| 100% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Snakes on a Plane" actor who played criminal Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction": 3 wds. |
| 61% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Snakes on a Plane" actor who wore an eyepatch to play Nick Fury in many Marvel movies: 3 wds. |
| 49% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who played hit man Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Saturday Night Fever" actor who played criminal Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DICKVANDYKE | 11 | Actor who played Bert, a singing and dancing chimney sweep, in 39-Across: 3 wds. |
| 45% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays an assassin in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 3 wds. |
| 45% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | "Iron Man" actor who played Doctor Dolittle in a 2020 film: 3 wds. |
| 44% | SAMUEL | 6 | ___ L. Jackson, actor who played Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" |
| 44% | PAULBETTANY | 11 | Actor who plays a powerful android in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who played Samuel Gerard, the man who leads a team of U.S. Marshals in 18a: 3 wds. |
| 43% | WILLIAMHMACY | 12 | "Shameless" actor who played a car salesman who hired kidnappers in the 1996 film "Fargo": 3 wds. |
| 43% | JESSEWILLIAMS | 13 | "Grey's Anatomy" actor who plays a camera operator on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays a professional thief attempting a bank heist in the 2024 film "Cash Out" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who plays a lost astronaut in 8-Down (3 wds.) |
| 43% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Christopher Robin" which is a fantasy film based on "Winnie-the-Pooh": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays Ray Arnold in 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 42% | ALDISHODGE | 10 | "City on a Hill" actor who plays Hawkman in "Black Adam": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TIM | 3 | ___ Roth, actor who played Ringo, a burglar, in "Pulp Fiction" |
| 42% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | Oscar-winning actor who played a man in love with a tiny doll on "The Twilight Zone": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MARTINSHORT | 11 | "Three Amigos" actor who plays a Broadway director/true crime podcaster on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Jack the Giant Slayer," which is a fantasy film based on British fairy tales: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HARVEYKEITEL | 12 | "The Irishman" actor who played "cleaner" Winston Wolfe in "Pulp Fiction" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JOHNORTIZ | 9 | "American Fiction" actor who plays a police detective on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | "Iron Man" actor who plays 53-Across in a 2020 film (3 wds.) |
| 41% | JOHNNYHARRIS | 12 | "Great Expectations" actor who plays Osip Glebnikov on "A Gentleman in Moscow" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CRAIGTNELSON | 12 | Actor who played Hayden Fox on "Coach": 3 wds. |