Hal Perry often gets called in for the part he lovingly calls “All American Dad.”  This is the guy who mans the BBQ in the back yard, tosses a football around with his kid and then goes in and watches sports on his big screen TV.  He’s a non-threatening guy who probably works in middle management at an office.  And every other Saturday night, he and his buddies have a poker game.

This is how Hal auditions commercially, and not surprisingly he auditions a whole lot.  Theatrically Hal often auditions as a much more serious character, most recently he shot an episode of Nip/Tuck where he played a husband with some kinky tastes.

Hal knew not to go for one headshot that captured every single part he went out for.  He came in for headshots that would capture his fun, friendly commercial side.  In this photo he’s a very fun and comfortable dad.   An attempt to capture both sides of Hal’s personality and marketability would come across as muddled and wouldn’t sell either type very well.  But with this one photo Hal nails one of his primary types and allows his other headshots to speak for his other types.