| 100% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "School of Rock" actor who plays Steve in "A 11-Across Movie" |
| 62% | JACKBLACK | 9 | Actor who played Dewey Finn in School of Rock |
| 59% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "Kung Fu Panda 4" actor who plays Steve in "A Minecraft Movie": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ALECBALDWIN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who played a ghost in the 1988 movie "Beetlejuice": 2 wds. |
| 56% | CAGE | 4 | Nicolas ___, actor who played the role of two identical brothers facing a writer's block in the movie "Adaptation" |
| 55% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "School of Rock" actor who voices a wisecracking robot in the 2024 film "Borderlands" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "School of Rock" actor who voices a giant panda named Po in "Kung Fu Panda 4" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MICHAELCERA | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the head of a viral marketing firm in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ZACHARYGORDON | 13 | Child actor who played 40-Across in the first three "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays Troy Bolton in the "High School Musical" movies (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ALANRICKMAN | 11 | Actor who played the role of Ronald Reagan in the movie "The Butler" |
| 51% | JAMESBROLIN | 11 | Actor who played the role of Ronald Reagan in the television movie "The Reagans" |
| 51% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 50% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 50% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, actor who plays head of MI6 in the movie "No Time to Die" |
| 50% | FERRELL | 7 | Will ___, "Spirited" actor who plays a toy company CEO in the 2023 movie "Barbie" |
| 50% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" actor who played a ghost in the 1990 movie "Ghost": 2 wds. |
| 50% | BEN | 3 | Actor Gazzara who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1975 film |
| 50% | ROD | 3 | Actor Steiger who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1959 biopic |
| 50% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, English actor who played the role of Gareth Mallory in James Bond movies |
| 50% | BENMENDELSOHN | 13 | Actor who plays the character of Talos, a shape shifting Skrull leader in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TEDFORD | 7 | Travis ___, actor who played the character of Spanky in the 1994 movie "The Little Rascals" |
| 50% | HALL | 4 | Bug ___, actor who played the character of Alfalfa in the 1994 movie "The Little Rascals" |
| 50% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Glass" actor who played a ghost in the 1999 movie "The Sixth Sense": 2 wds. |
| 50% | STEPHEN | 7 | ___ Amell, actor who plays Green Arrow in "Arrow" which is a part of the Arrowverse |
| 49% | WALTZ | 5 | Christoph ___, actor who plays Ernst Stavro, archenemy of 8a in the movie "No Time to Die" |