Background Acting Jobs in Chicago

18 verified open calls — board updated 2026-10-27

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC)

  Role: Outside bystanders — background

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $136.40 / 8 hours

  Project Casting (Chicago Fire Extras)

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — Teen Actors

  Role: African American kids/teens ages 7–17 for paid non-speaking extra roles, filming Oct 20

  Location: Chicago, IL area (local hire)

  Pay: Paid non-speaking extra role (rate not specified on notice)

  Project Casting — Chicago Fire Extras

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — flight attendants/pilots, featured roles & real police (extras casting)

  Role: Multiple roles (5) — Flight Attendants and Pilots

  Location: Chicago, IL (local hire)

  Pay: Featured: $165/8 hrs + OT after 8; extras: $136.40/8 hrs + OT after 8; real police: $206/8 hrs + OT after 8 plus $25 special-ability bump

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• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — Gym Extras (fit men 20s-60, Oct 16)

  Role: Non-speaking extras: fit men who work out in gyms, 20s-60, all ethnicities (Fri Oct 16)

  Location: Chicago, Illinois

  Pay: $136.40 for 8 hours and time and a half after 8 hours

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• NBC — Chicago Fire Season 15: Featured Gym Male

  Role: Featured Gym Male

  Location: Chicago, IL — gym scene; filming Fri Oct 16, 2026 (early-morning start, ~12-hr day; wardrobe fitting beforehand)

  Pay: $165 for 8 hours (featured background rate); time-and-a-half after 8

  Project Casting (NBC category index)

• Chicago Med — Episode 12009 (NBC)

  Role: General Background Actors — Episode 12009

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $136.40 for 8 hours, plus overtime; additional $35 vehicle bump if booked with a vehicle

  Auditions Database — Chicago Med casting notice (published 2026-10-14)

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — Club Scene Background

  Role: Club patrons, bartenders/servers, security/bouncers — background

  Location: Chicago, IL and suburbs

  Pay: $136.40/8 (time-and-a-half after 8)

  Chicago Fire Extras via TheActorsHole

• Chicago Fire — Season 15: Club Goers Background (NBC)

  Role: Club Goers — upscale background; real bartenders/servers, security/bouncers

  Location: Chicago, IL (locals to Chicago, suburbs, or IL border states only)

  Pay: $136.40 for 8 hours, plus time and a half after 8 hours

  Project Casting (Chicago Fire Extras)

• Chicago P.D. — Episode 14009: Choreography-Trained Background (NBC)

  Role: Choreography-Trained Background Performer — Episode 14009

  Location: Chicago, IL (within 2 hours of Chicagoland)

  Pay: $136.40/8 general background (+$35 vehicle bump); choreography rate not separately stated in notice

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• Chicago Fire — Season 15: Medical Types Background (NBC)

  Role: Medical Types & Non-Medical Types — Background

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $136.40 for 8 hours, plus time and a half after 8 hours

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• Chicago Fire — Incident Scene (NBC)

  Role: Incident Scene Passengers; Looky-Loos With Cars — background

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Auditions Database

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — Real EMTs Background (Chicago Fire Extras)

  Role: Real EMTs — background in uniform, Oct 27

  Location: Chicago, IL (locals: Chicago, suburbs, surrounding border states to Illinois only)

  Pay: $206 for 8 hours, with time-and-a-half after 8 hours, plus a $25 special ability bump

  Project Casting

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — SI CCT Lawyer Stand-In (Chicago Fire Extras)

  Role: SI CCT Lawyer — stand-in

  Location: Chicago, IL (Project Casting listing lists United States)

  Pay: $192 for 8 hours (time-and-a-half after 8 hours; filming days run about 12 hours)

  Project Casting

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — SI Clay Stand-In (Chicago Fire Extras)

  Role: SI Clay — stand-in (Oct 26, 27 & 30)

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $192 for 8 hours (time-and-a-half after 8 hours; filming days run about 12 hours)

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• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — SI Martel Stand-In (Chicago Fire Extras)

  Role: SI Martel — stand-in

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $192 for 8 hours (time-and-a-half after 8 hours; filming days run about 12 hours)

  Project Casting

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — SI Neighbor Stand-In (Chicago Fire Extras)

  Role: SI Neighbor — stand-in

  Location: Chicago, IL (Project Casting listing lists United States)

  Pay: $192 for 8 hours (time-and-a-half after 8 hours; filming days run about 12 hours)

  Project Casting

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — Incident-Scene Passengers

  Role: Incident-Scene Passenger — background (18-70)

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $216 for 8 hours

  Project Casting (Chicago Fire Extras)

• Chicago Fire — Season 15 (NBC) — Upscale Club Scene Background (Chicago Fire Extras)

  Role: Upscale club patrons, real bartenders/servers, security/bouncers — background

  Location: Chicago, IL

  Pay: $136.40 for 8 hours, plus time-and-a-half after 8 hours

  Project Casting — Chicago Fire Extras notice (parent-verified 2026-10-27)

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