IN-DEPTH: Actors ‘Blacklisted’ for Unvaccinated Status Speak Out

Despite SAG-AFTRA’s promise to protect its members from discrimination, plaintiffs claim a blacklist of the unvaccinated has cost them their jobs.

The SAG-AFTRA logo is displayed outside of the National Headquarters on Wilshire Blvd. during the actors strike in Los Angeles, on Oct. 24, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Actor, stunt performer, and director Dorian Kingi says he hasn’t had a job in the entertainment industry in three years because of his vaccine status.

The son of stuntman Henry Kingi and Emmy-Award-winning actress Lindsay Wagner, Mr. Kingi became a Screen Actors Guild-American Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) member when he was 11 for a part in the 1994 film “Double Dragon.”