diff --git a/daft/execution/physical_plan.py b/daft/execution/physical_plan.py
index 947c37f961..4abf8285dc 100644
--- a/daft/execution/physical_plan.py
+++ b/daft/execution/physical_plan.py
@@ -215,9 +215,17 @@ def actor_pool_project(
     # Keep track of materializations of the actor_pool tasks
     actor_pool_materializations: deque[SingleOutputPartitionTask[PartitionT]] = deque()
 
+    # Perform separate accounting for the tasks' resource request and the actors' resource request:
+    # * When spinning up an actor, we consider resources that are required for the persistent state in an actor (namely, GPUs and memory)
+    # * When running a task, we consider resources that are required for placement of tasks (namely CPUs)
+    task_resource_request = ResourceRequest(num_cpus=resource_request.num_cpus)
+    actor_resource_request = ResourceRequest(
+        num_gpus=resource_request.num_gpus, memory_bytes=resource_request.memory_bytes
+    )
+
     with get_context().runner().actor_pool_context(
         actor_pool_name,
-        resource_request,
+        actor_resource_request,
         num_actors,
         projection,
     ) as actor_pool_id:
@@ -232,11 +240,11 @@ def actor_pool_project(
                     PartitionTaskBuilder[PartitionT](
                         inputs=[next_ready_child.partition()],
                         partial_metadatas=[next_ready_child.partition_metadata()],
-                        resource_request=resource_request,
                         actor_pool_id=actor_pool_id,
                     )
                     .add_instruction(
                         instruction=execution_step.StatefulUDFProject(projection),
+                        resource_request=task_resource_request,
                     )
                     .finalize_partition_task_single_output(
                         stage_id=stage_id,
diff --git a/daft/runners/ray_runner.py b/daft/runners/ray_runner.py
index ce8c430252..cebf758fba 100644
--- a/daft/runners/ray_runner.py
+++ b/daft/runners/ray_runner.py
@@ -795,8 +795,7 @@ def _build_partitions_on_actor_pool(
 @ray.remote
 class DaftRayActor:
     def __init__(self, daft_execution_config: PyDaftExecutionConfig, uninitialized_projection: ExpressionsProjection):
-        set_execution_config(daft_execution_config)
-
+        self.daft_execution_config = daft_execution_config
         partial_stateful_udfs = {
             name: psu
             for expr in uninitialized_projection
@@ -814,21 +813,22 @@ def run(
         partial_metadatas: list[PartitionMetadata],
         *inputs: MicroPartition,
     ) -> list[list[PartitionMetadata] | MicroPartition]:
-        assert len(inputs) == 1, "DaftRayActor can only process single partitions"
-        assert len(partial_metadatas) == 1, "DaftRayActor can only process single partitions (and single metadata)"
-        part = inputs[0]
-        partial = partial_metadatas[0]
-
-        # Bind the ExpressionsProjection to the initialized UDFs
-        initialized_projection = ExpressionsProjection(
-            [e._bind_stateful_udfs(self.initialized_stateful_udfs) for e in uninitialized_projection]
-        )
-        new_part = part.eval_expression_list(initialized_projection)
+        with execution_config_ctx(config=self.daft_execution_config):
+            assert len(inputs) == 1, "DaftRayActor can only process single partitions"
+            assert len(partial_metadatas) == 1, "DaftRayActor can only process single partitions (and single metadata)"
+            part = inputs[0]
+            partial = partial_metadatas[0]
+
+            # Bind the ExpressionsProjection to the initialized UDFs
+            initialized_projection = ExpressionsProjection(
+                [e._bind_stateful_udfs(self.initialized_stateful_udfs) for e in uninitialized_projection]
+            )
+            new_part = part.eval_expression_list(initialized_projection)
 
-        return [
-            [PartitionMetadata.from_table(new_part).merge_with_partial(partial)],
-            new_part,
-        ]
+            return [
+                [PartitionMetadata.from_table(new_part).merge_with_partial(partial)],
+                new_part,
+            ]
 
 
 class RayRoundRobinActorPool: