HOLLYWOOD actors have voted to ratify the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months.

The vote, announced by their union on Monday, brings an official conclusion to the contract dispute that shook the entertainment industry for most of this year.

Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) voted by 78 per cent to end the strike in a 38 per cent turnout.

Sag-Aftra executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said: “I’m very happy with the result,” adding that the vote was “really unprecedented for any kind of contract.”

Control over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) was the most hard-fought issue in the long negotiations.

Mr Crabtree-Ireland said he believed that “the approach we took to it and what we achieved in this negotiation were the best possible way to address AI at this time with these companies and in this industry.”

The contract also calls for a 7 per cent general pay increase, with further rises coming in the second and third years of the deal.

The agreement also includes a hard-won provision for the creation of a fund to pay performers for future viewings of their work on streaming services, in addition to traditional residuals paid for the showing of films or series.