| 100% | HUGHGRANT | 9 | "Love Actually" actor who plays a Shakespearean actor cast to voice Tony the Tiger in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DEANJONES | 9 | "The Love Bug" actor who played Wilby Daniels as an adult in the sequel to 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | "Airplane!" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It": 2 wds. |
| 45% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | "The Theory of Everything" actor who was nominated for a 2024 Tony for playing the Emcee in "Cabaret": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOSEPHFIENNES | 13 | "Shakespeare in Love" actor who plays a villain in "The Mother": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAYBARUCHEL | 11 | "This Is the End" actor who voiced a Viking named Hiccup in the "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | Oscar-winning actor who played a man in love with a tiny doll on "The Twilight Zone": 2 wds. |
| 44% | YULBRYNNER | 10 | Actor who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing King Mongkut in "The King and I": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GENEKELLY | 9 | "Brigadoon" actor who played a silent film star moving into talkies in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | Actor who made a cameo in "Glengarry Glen Ross" by playing the role of Blake, the guy who is sent to motivate the sales team: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "Silver Linings Playbook" actor who played 48-Across's love interest in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JEREMYSTRONG | 12 | "Succession" actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for "An Enemy of the People": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JONATHANGROFF | 13 | "Frozen" voice actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony for "Merrily We Roll Along": 2 wds. |
| 42% | HUGH | 4 | ___ Grant, "Love Actually" actor who learned to play the guitar for his role in "About a Boy" |
| 42% | BENMENDELSOHN | 13 | Actor who plays the character of Talos, a shape shifting Skrull leader in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JEREMYPIVEN | 11 | "Entourage" actor who plays a tech innovator in the new CBS drama "Wisdom of the Crowd": 2 wds. |
| 42% | LENNYKRAVITZ | 12 | "The Hunger Games" actor who played a butler in "Lee Daniels' The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 42% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" actor who played a ghost in the 1990 movie "Ghost": 2 wds. |
| 42% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who played a ghost in the 1988 movie "Beetlejuice": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALEXNEWELL | 10 | Actor who won a Tony in 2023 for their role as Lulu in the Broadway musical "Shucked": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GREGORYPECK | 11 | "To Kill a Mockingbird" actor who played attorney Sam Bowden in the 1962 film "Cape Fear": 2 wds. |
| 41% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Glass" actor who played a ghost in the 1999 movie "The Sixth Sense": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PETERBOYLE | 10 | "Everybody Loves Raymond" actor who played the monster in "Young Frankenstein": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Beverly Hills Cop" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Vampire in Brooklyn": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |