Casting Call: DESJARDINS ACTRA

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Commercial

DESJARDINS ACTRA

Details

Union:Union

Area of media:Commercial

Paid?:Yes

Rates:RATES : FEE: NCA 2026 fees for session and residuals apply
USAGE : WEB 6 months. // TV 13 weeks, Ontario only.

Deadline:July 30, 2026

Cities for response:

Montréal, Ottawa

Commercial 1

SEQUENCE 1
At Desjardins Business, we're in the idea you couldn't let go of
FULL ACTRA MEMBERS WILL BE PRIORITIZED

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Garage Entrepreneur	All 35 - 55 Years old
Description Garage Entrepreneur - SOC Man or woman, 35-55 y/o Description: South Asian. An entrepreneur working in their garage, fully focused on developing a prototype.

Commercial 2

SEQUENCE 2
The conversations that became collaborations
FULL ACTRA MEMBERS WILL BE PRIORITIZED

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Conference Room Entrepreneur #1	Male 45 - 45 Years old
Description Conference Room Entrepreneur #1 - SOC Man, 45 y/o Description: Middle Eastern or North African (or caucasian). An entrepreneur in a conference room, engaged in a face-to-face conversation.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Conference Room Entrepreneur #2	Female 45 - 45 Years old
Description Conference Room Entrepreneur #2 - SOC Woman, 45 y/o Description: Caucasian (or Middle Eastern or North African). An entrepreneur in a conference room, engaged in a face-to-face conversation.

Commercial 3

SEQUENCE 4
The day you expanded to explore new markets
FULL ACTRA MEMBERS WILL BE PRIORITIZED

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Shipping Yard Entrepreneur	Male 45 - 55 Years old
Description Shipping Yard Entrepreneur - SOC Man, 45-55 y/o Description: Caucasian. An entrepreneur overseeing the loading of shipping containers alongside operators.

Commercial 4

SEQUENCE 5
And (pause) in all those interrupted vacations
FULL ACTRA MEMBERS WILL BE PRIORITIZED

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Family Dinner Entrepreneur	Female 40 - 45 Years old
Description Family Dinner Entrepreneur - SOC Woman, 40-45 y/o Description: Caucasian or Asian. An entrepreneur leaving a family meal to answer a phone call.

Commercial 5

SEQUENCE 6
We're in the day you planned your transfer
FULL ACTRA MEMBERS WILL BE PRIORITIZED

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Business Owner (Father)	Male 60 - 70 Years old
Description Business Owner (Father) - SOC Man, 60-70 y/o Description: Italian-Canadian. A business owner passing the family business on to the next generation. Casting Note: A photo of this character will appear in the commercial and will be digitally de-aged using AI.

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Rôle Muet / SOC (UDA)	Next Generation (Son)	Male 35 - 40 Years old
Description Next Generation (Son) - SOC Man, 35-40 y/o Description: Italian-Canadian. The next generation of the family business. Casting Note: Must have a believable family resemblance with the actor playing the father (both will wear the same moustache).