diff --git a/components/Search/Controller/Search.php b/components/Search/Controller/Search.php
index 3ef8574736..669dd7396a 100644
--- a/components/Search/Controller/Search.php
+++ b/components/Search/Controller/Search.php
@@ -31,19 +31,29 @@ class Search extends Controller
 {
     public function handle(Request $request)
     {
-        $q        = $this->string('q');
-        $criteria = Parser::parse($q);
+        $q                                = $this->string('q');
+        [$note_criteria, $actor_criteria] = Parser::parse($q);
 
-        $qb = DB::createQueryBuilder();
-        $qb->select('note')->from('App\Entity\Note', 'note');
-        Event::handle('SeachQueryAddJoins', [&$qb]);
-        $qb->addCriteria($criteria);
-        $query   = $qb->getQuery();
-        $results = $query->execute();
+        $note_qb  = DB::createQueryBuilder();
+        $actor_qb = DB::createQueryBuilder();
+        $note_qb->select('note')->from('App\Entity\Note', 'note');
+        $actor_qb->select('actor')->from('App\Entity\Actor', 'actor');
+        Event::handle('SeachQueryAddJoins', [&$note_qb, &$actor_qb]);
+        $notes = $actors = [];
+        if (!is_null($note_criteria)) {
+            $note_qb->addCriteria($note_criteria);
+            $notes = $note_qb->getQuery()->execute();
+        } else {
+            if (!is_null($actor_criteria)) {
+                $actor_qb->addCriteria($actor_criteria);
+                $actors = $actor_qb->getQuery()->execute();
+            }
+        }
 
         return [
             '_template' => 'search/show.html.twig',
-            'results'   => $results,
+            'notes'     => $notes,
+            'actors'    => $actors,
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/Search/Util/Parser.php b/components/Search/Util/Parser.php
index ff31055781..96f91df967 100644
--- a/components/Search/Util/Parser.php
+++ b/components/Search/Util/Parser.php
@@ -34,29 +34,33 @@ abstract class Parser
      * recognises either spaces (currently `or`, should be fuzzy match), `OR` or `|` (`or`) and `AND` or `&` (`and`)
      *
      * TODO Better fuzzy match, implement exact match with quotes and nesting with parens
+     *
+     * @return Criteria[]
      */
-    public static function parse(string $input, int $level = 0): Criteria
+    public static function parse(string $input, int $level = 0): array
     {
         if ($level === 0) {
             $input = trim(preg_replace(['/\s+/', '/\s+AND\s+/', '/\s+OR\s+/'], [' ', '&', '|'], $input), ' |&');
         }
 
-        $left     = $right     = 0;
-        $lenght   = mb_strlen($input);
-        $stack    = [];
-        $eb       = Criteria::expr();
-        $criteria = [];
-        $parts    = [];
-        $last_op  = null;
+        $left               = $right               = 0;
+        $lenght             = mb_strlen($input);
+        $stack              = [];
+        $eb                 = Criteria::expr();
+        $note_criteria_arr  = [];
+        $actor_criteria_arr = [];
+        $note_parts         = [];
+        $actor_parts        = [];
+        $last_op            = null;
 
         $connect_parts = /**
-                        * Merge $parts into $criteria
+                        * Merge $parts into $criteria_arr
                         */
-                       function (bool $force = false) use ($eb, &$parts, $last_op, &$criteria) {
+                       function (array &$parts, array &$criteria_arr, bool $force = false) use ($eb, $last_op) {
                            foreach ([' ' => 'orX', '|' => 'orX', '&' => 'andX'] as $op => $func) {
                                if ($last_op === $op || $force) {
-                                   $criteria[] = $eb->{$func}(...$parts);
-                                   $parts      = [];
+                                   $criteria_arr[] = $eb->{$func}(...$parts);
+                                   $note_parts     = [];
                                    break;
                                }
                            }
@@ -68,18 +72,28 @@ abstract class Parser
 
             foreach (['&', '|', ' '] as $delimiter) {
                 if ($input[$index] === $delimiter || $end = ($index === $lenght - 1)) {
-                    $term = substr($input, $left, $end ? null : $right - $left);
-                    $res  = null;
-                    $ret  = Event::handle('SearchCreateExpression', [$eb, $term, &$res]);
-                    if (is_null($res) || $ret == Event::next) {
+                    $term     = substr($input, $left, $end ? null : $right - $left);
+                    $note_res = $actor_res = null;
+                    $ret      = Event::handle('SearchCreateExpression', [$eb, $term, &$note_res, &$actor_res]);
+                    if ((is_null($note_res) && is_null($actor_res)) || $ret == Event::next) {
                         throw new ServerException("No one claimed responsibility for a match term: {$term}");
+                    } else {
+                        if (!is_null($note_res)) {
+                            $note_parts[] = $note_res;
+                        } else {
+                            if (!is_null($actor_res)) {
+                                $actor_parts[] = $actor_res;
+                            } else {
+                                throw new ServerException('Unexpected state in Search parser');
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
-                    $parts[] = $res;
 
                     $right = $left = $index + 1;
 
                     if (!is_null($last_op) && $last_op !== $delimiter) {
-                        $connect_parts(force: false);
+                        $connect_parts($note_parts, $note_criteria_arr, force: false);
+                        $connect_parts($actor_parts, $actor_criteria_arr, force: false);
                     } else {
                         $last_op = $delimiter;
                     }
@@ -92,10 +106,17 @@ abstract class Parser
             }
         }
 
-        if (!empty($parts)) {
-            $connect_parts(force: true);
+        $note_criteria = $actor_criteria = null;
+        if (!empty($note_parts)) {
+            $connect_parts($note_parts, $note_criteria_arr, force: true);
+            $note_criteria = new Criteria($eb->orX(...$note_criteria_arr));
+        } else {
+            if (!empty($actor_parts)) {
+                $connect_parts($actor_parts, $actor_criteria_arr, force: true);
+                $actor_criteria = new Criteria($eb->orX(...$actor_criteria_arr));
+            }
         }
 
-        return new Criteria($eb->orX(...$criteria));
+        return [$note_criteria, $actor_criteria];
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/Search/templates/search/show.html.twig b/components/Search/templates/search/show.html.twig
index a62a260fa5..94dc9952d1 100644
--- a/components/Search/templates/search/show.html.twig
+++ b/components/Search/templates/search/show.html.twig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{% for res in results %}
-  {% if res is instanceof('App\\Entity\\Note') %}
-    {% include '/cards/note/view.html.twig' with {'note': res} %}
-  {% else %}
-    {{ dump(res) }}
-  {% endif %}
+{% for note in notes %}
+  {% include '/cards/note/view.html.twig' with {'note': note} %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% for actor in actors %}
+  {% include 'actor/view.html.twig' with {'actor': actor} %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/components/Tag/Tag.php b/components/Tag/Tag.php
index 8bad61d58e..86ced208f8 100644
--- a/components/Tag/Tag.php
+++ b/components/Tag/Tag.php
@@ -90,18 +90,36 @@ class Tag extends Component
         return substr(Formatting::slugify($tag), 0, self::MAX_TAG_LENGTH);
     }
 
-    public function onSearchCreateExpression(ExpressionBuilder $eb, string $term, &$expr)
+    /**
+     * Populate $note_expr with an expression to match a tag, if the term looks like a tag
+     *
+     * $term /^(note|tag|people|actor)/ means we want to match only either a note or an actor
+     *
+     * @param mixed $note_expr
+     * @param mixed $actor_expr
+     */
+    public function onSearchCreateExpression(ExpressionBuilder $eb, string $term, &$note_expr, &$actor_expr)
     {
-        if (preg_match(self::TAG_REGEX, $term)) {
-            $expr = $eb->eq('note_tag.tag', $term);
-            return Event::stop;
+        $search_term     = str_contains($term, ':#') ? explode(':', $term)[1] : $term;
+        $temp_note_expr  = $eb->eq('note_tag.tag', $search_term);
+        $temp_actor_expr = $eb->eq('actor_tag.tag', $search_term);
+        if (Formatting::startsWith($term, ['note', 'tag'])) {
+            $note_expr = $temp_note_expr;
         } else {
-            return Event::next;
+            if (Formatting::startsWith($term, ['people', 'actor'])) {
+                $actor_expr = $temp_actor_expr;
+            } else {
+                $note_expr  = $temp_note_expr;
+                $actor_expr = $temp_actor_expr;
+                return Event::next;
+            }
         }
+        return Event::stop;
     }
 
-    public function onSeachQueryAddJoins(QueryBuilder &$qb)
+    public function onSeachQueryAddJoins(QueryBuilder &$note_qb, QueryBuilder &$actor_qb)
     {
-        $qb->join('App\Entity\NoteTag', 'note_tag', Expr\Join::WITH, 'note_tag.note_id = note.id');
+        $note_qb->join('App\Entity\NoteTag', 'note_tag', Expr\Join::WITH, 'note_tag.note_id = note.id');
+        $actor_qb->join('App\Entity\ActorTag', 'actor_tag', Expr\Join::WITH, 'actor_tag.tagger = actor.id');
     }
 }