| 100% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | "Smokey and the Bandit" actor who turned down the role of Edward in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | PAULGIAMATTI | 12 | "Cinderella Man" and "Sideways" actor who turned down the role of Michael Scott on "The Office": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MELGIBSON | 9 | "Lethal Weapon" and "Braveheart" actor who turned down the lead role in "Gladiator": 2 wds. |
| 62% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | Actor who accepted the role of Edward in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | WILL | 4 | ___ Smith, actor who turned down the role of Neo in "The Matrix" before Keanu Reeves |
| 54% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | Actor from 14a and 41a who also played the role of Han Solo in "Star Wars": 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARTINSTARR | 11 | Actor from "Freaks and Geeks", who plays the role of Bertram Gilfoyle in "Silicon Valley": 2 wds. |
| 54% | FESSPARKER | 10 | Actor who starred in the title roles of TV's "Davy Crockett" and "Daniel Boone": 2 wds. |
| 54% | CHRISPRATT | 10 | Actor from "Passengers", who plays the role of Andy Dwyer in "Parks and Recreation": 2 wds. |
| 53% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | "Smokey and the Bandit" actor who played filmmaker Jack Horner in "Boogie Nights": 2 wds. |
| 53% | HUGHOBRIAN | 10 | Actor who starred in the title role of TV's "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp": 2 wds. |
| 51% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "Flight of the Phoenix" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 50% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | "The Fugitive" actor who plays the title role in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 49% | KENNETHCHOI | 11 | Actor who played Chester Ming on "The Wolf of Wall Street" and portrays the role of Judge Lance Ito in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 49% | SCOTTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who stars in "The Fate of the Furious", and whose father is Clint Eastwood: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Mission Impossible" star who turned down the lead role in the classic film "Footloose": 2 wds. |
| 48% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TOPHERGRACE | 11 | Actor who played the role of Eric Forman in the TV show "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ROGERMOORE | 10 | Actor from the TV series "The Saint", who has played the role of James Bond in seven movies : 2 wds. |
| 48% | STANLEYTUCCI | 12 | Two time Emmy winner for his films "Winchell" and "Monk", who plays the role of Merlin, in 30a : 2 wds. |
| 48% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Beauty and the Beast" actor who plays the title role in the new movie "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SIMULIU | 7 | "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" actor who plays Leo in 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | "Smokey and the Bandit" star who drove a souped-up ambulance in "The Cannonball Run": 2 wds. |
| 47% | LUKEEVANS | 9 | Welsh actor who landed the starring role in "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women": 2 wds. |
| 47% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Pompeii" lead actor, who plays the role of Jon Snow in "Game Of Thrones" : 2 wds. |
| 47% | KEVINSPACEY | 11 | Actor from "American Beauty", who plays the role of a congressman in Netflix's "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ETHANHAWKE | 10 | Actor who plays Jesse in the 31-Across and who turns 50 years old today (2 wds.) |