Guy achieves dream of playing a corpse on TV after playing a corpse on TikTok for a year
Josh Nalley landed a role as a corpse in CSI: Vegas after uploading nearly 200 videos of him playing dead on TikTok

Josh Nalley, a 42-year-old from Kentucky, has long cherished a show business dream: Playing a corpse in a movie or TV show. Rather than just lie around waiting for this opportunity to come to him, Nalley went out there and got to work becoming the most noticeable motionless body around. Now, after posting about 200 TikTok videos showing what a talented corpse actor he is, Nalley’s been recognized for his skills and appeared on CSI: Vegas in his role of choice.
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The New York Times’ Remy Tumin looked into how Nalley got his big break, writing that he’s spent the last year posting a daily pretend-corpse TikTok video of himself as a kind of living resume. In one, he lies slumped forward in front of a park bench. In another, he’s propped up against the wall of a building. Nalley practices his craft all year round, even in the depths of winter.