individualist vs actor

individualist and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
individualist	Yes	Yes	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, actor is a hypernym of individualist; that is, actor is a word with a broader meaning than individualist:

Other hypernyms of individualist include doer, worker.

individualist (noun)	actor (noun)
a person who pursues independent thought or action	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done

individualist (adjective)	actor (adjective)
marked by or expressing individuality