man of deeds vs actor

man of deeds and actor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
man of deeds	Yes	No	No	No
actor	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of man of deeds include doer, worker.

man of deeds (noun)	actor (noun)
someone inclined to act first and think later	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done