| 100% | NICOLASCAGE | 11 | "Renfield" actor who plays a biology professor in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 63% | ALANRICKMAN | 11 | Actor who played Professor Snape and was a misunderstood character in "Harry Potter" series: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 62% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 62% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 62% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 61% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 2012's "Dark Shadows": 2 wds. |
| 59% | RALPHFIENNES | 12 | "The Grand Budapest Hotel" actor who plays Professor Moriarty in "Holmes & Watson": 2 wds. |
| 59% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | 7'1" actor who played a genie in "Kazaam": 2 wds. |
| 59% | MICHAELCERA | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the head of a viral marketing firm in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula": 2 wds. |
| 58% | GABRIELMACHT | 12 | Actor who plays Harvey Specter, a top litigator in "Suits": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 58% | DAVIDKOECHNER | 13 | "Anchorman" actor who plays a regular customer in "Superior Donuts": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played Baracus in "The A-Team" series: 2 wds. |
| 58% | GLENNHOWERTON | 13 | "It's Always Sunny ..." actor who plays a biology teacher on NBC's "A.P. Bio": 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHARLESGRODIN | 13 | "Beethoven" actor who plays a health-conscious mob accountant in 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | "Matilda" actor who played A-list actor Martin Weir in "Get Shorty": 2 wds. |
| 57% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" actor who played a ghost in the 1990 movie "Ghost": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who played a ghost in the 1988 movie "Beetlejuice": 2 wds. |
| 57% | DAVECHAPPELLE | 13 | "A Star Is Born" actor who played Reggie Warrington in "The Nutty Professor": 2 wds. |
| 57% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | "The Dark Knight" actor who plays a dictator in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 2 wds. |
| 57% | LENNYKRAVITZ | 12 | "The Hunger Games" actor who played a butler in "Lee Daniels' The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 57% | STEVEMCQUEEN | 12 | "Bullitt" actor who played a San Francisco fire chief in "The Towering Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 57% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Glass" actor who played a ghost in the 1999 movie "The Sixth Sense": 2 wds. |