| 100% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Thewlis, actor who played the father in Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" |
| 75% | COLLETTE | 8 | Toni ___, actress who played the mother in Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" |
| 69% | PLEMONS | 7 | Jesse ___, actor who played Jake in Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" |
| 67% | BUCKLEY | 7 | Jessie ___, actress who played the young woman in Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" |
| 64% | PLATT | 5 | Oliver ___, actor behind the "voice" in Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" |
| 63% | COLBY | 5 | ___ Minifie, actress who played Yvonne in Charlie Kaufman's "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" |
| 47% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DAMON | 5 | Actor Matt who plays the father of Abigail Breslin's character in "Stillwater" |
| 44% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ARQUETTE | 8 | David ___, actor who plays Max's father in the film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl" |
| 44% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Reacher" actor who plays the father of a critically ill girl in "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BILLPAXTON | 10 | "Twister" actor who plays the father of 25-Across in the 2017 film "The Circle" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Ant-Man" actor who plays Dora's father in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | "Spotlight" actor who plays an unscrupulous lawyer in the 2023 film adaptation of 27-Across's "Poor Things" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | JETLI | 5 | Actor who played the Emperor of China in 2020's "Mulan" |
| 41% | CERA | 4 | Michael who played the father of Ellen Page's child in "Juno" |
| 41% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SKYLAR | 6 | ___ Gaertner, actor who plays the character of Jonah Byrde in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 40% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who played the title boy's father in "Boy Erased": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ETHAN | 5 | ___ Hawke, actor who played the character of Todd Anderson in "Dead Poet's Society" |
| 40% | JIM | 3 | ___ Broadbent, "Hot Fuzz" actor who plays the protagonist's father in "Bridget Jones's Diary" |
| 40% | IANMCKELLEN | 11 | Actor who played Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy |
| 39% | IAN | 3 | Actor who played the role of Gandalf in "LOTR" |
| 39% | HUGH | 4 | Actor Laurie, who played the role of Dr. House in the show "House M.D" |
| 39% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TITUSSBURGESS | 13 | Actor who played the narrator in Season 2 of "Schmigadoon" |
| 39% | ADAMSANDLER | 11 | "Grown Ups" actor who played the title boy's father in "That's My Boy": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SEGEL | 5 | Actor Jason who plays David Foster Wallace in "The End of the Tour" |
| 39% | HUGO | 4 | Actor who played the role of Agent Smith in "The Matrix" |
| 39% | KENNETHCHOI | 11 | Actor who played Chester Ming on "The Wolf of Wall Street" and portrays the role of Judge Lance Ito in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |