Which casting companies handle background work in New Orleans?

Caballero Casting and Coulon Casting both describe extras casting among their services and identify as New Orleans companies. Use each company’s official site for its current registration process.

Is a New Orleans casting notice always for a New Orleans shoot?

No. Caballero also has a Baton Rouge office, and Coulon casts across several Southern states. Check the work location in each notice.

Does Film New Orleans register extras?

No. It is the city’s film office, supporting production and maintaining industry directories. Background registration goes through casting companies.

Do I need experience to register with a New Orleans casting company?

Background work generally does not require acting experience, but each company and project sets its own requirements. Follow the instructions on the company’s official site.

Does Scene Seekers book extras in New Orleans?

No. Scene Seekers is an independent informational site. We do not cast, hire, or represent performers.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Becoming an Extra in New Orleans

New Orleans has two established full-service casting companies with deep local roots — Caballero Casting and Coulon Casting — plus a city film office. Both companies cast background performers alongside principal roles.

Last updated 2026-10-25

Background acting in New Orleans

Caballero Casting, owned by Brent Caballero, CSA, offers principal and extras casting for feature films, television shows, commercials, and music videos, with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Coulon Casting, owned by Elizabeth Coulon, CSA, has cast principal actors and background extras since 2002 for feature, television, and commercial productions across the Southern region. Film New Orleans, the city’s film office, maintains a resource directory for the local industry.

Getting started as a beginner

Visit each casting company’s official website to find its current registration process rather than relying on third-party reposts.
Because local companies also serve Baton Rouge and the wider South, check the work location in every notice before assuming it is a New Orleans shoot.
Prepare recent photos and accurate sizes, and follow the specific submission instructions in each notice.

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Practical local considerations

New Orleans and Baton Rouge are separate production markets roughly 80 miles apart. A company with offices in both may cast for either.
Regional casting scope means a New Orleans-based company’s project could film in another state. Confirm the location before committing.
Film New Orleans is the city’s film office; it supports production and maintains directories but does not cast background performers.

Local Casting Resources

Caballero Casting
Full-service casting company with New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices, casting principal and extras roles for features, television, commercials, and music videos.
New Orleans and Baton Rouge
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Coulon Casting
New Orleans casting company working since 2002 on principal and background casting for film, television, and commercials across the Southern region.
New Orleans; projects across the Southern US
Film New Orleans
The city’s official film office, with a resource directory for the local production community. Not a casting service.
New Orleans

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Types of Opportunities

What Productions in New Orleans May Look For

Feature & television background

Both Caballero and Coulon describe feature and television extras casting among their services. Service descriptions are not lists of current openings.

Commercials & music videos

Caballero Casting includes commercials and music videos in its extras work. Check each company’s current notices for actual projects.

Regional Southern productions

Coulon Casting describes work across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. A New Orleans company’s notice may concern a shoot elsewhere in the region.

Examples are general. Scene Seekers does not list or guarantee specific casting calls.

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