1) Theatrical occupation 
An actor-manager is a leading actor who sets up their own permanent theatrical company and manages the company`s business and financial arrangements, sometimes taking over the management of a theatre, to perform plays of their own choice and in which they will usually star. It was a method of theatrical production and management particularly comm....
An actor who rents a theatre and runs their own company. 
a leading actor who produces and usually stars in his or her own productions: Sir Henry Irving was one of the first actor-managers.