personage vs actor

personage and actor both are nouns.

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

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

personage: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events
actor: a person who acts and gets things done

Other hypernyms of personage include doer, worker.

personage (noun)	actor (noun)
another word for person; a person not meriting identification	a theatrical performer
a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events	a person who acts and gets things done