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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actor Chance Perdomo, best known for his role as Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as well as the BBC drama Killed By My Debt, which earned him a BAFTA TV Award nomination for best leading actor. Perdomo, who continues to be repped by Identity Agency Group…

Brianna Shebby is moving from WME to UTA. Shebby, who was an agent in WME's Non-Scripted Television department, is joining UTA as an agent in its unscripted television department. It comes after the agency restructured the division last October with the appointment of David Kirsch and Geoff Suddleson as co-heads of…

UTA on Tuesday announced more than 100 promotions across more than 30 divisions and multiple global offices. The extensive group of elevated employees marks the largest promotions class in UTA's 30-year history. The promotions, which encompass employees at all levels of the company, come from departments including…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actress Jun Jong-seo (aka Rachel Jun) in all areas. Most recently, Jun he was cast as one of the leads in the Korean remake of Money Heist for Netflix. Originating in Spain, the acclaimed series quickly became one of the biggest titles for the streamer and one of the most popular non-English…

United Talent Agency has inked artist, filmmaker, and activist Titus Kaphar. Last year, Kaphar’s critically acclaimed solo exhibition was held at Gagosian New York. He also landed his second Time cover with one of his paintings, that being of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. The agency will work with…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford, who recently made their feature directorial debut with the drama Test Pattern. The film, which was picked up by Kino Lorber, follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a Black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s another indication that the town is going back to some form of normalcy after more than year of lockdown from Covid: UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer sent a note to staffers today that employees can begin to work in agency’s offices again starting mid-June. UTA’s Nashville offices will open their doors on June…

Veteran investor Clinton Foy is joining UTA Ventures in the role of General Partner, Venture Capital. He will work alongside Sam Wick, Head of UTA Ventures, to guide its activities building and making investments in businesses at the intersection of media, entertainment and technology. Foy will focus on growing and…

UTA said Monday that it has hired Ander Nickell, most recently Head of Global Partnerships at Activision, as a brand partnerships executive in the agency’s esports division. In his new role, he will be tasked with building brand partnerships for UTA’s roster of nearly 100 esports athletes, streamers and content…

EXCLUSIVE: Off the heels of the critical praise for his documentary feature, Flee, UTA and Anonymous Content have signed acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen in all areas. Rasmussen wrote and directed the project, which won the Grand Jury Prize for "World Cinema – Documentary" at the 2021 Sundance…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA said Wednesday that it has hired Mahzad Babayan and Scarlett Perlman as agents in the company’s Digital Talent division, where they will be tasked with generating opportunities for the agency’s roster of digital content creators that has grown to more than 130. The duo will be based in Los Angeles and…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed producer and former FBI special agent Anne Beagan for representation in all areas. Beagan founded Dark Pictures with Mindhunter executive producer Jennifer Erwin. The organization, named after the dark pictures FBI investigators use in their cases, has a slate of 15 projects in development…