November 10, 2025
Becoming... Actor and Content Creator Clayton Farris (with 437.5k Tik Tok followers)
Mentors on the Mic: Your guide to pursuing a career in the Entertainment industryAbout this episode
Clayton Farris is a Los Angeles–based actor and writer whose sharp comedic instincts and grounded performances have made him a standout across screen and digital platforms. He’s appeared in acclaimed series like American Crime Story: Impeachment , 9-1-1: Lone Star , The Morning Show , and NCIS , while also building a cult following online through his dry humor and deeply relatable sketches. He stars alongside Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, and Julia Garner in Weapons , the highly anticipated thriller from Barbarian director Zach Cregger and A24. In this episode, we talk about: • Finding joy where you can and celebrating wins • Feeling aligned with what he’s doing and how he connects with that energy • His first professional job in LA was a McDonald's commercial. • Clayton's viral series 'The Rich Couple' started from observing real-life behaviors. • How creating his own work contributes to his approach to self tapes and booking • Advice to actors and how he approaches self tapes • How he works on his Tik Tok content and his process to creating short form content • Intense specificity is broad relatability • His thoughts on AI and the change in the industry • His weekly goal for social media • Lightning round including his favorite on set experience, favorite actor he’s worked with, favorite director, • His first professional job in LA was a McDonald's commercial. Guest: IMDb Tik Tok Instagram That One Rich Couple Host: Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com and www.mentorsonthemic.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle If you like this episode, check out: Becoming... Actor and Director Ben Giroux (with 4.5 million Tik Tok followers) Becoming... Actress and viral Content Creator Courtney Michelle Dlugos (450k on TikTok w/ 20 mill likes)