| 100% | WILLEMDAFOE | 11 | "Platoon" actor who plays Heimir the Fool in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 65% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | KYLECHANDLER | 12 | Actor who plays Cathcart in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 61% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 60% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 59% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1967 film "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre": 2 wds. |
| 59% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 58% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | Actor who plays the key male character in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 58% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 58% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor who played Danny Ocean in the Ocean's trilogy: 2 wds. |
| 58% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays "Aquaman" in the movie "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 58% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 58% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Hannibal" actor who plays the villain Kaecilius in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who plays Josh Baskin in the movie "Big": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | Actor who played the Hulk in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 58% | HUGHJACKMAN | 11 | Actor who played Wolverine in the "X-Men" series: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BILLPAXTON | 10 | Actor who played Brock Lovett in the movie "Titanic": 2 wds. |
| 58% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor/director who plays Scheisskopf in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | DANAYKROYD | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who plays the Scarecrow in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 57% | JUDDHIRSCH | 10 | "Taxi" actor who plays the shop owner in "Superior Donuts": 2 wds. |
| 57% | JAMESDAY | 8 | ___ Keith, actor who plays Benny in the 2023 film "Champions": 2 wds. |
| 57% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "First Man" actor who plays Ken in the "Barbie" movie: 2 wds. |
| 57% | KEVINBACON | 10 | "Footloose" actor who plays Danny in "Leave the World Behind": 2 wds. |
| 57% | GREGKINNEAR | 11 | "Sabrina" actor who played JFK in the miniseries "The Kennedys": 2 wds. |