Day player
A day player is an actor hired to work for a single day on a production, rather than for its whole shoot.
On a call sheet a day player's status is shown as SWF, meaning the actor starts and finishes in one day.
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I'm a day player on episode three, in and out on the Tuesday.
Last updated 4 Oct 2026
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