| 100% | PAULDANO | 8 | "Escape at Dannemora" actor who directed 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 59% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Actor who directed 17-Across and played the title character: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BENICIODELTORO | 14 | "Escape at Dannemora" actor who voices Swiper the Fox in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (3 wds.) |
| 55% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Dunkirk" actor who directed "Artemis Fowl": 2 wds. |
| 54% | WARRENBEATTY | 12 | Actor who directed, wrote, and appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 53% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who directed and played the title character in 1996's "Hamlet": 2 wds. |
| 53% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 52% | RONHOWARD | 9 | "Happy Days" actor who directed "Apollo 13" and "A Beautiful Mind": 2 wds. |
| 52% | MACAULAYCULKIN | 14 | Child actor who starred in 19-Across and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BILLHADER | 9 | "The Skeleton Twins" actor who voiced Fear in 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOEMANTEGNA | 11 | Actor who plays David Rossi on 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "All Is Lost" actor who directed and starred in "The Horse Whisperer": 2 wds. |
| 51% | TODDBRIDGES | 11 | Actor who played 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GARYCOLEMAN | 11 | Actor who played 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOEMANTEGNA | 11 | Actor who has played David Rossi on 47-Across since 2007 (2 wds.) |
| 51% | RAYLIOTTA | 9 | "GoodFellas" actor who was adopted at six months old: 2 wds. |
| 51% | STEPHENGRAHAM | 13 | "The Irishman" actor who stars in 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ROBMORGAN | 9 | "Just Mercy" actor who stars in 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "American Sniper" actor who directed and stars in the "A Star Is Born" remake: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ROBREINER | 9 | "All in the Family" actor who directed "The Princess Bride" and "When Harry Met Sally ...": 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROWANATKINSON | 13 | "Maigret" actor who competed at Silverstone in 2010 in his Aston Martin: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JOHNRITTER | 10 | "8 Simple Rules" actor who is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Ozark" actor who cohosts 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DICKSARGENT | 11 | "Bewitched" actor who came out of the closet in 1991 at age 61: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ROBERTSEAN | 10 | With 25-Across, actor who played Dr. James Wilson (based on 47-Across) on the Fox series "House": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JONFAVREAU | 10 | Actor who plays Happy Hogan in Marvel films, and has directed the pilot for "The Orville": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOHNSTAMOS | 10 | "Full House" actor who's excited about finally becoming a dad at age 54: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GEORGETAKEI | 11 | "Star Trek" actor who came out of the closet in 2005 at age 68: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SEANHAYES | 9 | "Will & Grace" actor who cohosts 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ROBINWILLIAMS | 13 | "Good Will Hunting" actor who played Theodore Roosevelt in 2006's "Night at the Museum": 2 wds. |