| 100% | COREYFELDMAN | 12 | "Stand by Me" actor who played the Petersons' neighbor, Ricky Butler, in 50-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | COREYFELDMAN | 12 | "The Goonies" actor who played Teddy in "Stand by Me": 2 wds. |
| 51% | JERRYOCONNELL | 13 | "Scary Movie 5" actor who played Vern in "Stand by Me": 2 wds. |
| 51% | RIVERPHOENIX | 12 | "My Own Private Idaho" actor who played Chris in "Stand by Me": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TOMHANKS | 8 | "Big" actor who played Ray Peterson in 50-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ETHANHAWKE | 10 | Actor who plays Jesse in the 31-Across and who turns 50 years old today (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Hannibal" actor who plays the villain Kaecilius in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | Actor who plays Walter White in "Breaking Bad", the protagonist who also goes by the name Heisenberg: 2 wds. |
| 47% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TONYTODD | 8 | "Final Destination" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | IANMCSHANE | 10 | "Deadwood" actor who plays Mr. Wednesday in the Starz adaptation of 29-Across by 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LENNYKRAVITZ | 12 | "The Hunger Games" actor who played a butler in "Lee Daniels' The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SHAWNHATOSY | 11 | "In & Out" actor who plays the son Andrew "Pope" Cody in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HENRYFONDA | 10 | "On Golden Pond" actor who played the title role in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JUSTINTHEROUX | 13 | "The Spy Who Dumped Me" actor who plays The Voice in "Violet": 2 wds. |
| 46% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LEONARDNIMOY | 12 | Actor who meets his younger self, played by Zachary Quinto, in the 2009 film "Star Trek": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who meets his younger self, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in the 2012 film "Looper": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMESMARSDEN | 12 | "X-Men" actor who plays John F. Kennedy in "The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | Actor who played the Hulk in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RICHARDKIEL | 11 | 7'1" actor who played Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me": 2 wds. |