| 100% | VALKILMER | 9 | "The Doors" actor who plays flight instructor Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun: Maverick" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Mission: Impossible" actor who plays flight instructor Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun: Maverick" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who plays Navy pilot Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | VAL | 3 | ___ Kilmer, actor who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun" |
| 51% | VALKILMER | 9 | "Top Gun" actor who returns as Iceman in "Top Gun: Maverick": 2 wds. |
| 51% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who played rock star Jim Morrison in the 1991 film "The Doors": 2 wds. |
| 49% | EDHARRIS | 8 | "The Hours" actor who played Flight Director Gene Kranz in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 48% | LEWISPULLMAN | 12 | "Top Gun: Maverick" actor who plays Calvin Evans on "Lessons in Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SHAWNASHMORE | 12 | Actor who plays Iceman/Bobby Drake in the "X-Men" films (2 wds.) |
| 48% | VALKILMER | 9 | "The Doors" actor who played the title hero in 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Ray" actor who plays the gun-slinging Bats in "Baby Driver" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Top Gun: Maverick" actor who plays Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Natural" actor who played assistant district attorney Tom Logan in "Legal Eagles": 2 wds. |
| 46% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who plays Jim Morrison in "The Doors" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays "Aquaman" in the movie "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who plays Josh Baskin in the movie "Big": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | Actor who played the Hulk in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HUGHJACKMAN | 11 | Actor who played Wolverine in the "X-Men" series: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BILLPAXTON | 10 | Actor who played Brock Lovett in the movie "Titanic": 2 wds. |
| 45% | GABRIELMACHT | 12 | Actor who plays Harvey Specter, a top litigator in "Suits": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | Actor who plays the key male character in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 45% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 45% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor who played Danny Ocean in the Ocean's trilogy: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MICHAELDOUGLAS | 14 | Actor who played Dan Gallagher, the husband, in "Fatal Attraction": 2 wds. |
| 45% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who played Elvis's manager in the biopic "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 45% | KILMER | 6 | Actor Val ___ who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 45% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Trumbo" actor who plays the owner of the Big Top Mall in "The One and Only Ivan" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | VALKILMER | 9 | "Top Gun" actor who played Batman in 1995's "Batman Forever": 2 wds. |