| 100% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "The Dark Knight Rises" actor who plays "Mad" Max Rockatansky in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | MELGIBSON | 9 | Actor who played the lead character, "Mad" Max Rockatansky in the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 61% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Late Australian-born actor who played the Joker in "The Dark Knight": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "The Dark Knight Rises" actress who played author Jane Austen in "Becoming Jane": 2 wds. |
| 60% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Actor who played The Joker in "The Dark Knight," and met an untimely death, aged only 28: 2 wds. |
| 59% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | "The Dark Knight" actor who plays a dictator in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 2 wds. |
| 59% | AARONECKHART | 12 | "The Dark Knight" actor who played Erin's boyfriend George in "Erin Brockovich": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ROGERWARD | 9 | Actor who played Fred "Fifi" Macaffee in the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 58% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1967 film "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre": 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor who plays Batman in the "Dark Knight" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 55% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | The Dark Knight actor who shed 65 pounds for his role in "The Machinist" : 2 wds. |
| 55% | AARONECKHART | 12 | "The Dark Knight" costar who plays the US president in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| 52% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 52% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1987 film "The Untouchables": 3 wds. |
| 52% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 52% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ROBERTMITCHUM | 13 | "The Night of the Hunter" actor who played convict Max Cady in "Cape Fear": 2 wds. |
| 51% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | "The Dark Knight" star who played twin magicians in "The Prestige": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Actor who portrayed 15-Across in the 2009 film "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| 51% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | "The Dark Knight" actor who created a honeybee sanctuary in his Mississippi hometown: 2 wds. |
| 51% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Les Misérables" actress who played Catwoman in the 2012 movie "The Dark Knight Rises": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "In the Heights" actor who plays Noah Diaz in "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ADAMDRIVER | 10 | "Marriage Story" actor who plays Kylo Ren in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (2 wds.) |