Learn English – the word for somebody who does action/is action owner

word-choice

In my web application inside code I must find a word for somebody to whom certain Action belongs to(he/she did it).

How to call such person? Contributor? Action owner? Participant?

Context: I log all actions registered users made in my application. For instance clicked certain button. Then I hold info: who did it, when it happenned and what happenned.

Best Answer

Actor is the right term, even though we more often associate it with the theater. It's all a matter of context. For example, google offers as a secondary definition the following:

a participant in an action or process.
employers are key actors within industrial relations