| 100% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | "Taxi Driver" actor who plays mob hitman Frank Sheeran in "The Irishman" (3 wds.) |
| 56% | HARVEYKEITEL | 12 | "Taxi Driver" actor who plays mobster Angelo Bruno in "The Irishman" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "Pulp Fiction" actor who plays an assassin in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 3 wds. |
| 50% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | "Raging Bull" actor who plays both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in "The Alto Knights": 3 wds. |
| 49% | NIRO | 4 | Robert De ___, actor who plays Frank Sheeran in the 2019 epic crime film "The Irishman" |
| 49% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who played baseball's Ty Cobb in the 1994 biopic "Cobb": 3 wds. |
| 49% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1987 film "The Untouchables": 3 wds. |
| 49% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | "Joy" actor who plays the title character in 18-Across: 3 wds. |
| 48% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Ray" actor who plays the gun-slinging Bats in "Baby Driver" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | "Casino" actor who plays Murray Franklin in the psychological thriller "Joker": 3 wds. |
| 48% | CUBAGOODINGJR | 13 | "Jerry Maguire" actor who played Tre in "Boyz n the Hood": 3 wds. |
| 48% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who played the title role in "Chaplin": 3 wds., abbr. |
| 47% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the nameless character The Driver in the 2011 movie "Drive": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | Actor who played Samuel Gerard, the man who leads a team of U.S. Marshals in 18a: 3 wds. |
| 47% | WILLIAMHMACY | 12 | "Shameless" actor who played a car salesman who hired kidnappers in the 1996 film "Fargo": 3 wds. |
| 46% | JESSELMARTIN | 12 | "The Flash" actor who played Tom Collins in the original Broadway cast of "Rent": 3 wds. |
| 46% | KEVINSPACEY | 11 | "The Usual Suspects" actor who plays Doc, the crime boss in "Baby Driver": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | "The Irishman" actor who plays General Gil Dillenbeck in "Amsterdam" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | LILRELHOWERY | 12 | "Get Out" actor who plays Moose in "Harold and the Purple Crayon" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | DANNYDEVITO | 11 | "Taxi" actor who plays Frank on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JUDDHIRSCH | 10 | "Taxi" actor who plays the shop owner in "Superior Donuts": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALPACINO | 8 | Actor who plays Jimmy Hoffa in "The Irishman" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | "Hobbs & Shaw" actor who plays riverboat captain Frank in the 2021 film "Jungle Cruise": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "The Hateful Eight" actor who plays Nick Fury in "Captain Marvel": 3 wds. |
| 44% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | Actor who plays Nick Fury in "What If ...?": 3 wds. |
| 44% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays "Aquaman" in the movie "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TOBIASMENZIES | 13 | "Outlander" actor who plays Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in season 3 of "The Crown" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LESLIEODOMJR | 12 | "Murder on the Orient Express" actor who played Aaron Burr in "Hamilton": 3 wds. |
| 43% | PETERCAPALDI | 12 | Actor who played the Twelfth Doctor in "Doctor Who" (2 wds.) |