Welcome to L.A. Actors Institute!

The LA Actors Institute provides actors in Los Angeles, and across the country, the opportunity to learn the most up to date and relevant information needed to succeed in the industry, while acquiring valuable acting skills they’ll need to succeed in their craft. Both acting skills and business skills are necessary and important to learn if you desire to work locally or even nationally, which is why we focus on all aspects of the business. The institute will also provide you with insider secrets that only working actors in LA know. 

If you are presently in LA and struggling to obtain work or struggling to find a passionate community to train and grow with, struggle no more. We’ve got you. And for those of you who do not have access to a thriving market like LA or New York, sign up for a class and become a part of our community in Los Angeles. 

You will learn everything you need to know to grow and develop as an individual and as an actor with focus on commercial, episodic, and film work.  At the LA Actors Institute, you can get everything you need to not just survive in Los Angeles, but actually thrive. Join us for this incredible online opportunity.

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Meet Our Instructors

  • Todd Bruno

    Todd Bruno is an actor, producer, writer and director of more than 70 films and plays, including several appearances on the popular Film Riot web series. A graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, he appears in Netflix’s Bloodline and Lifetime’s Boyfriend Killer, as well as feature films Palace, Callous and 3: An Eye For An Eye on Amazon Video. Todd won awards for Best Actor for the films Strategem and Proximity, and Best Film for Tell. His new feature Pompano Boy is currently making an international film festival tour.

  • Holli Golden Richardson

    Holli Golden Richardson is a former equity/sag member with over 100+casting and directing experiences. She was signed with Pastorini and Bosby for many years and has found her passion for teaching others the freedom of expression to be the most gratifying. Her teaching philosophy is “ The craft is just that…a crafting and process of always learning. How wonderful that we can be a part of the creative process as lifelong learners and artists.”

We know LA.

We are permanently located in beautiful Westwood, CA. Right in the heart of the action, we have connections all over West LA!