| 100% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | "Matilda" actor who played A-list actor Martin Weir in "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |
| 58% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Wild Hogs" actor who played loan shark Chili Palmer in "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 57% | DAVIDKOECHNER | 13 | "Anchorman" actor who plays a regular customer in "Superior Donuts": 2 wds. |
| 57% | GENEHACKMAN | 11 | "Crimson Tide" actor who played B movie producer Harry Zimm in 1995's "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |
| 57% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Hannibal" actor who played a Bond villain in 2006's "Casino Royale": 2 wds. |
| 57% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula": 2 wds. |
| 57% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | "Gandhi" actor who plays a retired psychiatrist in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 2012's "Dark Shadows": 2 wds. |
| 56% | STEVEMCQUEEN | 12 | "Bullitt" actor who played a San Francisco fire chief in "The Towering Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 56% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | 7'1" actor who played a genie in "Kazaam": 2 wds. |
| 56% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | "Iron Man 2" actor who played a kidnapped tech genius in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 56% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Beverly Hills Cop" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Vampire in Brooklyn": 2 wds. |
| 56% | CHARLIEDAY | 10 | "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actor who plays a detective in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | FREDASTAIRE | 11 | "Top Hat" actor who played a con man in "The Towering Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 56% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" actor who played a ghost in the 1990 movie "Ghost": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who played a ghost in the 1988 movie "Beetlejuice": 2 wds. |
| 56% | MARLONWAYANS | 12 | "White Chicks" actor who played Shorty Meeks in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | GABRIELMACHT | 12 | Actor who plays Harvey Specter, a top litigator in "Suits": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JOSEPHFIENNES | 13 | "Shakespeare in Love" actor who plays a villain in "The Mother": 2 wds. |
| 55% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 55% | PAULGIAMATTI | 12 | "Sideways" actor who played Albert Einstein in a 2022 Verizon commercial: 2 wds. |
| 55% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 55% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 55% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played Baracus in "The A-Team" series: 2 wds. |
| 55% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Silence of the Lambs" actor who played a butler in "The Remains of the Day": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | "Schindler's List" actor who played Mahatma Gandhi in 1982's "Gandhi": 2 wds. |