| 100% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "A Beautiful Mind" star who plays the father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 66% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | "Moulin Rouge!" star who plays the mother in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 64% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who played the title boy's father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 63% | PAULBETTANY | 11 | "A Beautiful Mind" actor who plays Vision in the Disney+ show "WandaVision": 2 wds. |
| 62% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | JOELEDGERTON | 12 | "Zero Dark Thirty" star who plays the head therapist in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 59% | STEVECARELL | 11 | "The Big Short" actor who played the title boy's father in "Beautiful Boy": 2 wds. |
| 59% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 58% | KITCONNOR | 9 | "Heartstopper" star who plays a Navy SEAL in the 2025 drama "Warfare": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | "Grown Ups" actor who played the title boy's father in "That's My Boy": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Reacher" actor who plays the father of a critically ill girl in "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | BILLYPORTER | 11 | "Pose" star who plays the Fab G, a fairy godparent, in 2021's "Cinderella" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 55% | GENEKELLY | 9 | "Brigadoon" actor who played a silent film star moving into talkies in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JESSEEISENBERG | 14 | "A Real Pain" star who played the CEO of Facebook in 2010's "The Social Network": 2 wds. |
| 55% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | "Invictus" star who plays the vice president in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| 53% | STEPHANIEHSU | 12 | "Joy Ride" actress who plays the personal assistant to a movie star in "The Fall Guy" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" star who plays the original G.I. Joe in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JAMIGERTZ | 9 | "Twister" actress who played Michael's love interest Star in "The Lost Boys": 2 wds. |
| 53% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Boys Don't Cry" star who played 30-Across in a 2009 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHRISROCK | 9 | "Grown Ups" star who played Rufus, the thirteenth apostle, in "Dogma": 2 wds. |
| 52% | DARRENMCGAVIN | 13 | "The Man with the Golden Arm" star who played the unnamed father in "A Christmas Story" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | "That '70s Show" star who played the CEO of Apple in 2013's "Jobs": 2 wds. |
| 52% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | CALLUMTURNER | 12 | "Fantastic Beasts" actor who plays a University of Washington rower in "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ARMIEHAMMER | 11 | "The Lone Ranger" star who played the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" star who plays Dorian, the main android cop in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GERARDBUTLER | 12 | "300" star who plays a Secret Service agent in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |