diff --git a/src/Ombi/Controllers/SearchController.cs b/src/Ombi/Controllers/SearchController.cs
index 08f889f08..535581447 100644
--- a/src/Ombi/Controllers/SearchController.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi/Controllers/SearchController.cs
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ namespace Ombi.Controllers
         /// <summary>
         /// Searches for movies by a certain actor.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="model">The refinement model, language code and year are both optional. Language code uses ISO 639-1</param>
+        /// <param name="model">language code is optional, by default it will be en. Language code uses ISO 639-1</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         [HttpPost("movie/actor")]
         [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
         [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status400BadRequest)]
         [ProducesDefaultResponseType]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> SearchActor([FromBody] SearchMovieRefineModel model)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> SearchActor([FromBody] SearchActorModel model)
         {
             if (model == null)
             {
diff --git a/src/Ombi/Models/SearchActorModel.cs b/src/Ombi/Models/SearchActorModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad49282e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ombi/Models/SearchActorModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace Ombi.Models
+{
+    public class SearchActorModel
+    {
+        public string SearchTerm { get; set; }
+        public string LanguageCode { get; set; } = "en";
+    }
+}