| 100% | CHRISELLIOTT | 12 | "Cabin Boy" actor who plays Larry the cameraman in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who played the title boy's father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 59% | ZACHARYQUINTO | 13 | "Star Trek Beyond" actor who played Harold in "The Boys in the Band": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | "Grown Ups" actor who played the title boy's father in "That's My Boy": 2 wds. |
| 58% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 58% | SEANGIAMBRONE | 13 | Actor who plays the geeky boy, Adam, on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | STEVECARELL | 11 | "The Big Short" actor who played the title boy's father in "Beautiful Boy": 2 wds. |
| 57% | JIMPARSONS | 10 | "The Big Bang Theory" actor who played Michael in "The Boys in the Band": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1967 film "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre": 2 wds. |
| 55% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | WILLEMDAFOE | 11 | "Platoon" actor who plays Heimir the Fool in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays "Aquaman" in the movie "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 55% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 55% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 54% | TOMELLIS | 8 | Actor who plays the titular role in the fantasy series "Lucifer": 2 wds. |
| 54% | MIKECOLTER | 10 | Actor who plays Luke Cage in the Netflix miniseries "The Defenders": 2 wds. |
| 54% | TERRYCREWS | 10 | Actor who plays Detective Jeffords in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | Actor who plays Howard Ratner in the 2019 movie "Uncut Gems": 2 wds. |
| 54% | JAKELLOYD | 9 | Actor who played Anakin Skywalker in the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 54% | IANMCKELLEN | 11 | Actor who played the "old" Magneto in the "X-Men" series: 2 wds. |
| 54% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | Actor who played the "young" Beast in the "X-Men" series: 2 wds. |
| 54% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played the Hulk in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk": 2 wds. |
| 54% | FRANKIEMUNIZ | 12 | Actor who played child prodigy Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle": 2 wds. |