| 100% | LAMORNEMORRIS | 13 | "New Girl" actor who plays cartoonist Keef Knight, newly attuned to racial injustice, on the Hulu comedy "Woke": 2 wds. |
| 37% | WAGNERMOURA | 11 | "Narcos" actor who plays reporter Dan Velasquez on the Apple TV+ crime thriller "Shining Girls": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TIMROTH | 7 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Dr. Cal Lightman on the Fox series "Lie To Me": 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | "Gossip Girl" actor who plays The Deep (aka Kevin Moskowitz) on "The Boys": 2 wds. |
| 37% | KEVINHART | 9 | "The Wedding Ringer" actor who plays Roland in the new action comedy "Borderlands": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MAXGREENFIELD | 13 | "New Girl" actor who plays Dave Johnson on "The Neighborhood" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JAKEJOHNSON | 11 | "New Girl" actor who plays ex-con Grey McConnell on "Stumptown": 2 wds. |
| 36% | BLAKEANDERSON | 13 | "Workaholics" actor who plays one of Keef's roommates on "Woke": 2 wds. |
| 35% | STEVECARELL | 11 | "Irresistible" actor who played Michael Scott on the NBC comedy "The Office" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KYLECHANDLER | 12 | Actor who plays Cathcart in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NICKSANDOW | 10 | Former "Third Watch" actor who plays Joe Caputo on "Orange Is the New Black" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ALEXKARRAS | 10 | Actor who played the adoptive father on "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 35% | EMMANUELLEWIS | 13 | Actor who played the title character on "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JEREMYSISTO | 11 | "Law & Order" actor who plays agent Jubal Valentine on the new CBS crime drama "FBI" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | NATHANFILLION | 13 | "Castle" actor who plays new cop John Nolan on the new ABC police drama "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | JOSEPHFIENNES | 13 | "Shakespeare in Love" actor who plays Fred Waterford on the Hulu series "The Handmaid's Tale" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | Actor who plays the key male character in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SEANGIAMBRONE | 13 | Actor who plays the geeky boy, Adam, on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | VICTAYBACK | 10 | Actor who played diner owner Mel on the sitcom "Alice": 2 wds. |
| 34% | JOHNMALKOVICH | 13 | "The New Pope" actor who plays Dr. Adrian Mallory on "Space Force": 2 wds. |
| 34% | RANDALLPARK | 11 | Actor who plays Louis, the dad on "Fresh Off the Boat": 2 wds. |
| 34% | DANNYBONADUCE | 13 | Actor who played the wisecracking middle child on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SETHGREEN | 9 | Actor who played Daniel "Oz" Osbourne on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": 2 wds. |
| 34% | FRANKIEMUNIZ | 12 | Actor who played child prodigy Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BOYDHOLBROOK | 12 | "Logan" actor who plays the Corinthian on "The Sandman": 2 wds. |
| 34% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | Actor who plays the title character in the new movie "The Flash": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HUNTERPARRISH | 13 | "Weeds" actor who plays Owen on "The Other Black Girl" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | RENOWILSON | 10 | "Mike & Molly" actor who plays Stan Hill on "Good Girls": 2 wds. |
| 34% | CHRISELLIOTT | 12 | "Groundhog Day" actor who plays the mayor on 19-Across: 2 wds. |