An actor explains what it's really like to play a dead body

Get the Full StoryHave you ever wondered about the people who play dead bodies on TV? We talked to Chuck Lamb, a 57-year-old part-time corpse actor, to find out how you get the job, what it pays, and what it's like on set. A decade ago, Lamb — a former computer analyst — started playing dead for fun. Turns out he had a knack for it. To show off his unique hobby, in December 2005 he launched the website deadbodyguy.com, where he would post pictures of himself in different death scenarios around his house. The site has since garnered more than 50 million views, a ton of publicity, and, most importantly, earned Lamb more than two dozen roles as a "dead guy" in films like "Thankskilling," "Horrorween," and "Stiffs." Here's how Lamb has made a living out of playing dead:SEE ALSO: Here's what it's REALLY like to be an embalmer SEE ALSO: The 10 scariest jobs in America Now 57 years old, Lamb says he started his website as a joke. The former computer analyst for an insurance company had no idea what was to come. While watching "Law & Order" with his wife one night, he told her, "I'd like to be in a TV show or movie just one time so I can see my name in the credits." A few nights later he had a dream that Lennie Briscoe, the character from "Law & Order" who always looked down at the corpse of the victim and said something pithy, spoke to him. He woke his wife up and said, "I can be a dead body!" The next day his wife started taking pictures of him in different death scenarios around the house, which he posted on his website. "What really scared me at first was that she used to come up with different ways to kill me three times a week," Lamb says. "You start to think, well she’s liking this just a little too much." See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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