| 100% | NEDBEATTY | 9 | "Deliverance" actor who played Rudy's father Daniel in "Rudy": 2 wds. |
| 66% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Thor: Love and Thunder" actor who plays Kraven's father Nikolai in "Kraven the Hunter": 2 wds. |
| 65% | FREDWILLARD | 11 | "Best in Show" actor who played Phil's father Frank on "Modern Family": 2 wds. |
| 65% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Black Panther" actor who plays Aretha's father C.L. Franklin in "Respect": 2 wds. |
| 65% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Narcos: Mexico" actor who plays Dora's father in the movie mentioned in 33a: 2 wds. |
| 64% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Ant-Man" actor who plays Dora's father in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 63% | OSCARISAAC | 10 | "Inside Llewyn Davis" actor who plays Paul Atreides's father in the new movie "Dune": 2 wds. |
| 63% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who played the title boy's father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 62% | DAMIANALCAZAR | 13 | "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" actor who plays Jaime's father in "Blue Beetle" (2 wds.) |
| 62% | MAHERSHALAALI | 13 | Actor who played Chiron's mentor Juan in "Moonlight": 2 wds. |
| 62% | WILLFORTE | 9 | Actor who plays Woody's son David in "Nebraska": 2 wds. |
| 62% | STEVECARELL | 11 | "The Big Short" actor who played the title boy's father in "Beautiful Boy": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | "Grown Ups" actor who played the title boy's father in "That's My Boy": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Father" actor who played physician Frederick Treves in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | Actor who plays a foster father in "Big Daddy" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | HUGHGRANT | 9 | "Notting Hill" actor who plays Daniel Cleaver in the romantic comedy movie "Bridget Jones's Diary": 2 wds. |
| 61% | KEVINKLINE | 10 | "Last Vegas" actor who played Ulysses S. Grant in 1999's "Wild Wild West": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Actor who played Miranda's boyfriend Stu in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| 60% | KYLEMACLACHLAN | 14 | "Twin Peaks" actor who plays Lucy's father Hank on "Fallout": 2 wds. |
| 60% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Top Gun" actor who played JAG attorney Daniel Kaffee in "A Few Good Men": 2 wds. |
| 59% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays this universe's Batman in "The Flash": 2 wds. |
| 59% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | "Slow Horses" actor who plays Harry S. Truman in "Oppenheimer" (2 wds.) |
| 59% | JOHNCORBETT | 11 | "Sex and the City" actor who plays Rebel's husband Grady in "Rebel": 2 wds. |
| 58% | COLINHANKS | 10 | Actor who plays officer Gus Grimly in "Fargo" and whose father is Tom Hanks: 2 wds. |
| 58% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who played Elvis's manager in the biopic "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ROBINWILLIAMS | 13 | Actor who played Daniel Hillard, and the title character, in the 1993 film "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| 58% | LENNYKRAVITZ | 12 | "The Hunger Games" actor who played a butler in "Lee Daniels' The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 58% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |