| 100% | JOELKINNAMAN | 12 | "The Killing" actor who plays Erik in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | MIREILLEENOS | 12 | "The Killing" actress who plays Marissa in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 66% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 66% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 65% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1967 film "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 64% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who plays Josh Baskin in the movie "Big": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | Actor who played the Hulk in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 64% | HUGHJACKMAN | 11 | Actor who played Wolverine in the "X-Men" series: 2 wds. |
| 64% | BILLPAXTON | 10 | Actor who played Brock Lovett in the movie "Titanic": 2 wds. |
| 64% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 64% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays "Aquaman" in the movie "Aquaman": 2 wds. |
| 64% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 64% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 63% | MICHAELSHEEN | 12 | "Masters of Sex" actor who plays Mudfly in 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 63% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "Inception" actor who plays the title character in "Venom": 2 wds. |
| 63% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | "Foxcatcher" actor who played the Hulk in "The Avengers": 2 wds. |
| 63% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | Actor who plays the key male character in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 63% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 63% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor who played Danny Ocean in the Ocean's trilogy: 2 wds. |
| 63% | MICHAELDOUGLAS | 14 | Actor who played Dan Gallagher, the husband, in "Fatal Attraction": 2 wds. |
| 63% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who played Elvis's manager in the biopic "Elvis": 2 wds. |
| 63% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | "The Godfather" actor who played 41-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 62% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |