All the city’s a stage for East Village actor Dan Perino, who is plastering his bearded mug on lampposts across town with the hope of landing the role of a lifetime.
“Maybe something like ‘Criminal Minds’ — where I play a serial killer, that’s kind of my dream,” Perino, 50, told The Post.
Perino said he’s already hung about 2,000 fliers so far — and is aiming for a total of 10,000.
The ads tout him as a “professional, experienced actor” who is “looking for a few lines in a movie, TV, or play. Even extra work.”
And they appear to be working, he said.
“It’s unbelievable the recognition I’m getting — I’m cornering the market a little bit,” he boasted.
“Women look up to me and they just can’t place where they’ve seen me.”
But the guerrilla marketing isn’t about his love life, it’s about restarting his acting career — which can certainly use the jolt, he conceded.
Perino, who grew up in the Village, said he caught the acting bug at a young age, when he said he did some modeling, TV commercials and plays. But his last audition was a few years ago, for the TV show “Shameless.”
He last landed an acting gig during the Reagan administration, and since then has worked as a painter/plasterer.
“I should have a lot of opportunities now that I’m older,” he said. “At auditions, 10 people in my age group show up, compared to 1,000 who show up in the 20-30 age range.”
So far, Perino’s received plenty of callbacks — mostly from cranks or people having a laugh at his expense.
“One guy called me, he was going on and on about Jesus Christ — how I would make it big in the acting field if I commit myself to going to his church,” he said.
“A woman called, and she was probably drunk. She said, ‘Oh, I really like your face — it’s symmetrical.’ ”
Still, he’s also received fairly legitimate calls from other actors, teachers, and some people ringing him just to do a 15-minute improv over the phone.
No matter what, Perino’s refusing to give up on his dream.
“I love acting because it brings you to another place,” he said.