| 100% | HENRYFONDA | 10 | "On Golden Pond" actor who played the title role in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | TONYTODD | 8 | "Final Destination" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | RAMONRODRIGUEZ | 14 | "Charlie's Angels" actor who plays the title role on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | "Mr. Mom" actor who played the title role in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 67% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "Flight of the Phoenix" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Coming to America" actor who played the title role in 1998's "Dr. Dolittle": 2 wds. |
| 66% | TARONEGERTON | 12 | "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" actor who plays the title character in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | MATTHEWRHYS | 11 | "The Americans" actor who plays the title role in HBO's "Perry Mason": 2 wds. |
| 66% | PATRICKSTEWART | 14 | "X-Men" actor who plays the title role on 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | "Hobbs & Shaw" actor who plays the title role in "Black Adam" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | TARONEGERTON | 12 | "Rocketman" actor who plays the title role in the 2018 film "Robin Hood" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who plays the title role in the 2010 film "Robin Hood" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Titans" actor who plays the title role on the Amazon series "Reacher" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | CRAIGTNELSON | 12 | "Parenthood" actor who plays the title role on 60-Across (3 wds.) |
| 62% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | KEANUREEVES | 11 | "The Matrix Resurrections" actor who plays the title role in "John Wick: Chapter 4" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | MATTHEWRHYS | 11 | "The Americans" actor who plays the title role on "Perry Mason" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | JAREDLETO | 9 | "Blade Runner 2049" actor who plays the title role in "Morbius" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | LIAMNEESON | 10 | "Schindler's List" actor who plays the title role in "Marlowe" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Hannibal" actor who plays the villain Kaecilius in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | Actress who plays the title role on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | "The Fugitive" actor who plays the title role in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Beauty and the Beast" actor who plays the title role in the new movie "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 60% | DEREKJACOBI | 11 | "The King's Speech" actor who plays the title role in the film "Cyrano de Bergerac" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | DALE | 4 | Jim —, comic actor who played the title role in 1992 film Carry on Columbus |
| 60% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who played the title role in "Chaplin": 3 wds., abbr. |
| 59% | EMMANUELLEWIS | 13 | Actor who played the title character on "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 59% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays Slim, one of the title characters on the run in 2019's "Queen & Slim": 2 wds. |
| 59% | HENRYFONDA | 10 | "On Golden Pond" actor who played Juror 8 in "12 Angry Men": 2 wds. |