diff --git a/src/actors/runtime/ActorManager.ts b/src/actors/runtime/ActorManager.ts
index 0ffd3df5..732ac246 100644
--- a/src/actors/runtime/ActorManager.ts
+++ b/src/actors/runtime/ActorManager.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import DaprClient from "../../implementation/Client/DaprClient";
+import { Logger } from "../../logger/Logger";
 import Class from "../../types/Class";
 import ActorId from "../ActorId";
 import AbstractActor from "./AbstractActor";
@@ -23,11 +24,17 @@ import BufferSerializer from "./BufferSerializer";
  * The Actor Manager manages actor objects of a specific actor type
  */
 const REMINDER_METHOD_NAME = "receiveReminder"; // the callback method name for the reminder
+export enum DeactivateResult {
+  Success,
+  ActorDoesNotExist,
+  Error,
+}
 
 export default class ActorManager<T extends AbstractActor> {
   readonly actorCls: Class<T>;
   readonly daprClient: DaprClient;
   readonly serializer: BufferSerializer = new BufferSerializer();
+  readonly logger: Logger;
 
   actors: Map<string, T>;
 
@@ -39,6 +46,7 @@ export default class ActorManager<T extends AbstractActor> {
     this.daprClient = daprClient;
     this.actorCls = actorCls;
 
+    this.logger = new Logger("Actors", "ActorManager", daprClient.options.logger);
     this.actors = new Map<string, T>();
 
     // @todo: we need to make sure race condition cannot happen when accessing the active actors
@@ -71,20 +79,22 @@ export default class ActorManager<T extends AbstractActor> {
     this.actors.set(actorId.getId(), actor);
   }
 
-  async deactivateActor(actorId: ActorId): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.actors.has(actorId.getId())) {
-      throw new Error(
-        JSON.stringify({
-          error: "ACTOR_NOT_ACTIVATED",
-          errorMsg: `The actor ${actorId.getId()} was not activated`,
-        }),
-      );
+  async deactivateActor(actorId: ActorId): Promise<DeactivateResult> {
+    if (this.actors.has(actorId.getId())) {
+      try {
+        const actor = await this.getActiveActor(actorId);
+        await actor.onDeactivateInternal();
+        return DeactivateResult.Success;
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.logger.error("Error encountered deactivating actor");
+      } finally {
+        this.actors.delete(actorId.getId());
+      }
+      return DeactivateResult.Error;
+    } else {
+      this.logger.warn(`The actor ${actorId.getId()} was not activated`);
+      return DeactivateResult.ActorDoesNotExist;
     }
-
-    const actor = await this.getActiveActor(actorId);
-    await actor.onDeactivateInternal();
-
-    this.actors.delete(actorId.getId());
   }
 
   async getActiveActor(actorId: ActorId): Promise<T> {
diff --git a/src/actors/runtime/ActorRuntime.ts b/src/actors/runtime/ActorRuntime.ts
index f3974c53..bde63d00 100644
--- a/src/actors/runtime/ActorRuntime.ts
+++ b/src/actors/runtime/ActorRuntime.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { ActorRuntimeOptions } from "../../types/actors/ActorRuntimeOptions";
 import Class from "../../types/Class";
 import ActorId from "../ActorId";
 import AbstractActor from "./AbstractActor";
-import ActorManager from "./ActorManager";
+import ActorManager, { DeactivateResult } from "./ActorManager";
 
 /**
  * Creates instances of "Actor" and activates and deactivates "Actor"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export default class ActorRuntime {
     return await manager.fireTimer(actorIdObj, name, requestBody);
   }
 
-  async deactivate(actorTypeName: string, actorId: string): Promise<void> {
+  async deactivate(actorTypeName: string, actorId: string): Promise<DeactivateResult> {
     const actorIdObj = new ActorId(actorId);
     const manager = this.getActorManager(actorTypeName);
     return await manager.deactivateActor(actorIdObj);
diff --git a/src/implementation/Server/HTTPServer/actor.ts b/src/implementation/Server/HTTPServer/actor.ts
index a960e2d2..b1a2589c 100644
--- a/src/implementation/Server/HTTPServer/actor.ts
+++ b/src/implementation/Server/HTTPServer/actor.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { DaprClient } from "../../..";
 import { Logger } from "../../../logger/Logger";
 import { getRegisteredActorResponse } from "../../../utils/Actors.util";
 import HttpStatusCode from "../../../enum/HttpStatusCode.enum";
+import { DeactivateResult } from "../../../actors/runtime/ActorManager";
 
 // https://docs.dapr.io/reference/api/bindings_api/
 export default class HTTPServerActor implements IServerActor {
@@ -89,8 +90,20 @@ export default class HTTPServerActor implements IServerActor {
   private async handlerDeactivate(req: IRequest, res: IResponse): Promise<IResponse> {
     const { actorTypeName, actorId } = req.params;
     const result = await ActorRuntime.getInstance(this.client.daprClient).deactivate(actorTypeName, actorId);
-    res.statusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK;
-    return this.handleResult(res, result);
+
+    switch (result) {
+      case DeactivateResult.Success:
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK;
+        return this.handleResult(res, result);
+      case DeactivateResult.Error:
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        return this.handleResult(res, result);
+      case DeactivateResult.ActorDoesNotExist:
+        res.statusCode = HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND;
+        return this.handleResult(res, result);
+      default:
+        throw new Error("Unsupported result type received");
+    }
   }
 
   private async handlerMethod(req: IRequest, res: IResponse): Promise<IResponse> {
diff --git a/test/unit/actor/actorRuntime.test.ts b/test/unit/actor/actorRuntime.test.ts
index d8726dc2..18b50e4f 100644
--- a/test/unit/actor/actorRuntime.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/actor/actorRuntime.test.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@ describe("ActorRuntime", () => {
     expect(res.toString()).toEqual(`Actor said: "Hello World"`);
   });
 
+  it("should be able to deactivate a actor", async () => {
+    const actorId = randomUUID();
+
+    await runtime.registerActor(DemoActorSayImpl);
+    await runtime.invoke(DemoActorSayImpl.name, actorId, "sayString", Buffer.from("Hello World"));
+    const result = await runtime.deactivate(DemoActorSayImpl.name, actorId);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(DeactivateResult.Success);
+  });
+
+  it("should not error when calling deactivate on an actor that does not exist", async () => {
+    const actorId = randomUUID();
+
+    await runtime.registerActor(DemoActorSayImpl);
+    const result = await runtime.deactivate(DemoActorSayImpl.name, actorId);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual(DeactivateResult.ActorDoesNotExist);
+  });
+
   it("should receive an error if the actor method does not exist", async () => {
     const actorId = randomUUID();