| 100% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "Castle" actor who plays new cop John Nolan on the new ABC police drama "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "Firefly" actor who plays Officer John Nolan on an ABC series about a new LAPD cop (2 wds.) |
| 56% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "Castle" actor who plays Officer John Nolan on "The Rookie": 2 wds. |
| 51% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | Actor who plays rookie John Nolan on "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | DENNISFRANZ | 11 | Actor who played Lt. Norman Buntz on the 1980s police drama "Hill Street Blues": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ERICWINTER | 10 | "The Mentalist" actor who plays Sergeant Tim Bradford on ABC's "The Rookie": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LUKEKLEINTANK | 13 | "The Man in the High Castle" actor who plays team leader Scott Forrester on CBS's "FBI: International": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROBINTUNNEY | 11 | "The Mentalist" actress who plays attorney Maya Travis on the new ABC legal drama "The Fix" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | JEREMYSISTO | 11 | "Law & Order" actor who plays agent Jubal Valentine on the new CBS crime drama "FBI" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JEREMYPIVEN | 11 | "Entourage" actor who plays a tech innovator in the new CBS drama "Wisdom of the Crowd": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOSHUAJACKSON | 13 | Actor who played Pacey on the 1998-2003 teen drama "Dawson's Creek": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LUKEEVANS | 9 | "The Fate of the Furious" actor who plays newspaper illustrator John Moore on "The Alienist" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WALLACESHAWN | 12 | "The Princess Bride" actor who plays physics professor John Sturgis on "Young Sheldon": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TONYDANZA | 9 | "The Good Cop" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Who's the Boss?": 2 wds. |
| 43% | NICKSANDOW | 10 | Former "Third Watch" actor who plays Joe Caputo on "Orange Is the New Black" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | RUFUSSEWELL | 11 | "The Man in the High Castle" actor who plays Kate's husband Hal, an ex-ambassador, on "The Diplomat": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JULIAGARNER | 11 | "Dirty John" actress who plays Ruth Langmore on the Netflix drama "Ozark": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALVAROMORTE | 11 | Actor who plays El Profesor on the Spanish-language Netflix drama series "Money Heist" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SEANGIAMBRONE | 13 | Actor who plays the geeky boy, Adam, on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "The New Pope" actor who plays Dr. Adrian Mallory on "Space Force": 2 wds. |
| 41% | DANNYBONADUCE | 13 | Actor who played the wisecracking middle child on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |
| 41% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Tenet" actor who plays Hercule Poirot in "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 41% | RUFUSSEWELL | 11 | "The Man in the High Castle" actor who plays Ambassador Hal Wyler on "The Diplomat" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | "Bull Durham" actor who plays billionaire rancher John Dutton on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | KARLURBAN | 9 | "The Lord of the Rings" actor who plays vigilante leader Billy Butcher on the superhero satire "The Boys": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | "Aquaman" actor who plays Paul Atreides's mentor in the new movie "Dune": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SETHGREEN | 9 | Actor who played Daniel "Oz" Osbourne on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": 2 wds. |
| 40% | LUKEKLEINTANK | 13 | "The Man in the High Castle" actor who plays Supervisory Special Agent Scott Forrester on "FBI: International" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | MARTINFREEMAN | 13 | Actor who portrays Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama "Sherlock": 2 wds. |
| 40% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |