diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/ActorRegistrationGenerator.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/ActorRegistrationGenerator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4320352c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/ActorRegistrationGenerator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright 2023 The Dapr Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using System.Text;
+using Dapr.Actors.Generators.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+
+
+
+namespace Dapr.Actors.Generators;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Generates an extension method that can be used during dependency injection to register all actor types.
+/// </summary>
+[Generator]
+public sealed class ActorRegistrationGenerator : IIncrementalGenerator
+{
+    private const string DaprActorType = "Dapr.Actors.Runtime.Actor";
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes the generator and registers the syntax receiver.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="context">The <see cref="T:Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.IncrementalGeneratorInitializationContext" /> to register callbacks on</param>
+    public void Initialize(IncrementalGeneratorInitializationContext context)
+    {
+        var classDeclarations = context.SyntaxProvider
+            .CreateSyntaxProvider(
+                predicate: static (s, _) => IsClassDeclaration(s),
+                transform: static (ctx, _) => GetSemanticTargetForGeneration(ctx))
+            .Where(static m => m is not null);
+
+        var compilationAndClasses = context.CompilationProvider.Combine(classDeclarations.Collect());
+        context.RegisterSourceOutput(compilationAndClasses, static (spc, source) => Execute(source.Left, source.Right, spc));
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsClassDeclaration(SyntaxNode node) => node is ClassDeclarationSyntax;
+
+    private static INamedTypeSymbol? GetSemanticTargetForGeneration(GeneratorSyntaxContext context)
+    {
+        var classDeclaration = (ClassDeclarationSyntax)context.Node;
+        var model = context.SemanticModel;
+
+        if (model.GetDeclaredSymbol(classDeclaration) is not INamedTypeSymbol classSymbol)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var actorClass = context.SemanticModel.Compilation.GetTypeByMetadataName(DaprActorType);
+        return classSymbol.BaseType != null && classSymbol.BaseType.Equals(actorClass, SymbolEqualityComparer.Default) ? classSymbol : null;
+    }
+
+    private static void Execute(Compilation compilation, ImmutableArray<INamedTypeSymbol?> actorTypes,
+        SourceProductionContext context)
+    {
+        var validActorTypes = actorTypes.Where(static t => t is not null).Cast<INamedTypeSymbol>().ToList();
+        var source = GenerateActorRegistrationSource(compilation, validActorTypes);
+        context.AddSource("ActorRegistrationExtensions.g.cs", SourceText.From(source, Encoding.UTF8));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Generates the source code for the actor registration method.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="compilation">The current compilation context.</param>
+    /// <param name="actorTypes">The list of actor types to register.</param>
+    /// <returns>The generated source code as a string.</returns>
+    private static string GenerateActorRegistrationSource(Compilation compilation, IReadOnlyList<INamedTypeSymbol> actorTypes)
+    {
+#pragma warning disable RS1035
+        var registrations = string.Join(Environment.NewLine,
+#pragma warning restore RS1035
+            actorTypes.Select(t => $"options.Actors.RegisterActor<{t.ToDisplayString()}>();"));
+
+        return $@"
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Dapr.Actors.AspNetCore;
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+using Dapr.Actors;
+using Dapr.Actors.AspNetCore;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Extension methods for registering Dapr actors.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ActorRegistrationExtensions
+{{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers all discovered actor types with the Dapr actor runtime.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name=""services"">The service collection to add the actors to.</param>
+    /// <param name=""includeTransientReferences"">Whether to include actor types from referenced assemblies.</param>
+    public static void RegisterAllActors(this IServiceCollection services, bool includeTransientReferences = false)
+    {{
+        services.AddActors(options => 
+        {{
+            {registrations}
+            if (includeTransientReferences)
+            {{
+                {GenerateTransientActorRegistrations(compilation)}
+            }}
+        }});
+    }}
+}}";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Generates the registration code for actor types in referenced assemblies.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="compilation">The current compilation context.</param>
+    /// <returns>The generated registration code as a string.</returns>
+    private static string GenerateTransientActorRegistrations(Compilation compilation)
+    {
+        var actorRegistrations = new List<string>();
+
+        foreach (var reference in compilation.References)
+        {
+            if (compilation.GetAssemblyOrModuleSymbol(reference) is IAssemblySymbol referencedCompilation)
+            {
+                actorRegistrations.AddRange(from type in referencedCompilation.GlobalNamespace.GetNamespaceTypes()
+                    where type.BaseType?.ToDisplayString() == DaprActorType
+                    select $"options.Actors.RegisterActor<{type.ToDisplayString()}>();");
+            }
+        }
+
+#pragma warning disable RS1035
+        return string.Join(Environment.NewLine, actorRegistrations);
+#pragma warning restore RS1035
+    }    
+}
+
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/IEnumerableExtensions.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/IEnumerableExtensions.cs
index 6b45e86f3..7ea5c65f9 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/IEnumerableExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/IEnumerableExtensions.cs
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
-namespace Dapr.Actors.Generators.Extensions
+namespace Dapr.Actors.Generators.Extensions;
+
+internal static class IEnumerableExtensions
 {
-    internal static class IEnumerableExtensions
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the index of the first item in the sequence that satisfies the predicate. If no item satisfies the predicate, -1 is returned.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects in the <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/>.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="source"><see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/> in which to search.</param>
+    /// <param name="predicate">Function performed to check whether an item satisfies the condition.</param>
+    /// <returns>Return the zero-based index of the first occurrence of an element that satisfies the condition, if found; otherwise, -1.</returns>
+    internal static int IndexOf<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, bool> predicate)
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the index of the first item in the sequence that satisfies the predicate. If no item satisfies the predicate, -1 is returned.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects in the <see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/>.</typeparam>
-        /// <param name="source"><see cref="IEnumerable{T}"/> in which to search.</param>
-        /// <param name="predicate">Function performed to check whether an item satisfies the condition.</param>
-        /// <returns>Return the zero-based index of the first occurrence of an element that satisfies the condition, if found; otherwise, -1.</returns>
-        internal static int IndexOf<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, Func<T, bool> predicate)
+        if (predicate is null)
         {
-            if (predicate is null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(predicate));
-            }
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(predicate));
+        }
 
-            int index = 0;
+        int index = 0;
 
-            foreach (var item in source)
+        foreach (var item in source)
+        {
+            if (predicate(item))
             {
-                if (predicate(item))
-                {
-                    return index;
-                }
-
-                index++;
+                return index;
             }
 
-            return -1;
+            index++;
         }
+
+        return -1;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/INamespaceSymbolExtensions.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/INamespaceSymbolExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b094ff714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors.Generators/Extensions/INamespaceSymbolExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+
+namespace Dapr.Actors.Generators.Extensions;
+
+internal static class INamespaceSymbolExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Recursively gets all the types in a namespace.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="namespaceSymbol">The namespace symbol to search.</param>
+    /// <returns>A collection of the named type symbols.</returns>
+    public static IEnumerable<INamedTypeSymbol> GetNamespaceTypes(this INamespaceSymbol namespaceSymbol)
+    {
+        foreach (var member in namespaceSymbol.GetMembers())
+        {
+            switch (member)
+            {
+                case INamespaceSymbol nestedNamespace:
+                {
+                    foreach (var nestedType in nestedNamespace.GetNamespaceTypes())
+                    {
+                        yield return nestedType;
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                }
+                case INamedTypeSymbol namedType:
+                    yield return namedType;
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test/ActorRegistrationGeneratorTests.cs b/test/Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test/ActorRegistrationGeneratorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ee4778e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test/ActorRegistrationGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+namespace Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test;
+
+public class ActorRegistrationGeneratorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void TestActorRegistrationGenerator_WithoutTransientReference()
+    {
+        const string source = @"
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+
+public class MyActor : Actor, IMyActor
+{
+    public MyActor(ActorHost host) : base(host) { } 
+}
+
+public interface IMyActor : IActor
+{
+}
+";
+
+        const string expectedGeneratedCode = @"
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Extension methods for registering Dapr actors.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ActorRegistrationExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers all discovered actor types with the Dapr actor runtime.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name=""services"">The service collection to add the actors to.</param>
+    /// <param name=""includeTransientReferences"">Whether to include actor types from referenced assemblies.</param>
+    public static void RegisterAllActors(this IServiceCollection services, bool includeTransientReferences = false)
+    {
+        services.AddActors(options => 
+        {
+            options.Actors.RegisterActor<MyActor>();
+            if (includeTransientReferences)
+            {
+                
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}";
+
+        var generatedCode = GetGeneratedCode(source);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedGeneratedCode.Trim(), generatedCode.Trim());
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void TestActorRegistrationGenerator_WithTransientReference()
+    {
+        const string source = @"
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+
+public class MyActor : Actor, IMyActor
+{
+    public MyActor(ActorHost host) : base(host) { } 
+}
+
+public interface IMyActor : IActor
+{
+}
+";
+        
+        const string referencedSource = @"
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+
+public class TransientActor : Actor, ITransientActor
+{
+    public TransientActor(ActorHost host) : base(host) { }
+}
+
+public interface ITransientActor : IActor
+{
+}
+";
+
+        const string expectedGeneratedCode = @"
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Dapr.Actors.Runtime;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Extension methods for registering Dapr actors.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ActorRegistrationExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Registers all discovered actor types with the Dapr actor runtime.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name=""services"">The service collection to add the actors to.</param>
+    /// <param name=""includeTransientReferences"">Whether to include actor types from referenced assemblies.</param>
+    public static void RegisterAllActors(this IServiceCollection services, bool includeTransientReferences = false)
+    {
+        services.AddActors(options => 
+        {
+            options.Actors.RegisterActor<MyActor>();
+            if (includeTransientReferences)
+            {
+                options.Actors.RegisterActor<TransientActor>();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}";
+
+        var generatedCode = GetGeneratedCode(source, referencedSource);
+        Assert.Equal(expectedGeneratedCode.Trim(), generatedCode.Trim());
+    }
+
+    private static string GetGeneratedCode(string source, string? referencedSource = null)
+    {
+        var syntaxTree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(SourceText.From(source, Encoding.UTF8));
+        var references = new List<MetadataReference>
+        {
+            MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(object).Assembly.Location),
+            MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(Enumerable).Assembly.Location),
+            MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(Actor).Assembly.Location),
+            MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(typeof(IServiceCollection).Assembly.Location)
+        };
+
+        var compilation = CSharpCompilation.Create("TestCompilation",
+            new[] { syntaxTree },
+            references,
+            new CSharpCompilationOptions(OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary));
+
+        if (referencedSource != null)
+        {
+            var referencedSyntaxTree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(SourceText.From(referencedSource, Encoding.UTF8));
+            var referencedCompilation = CSharpCompilation.Create("ReferencedCompilation",
+                new[] { referencedSyntaxTree },
+                references,
+                new CSharpCompilationOptions(OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary));
+
+            compilation = compilation.AddReferences(referencedCompilation.ToMetadataReference());
+        }
+
+        var generator = new ActorRegistrationGenerator();
+        var driver = CSharpGeneratorDriver.Create(generator);
+        driver.RunGeneratorsAndUpdateCompilation(compilation, out var outputCompilation, out var diagnostics);
+
+        var generatedTrees = outputCompilation.SyntaxTrees.Skip(1).ToList();
+        Assert.Single(generatedTrees);
+
+        var generatedCode = generatedTrees[0].ToString();
+        return generatedCode;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test/Extensions/INamespaceExtensionsTests.cs b/test/Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test/Extensions/INamespaceExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b1b5b7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test/Extensions/INamespaceExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using Dapr.Actors.Generators.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+
+namespace Dapr.Actors.Generators.Test.Extensions;
+
+public class INamespaceExtensionsTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetNamespaceTypes_ReturnsAllTypesInNamespace()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        const string source = @"
+namespace TestNamespace
+{
+    public class ClassA { }
+    public class ClassB { }
+
+    namespace NestedNamespace
+    {
+        public class ClassC { }
+    }
+}";
+        var syntaxTree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(source);
+        var compilation = CSharpCompilation.Create("TestCompilation", new[] { syntaxTree });
+        var namespaceSymbol = compilation.GlobalNamespace.GetNamespaceMembers().FirstOrDefault(n => n.Name == "TestNamespace");
+
+        // Act
+        if (namespaceSymbol != null)
+        {
+            var types = namespaceSymbol.GetNamespaceTypes().ToList();
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(namespaceSymbol);
+            Assert.Equal(3, types.Count);
+            Assert.Contains(types, t => t.Name == "ClassA");
+            Assert.Contains(types, t => t.Name == "ClassB");
+            Assert.Contains(types, t => t.Name == "ClassC");
+        }
+    }
+}