| 100% | CLEAVONLITTLE | 13 | "Temperatures Rising" actor who played Sheriff Bart in "Blazing Saddles" (2 wds.) |
| 70% | CLEAVONLITTLE | 13 | He played Sheriff Bart in "Blazing Saddles": 2 wds. |
| 62% | GARYCOOPER | 10 | Actor who played sheriff Will Kane in "High Noon": 2 wds. |
| 55% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 55% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "The Dark Knight Rises" actor who plays "Mad" Max Rockatansky in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | GASPARDULLIEL | 13 | "Hannibal Rising" actor who plays Midnight Man in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | TOMHOLLAND | 10 | Actor who plays Spider-Man in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHARLIECOX | 10 | Actor who plays Daredevil in "The Defenders": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "In the Heights" actor who plays Noah Diaz in "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOHNBOYEGA | 10 | "Pacific Rim: Uprising" actor who plays Finn in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ALEXKARRAS | 10 | Former NFL defensive tackle who played Mongo in "Blazing Saddles": 2 wds. |
| 52% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MICHAELDOUGLAS | 14 | Actor who played Dan Gallagher, the husband, in "Fatal Attraction": 2 wds. |
| 52% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Actor who played Miranda's boyfriend Stu in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| 52% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who played Elvis's manager in the biopic "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | Actor who plays the key male character in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 52% | KEVINBACON | 10 | Actor who plays an FBI special agent in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 52% | GABRIELMACHT | 12 | Actor who plays Harvey Specter, a top litigator in "Suits": 2 wds. |
| 52% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays an alternate-universe Batman in "The Flash": 2 wds. |
| 52% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays this universe's Batman in "The Flash": 2 wds. |
| 52% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | Actor who played David Dunn in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played Ichabod Crane in "Sleepy Hollow": 2 wds. |
| 52% | DANNYGLOVER | 11 | Actor who played Mister in "The Color Purple": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | Actor who played Jill in "Jack and Jill": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ALPACINO | 8 | Actor who played Michael Corleone in "The Godfather": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JACKIEGLEASON | 13 | Actor who played Minnesota Fats in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played Clubber Lang in "Rocky III": 2 wds. |