Talent agencies: ranked by L.A. County agents.
TALENT AGENCIES
Ranked by L.A. County agents
Rank Agency (Ranking in 2005) Employees
* name * agents
* address * employees
* Web site
1 Creative Artists Agency (1) 253
9830 Wilshire Blvd. 693
Beverly Hills 90212
caa.com
2 William Morris Agency (2) 135
151 EI Camino Drive 503
Beverly Hills 90212
wma.com
3 International Creative Management (3) 115
10250 Constellation Blvd. 392
Los Angeles 90067
icmtalent.com
4 United Talent Agency 91
9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500 287
Beverly Hills 90212
unitedtalent.com
5 Endeavor Agency (6) 75
9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor WND
Beverly Hills 90210
N/A
6 Paradigm (5) 67
360 N. Crescent Drive, North Building WND
Beverly Hills 90210
N/A
7 Gersh Agency (7) 50
232 N. Canon Drive 125
Beverly Hills 90210
gershagency.com
8 Innovative Artists Talent & Literary Agency (8) 45
1505 Tenth St. 98
Santa Monica 90401
N/A
9 Diverse Talent Group (12) 40
1875 Century Park East, Suite 2250 65
Los Angeles 90067
diversetalentgroup.com
10 Agency for the Performing Arts (9) 36
9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900 78
Los Angeles 90069
apa-agency.com
11 Abrams Artists Agency (11) 26
9200 Sunset Blvd., 11th Floor 55
Los Angeles 90069
abramsartists.com
12 Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty (14) 17
10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suites 130 WND
Los Angeles 90025
cesdtalent.com
13 Kazarian/Spencer & Associates (13) 16
11969 Ventura Blvd., Third Floor 27
Studio City 91604
ksawest.com
14 Agency Group Ltd. (15) 15
1880 Century Park East, Suite 711 WND
Los Angeles 90067
theagencygroup.com
15 Metropolitan Talent Agency 12
4500 Wilshire Blvd., Second Floor WND
Los Angeles 90010
mta.com
Rank Types of Agents Types of Talent
(partial list)
1 commercial, film/TV, actors, athletes, book authors,
literary, music, comedians, corporations, directors,
sports, theater musicians, producers, voice-over,
writers
2 commercial, film/TV, actors, athletes, book authors,
literary, music, comedians, corporations, directors,
sports, theater, musicians, producers, voice-over,
digital media writers
3 below-the-line, actors, book authors, comedians,
commercial, film/TV, corporations, directors, musicians,
literary, music, producers, voice-over, writers
theater
4 below-the-line, actors, athletes, book authors,
commercial, film/TV, comedians, corporations, directors,
literary, music, musicians, producers, voice-over,
theater, digital media writers
5 film/TV, literary actors, book authors, comedians,
directors, producers, writers,
screenwriters, sports
personalities
6 below-the-line, actors, book authors, comedians,
commercial, film/TV, corporations, directors, musicians,
literary, music, producers, voice-over, writers
theater, new media
7 below-the-line, actors, athletes, book authors,
film/TV, literary, comedians, corporations, directors,
sports, theater producers, writers
8 below-the-line, actors, directors, models,
commercial, literary, producers, voice-over, writers
theater, voice over
9 below-the-line, actors, directors, producers,
commercial, film/TV, writers
literary, music
10 film/TV, literary, actors, comedians, musicians,
music, theater producers, writers
11 commercial, film/TV, actors, athletes, book authors,
literary, modeling, comedians, directors, models,
sports, theater, voice-over, writers, MC's/hosts,
MC's/hosts, broadcast brocadcast journalists
12 commercial, film/TV, voice-over, animation, children,
modeling puppeteers
13 commercial, film/TV, actors, athletes, models, dancers
modeling, sports,
theater, host/variety,
choreography
14 film/TV, literary, actors, book authors, comedians,
music, theater directors, musicians, producers,
writers, composers, sports
15 commercial, film/TV, actors, book authors, directors,
literary, modeling, producers, writers, teen/young
theater adult
Rank Notable Clients Union
(partial list) Affiliations
1 Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, AFM, AFTRA,
Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, ATA, DGA, WGA
Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Ron Howard,
Will Ferrell, Jim Carrey
2 WND ATA
3 Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Halle AEA, AFM,
Berry, Mel Gibson, Samuel L. Jackson, Roman AFTRA, AGVA,
Polanski, Robert Rodriguez ATA, DGA, SAG,
WGA
4 Johnny Depp, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, AEA, AFTRA,
Dick Wolf, M. Night Shyamalan, Coen ATA, DGA, SAG,
Brothers, Celine Dion, Amazon.com WGA
5 WND AAR, AFTRA,
ATA, DGA, SAG,
WGA
6 Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, AEA, AFTRA,
Andy Garcia, Teri Hatcher, Allison Janney, DGA, SAG, WGA
John Legend, Coldplay,
Black Eyed Peas
7 WND AEA, AFTRA,
ATA, DGA, SAG,
WGA
8 WND AFTRA, ATA,
DGA, WGA
9 WND AFTRA, DGA,
SAG, WGA
10 Dominic Monoghan, Rhys Davies, Michael AEA, AFM,
Madsen, Bill Duke, Lenny Kravitz, AFTRA, ATA,
Fleetwood Mac, Dave Koz DGA, WGA
11 WND AEA, AFTRA,
ATA, SAG
12 Tom Bosley, Carol Burnett, James Garner, AEA, AFTRA, ATA
Burt Reynolds, Jon Cryer, Camryn Manheim,
13 WND AEA, AFTRA, ATA
14 WND WND
15 WND AEA, AFTRA,
ATA, DGA, WGA
Rank Year Founded Top Local Executive
* name
* title
* phone
1 1975 Richard Lovett
president
(310) 288-4545
2 1898 Jim Wiatt
ceo
(310) 859-4000
3 1975 Jeffrey Berg
chairman, ceo
(310) 550-4000
4 1991 Jim Berkus
chairman
(310) 273-6700
5 1995 N/A (1)
N/A
(310) 248-2000
6 1993 Sam Gores
ceo, president
(310) 288-8000
7 1949 Bob Gersh
David Gersh
co-presidents
(310) 274-6611
8 1986 Scott Harris
president
(310) 656-0400
9 2000 Christopher Nassif
coo, partner
(310) 201-6565
10 1962 James H. Gosnell Jr.
ceo, president
(310) 888-4200
11 1977 Harry Abrams
chairman, ceo
(310) 859-0625
12 1967 Paul Doherty
partner
(310) 475-2111
13 1957 Cynthia Kazarian
president
(818) 769-9111
14 WND Andy Somers
senior v.p.
(310) 385-2800
15 WND Christopher Barrett
president
(323) 857-4500
N/A - Not Applicable
WND--Would Not Disclose
Note: Information on this list was provided by the Hollywood Creative
Directory, part of The Hollywood Reporter Film & Perforing Arts Group,
a VNU Business Media company and representatives of the agencies
themselves. Agencies are ranked by the number of agents in L.A. County
offices.
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