diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/Actor.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/Actor.cs
index d971a4e1e..9707f6674 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/Actor.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Actors/Types/Actor.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
-
+using System.Text;
 using Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Structs;
+using Serilog;
 
 namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types
 {
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types
         private readonly Structs.Actor actorStruct;
         private readonly Dalamud dalamud;
 
+        private string name;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Actor"/> class.
         /// This represents a basic FFXIV actor.
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Actors.Types
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the displayname of this <see cref="Actor" />.
         /// </summary>
-        public string Name => this.ActorStruct.Name;
+        public string Name => this.name ??= Util.GetUTF8String(this.actorStruct.Name);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the actor ID of this <see cref="Actor" />.
diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Structs/Actor.cs b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Structs/Actor.cs
index 230601f8e..e765a8c4c 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Structs/Actor.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/ClientState/Structs/Actor.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.ClientState.Structs
         /// The actor name.
         /// </summary>
         [FieldOffset(ActorOffsets.Name)]
-        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPUTF8Str, SizeConst = 30)]
-        public string Name;
+        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 30)]
+        public byte[] Name;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The actor's internal id.
diff --git a/Dalamud/Util.cs b/Dalamud/Util.cs
index e851f87a0..456c93689 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Util.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Util.cs
@@ -165,5 +165,36 @@ namespace Dalamud
             NativeFunctions.MessageBox(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle, message, caption, flags);
             Environment.Exit(-1);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve a UTF8 string from a null terminated byte array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="array">A null terminated UTF8 byte array.</param>
+        /// <returns>A UTF8 encoded string.</returns>
+        public static string GetUTF8String(byte[] array)
+        {
+            var count = 0;
+            for (; count < array.Length; count++)
+            {
+                if (array[count] == 0)
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            string text;
+            if (count == array.Length)
+            {
+                text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(array);
+                Log.Warning($"Warning: text exceeds underlying array length ({text})");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(array, 0, count);
+            }
+
+            return text;
+        }
+
+        // TODO: Someone implement GetUTF8String with some IntPtr overloads.
+        // while(Marshal.ReadByte(0, sz) != 0) { sz++; }
     }
 }