movie actor vs actor

movie actor and actor both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of movie actor include histrion, player, role player, thespian.

movie actor (noun)	actor (noun)
an actor who plays a role in a film	a theatrical performer
	a person who acts and gets things done