actors and WGA writers on the picket line in Times Square on July 18.
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