In sociology, actor-network theory is a general theory of sociological behaviour that concerns actors as autonomous, communicating entities. Actors in this theory are also called actants.
In Policy Debate, an actor is the entity that enacts a certain policy action.
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A female actor may be known as an actress, although the term "actor", is also used as a gender-neutral term.
"Actor" is directly from the masculine Latin noun actor (feminine, actrix) from the verb agere "to do, to drive, to pass time" + the suffix -or "so./st. who performs the action indicated by the stem".
Actors were traditionally not people of high status, and in the Early Middle Ages travelling acting troupes were often viewed with distrust.
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