| 100% | RYANPHILLIPPE | 13 | "Big Sky" actor whose first big role was Billy Douglas on "One Life to Live" (2 wds.) |
| 78% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "The Rookie" actor whose first big role was Joey Buchanan on "One Life to Live" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | MELISSAFUMERO | 13 | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actress whose first big role was Adriana Cramer on the soap opera "One Life to Live" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MARTINFREEMAN | 13 | Actor whose first big role was Tim Canterbury in the British version of "The Office" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MAHERSHALAALI | 13 | 15-Across, 27-Across, and 36-Across actor whose first major role was on TV's "Crossing Jordan" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | RYANREYNOLDS | 12 | Movie star whose first major role was one of the guys on the sitcom "Two Guys and a Girl" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LEADELARIA | 10 | Former "One Life to Live" actress who plays Carrie "Big Boo" Black on "Orange Is the New Black" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | WOODYHARRELSON | 14 | Movie star whose first major role was a bartender on the sitcom "Cheers" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | Movie star whose first major role was a student on the sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on television (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MILEYCYRUS | 10 | "Party in the U.S.A." singer whose first TV series lead role was on Disney's "Hannah Montana": 2 wds. |
| 38% | CLARKGABLE | 10 | "It Happened One Night" actor whose last film role was Gay Langland in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | "Lust for Life" and "Spartacus" actor who lived to be 103: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on prime-time television (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SELENAGOMEZ | 11 | "Come & Get It" singer whose first TV series lead role was on Disney's "Wizards of Waverly Place": 2 wds. |
| 37% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | "Heart Attack" singer whose first TV series lead role was on the Disney Channel's "Sonny with a Chance": 2 wds. |
| 37% | PETERCUSHING | 12 | Actor whose likeness was digitally recreated to film his scenes as Grand Moff Tarkin in "Rogue One": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MATTHEWPERRY | 12 | Actor whose birthday it is today, who shot to fame as Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom, "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 36% | NEILARMSTRONG | 13 | Astronaut whose birthday it is today, who became the first man to set foot on the Moon: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BRADPITT | 8 | Actor whose attendance at a pre-Oscar party was one of his first public appearances since his 2016 split with Angelina Jolie: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | First actor to play James Bond on the big screen (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SALMAHAYEK | 10 | Mexican actress whose first Hollywood movie was "Desperado" opposite actor from 15a: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Game of Thrones" actor whose first name is also the term for a baby fox: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BILLYZANE | 9 | "Titanic" actor whose first name is a male goat: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TOMHIDDLESTON | 13 | "Thor" actor whose first name is a male cat: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JACKQUAID | 9 | "Novocaine" actor whose first name is a male donkey: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | "Keanu" actor whose first name is a Middle Eastern country: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Respect" actor whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MELISSAFUMERO | 13 | Former "One Life to Live" actress who plays Amy Santiago on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress whose first Oscar nomination was for her role in "Boogie Nights": 2 wds. |