| 100% | CUBAGOODING | 11 | Academy Award-winning actor from "Jerry Maguire", who plays the TV version of 14-Across in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Actor from "Forrest Gump", who plays the wife of the character played by 18-Across in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SEANPENN | 8 | Two time Academy Award winning actor of "Mystic River" who appeared in a guest role on "Two and a Half Men": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DAVEEDDIGGS | 11 | Tony Award-winning actor who plays Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the film version of "Hamilton" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TOPHERGRACE | 11 | Actor who played the role of Eric Forman in the TV show "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 41% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | Actor from 14a and 41a who also played the role of Han Solo in "Star Wars": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | KEVINSPACEY | 11 | Actor from "American Beauty", who plays the role of a congressman in Netflix's "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROGERMOORE | 10 | Actor from the TV series "The Saint", who has played the role of James Bond in seven movies : 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 40% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | Actor born in Scotland who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Jimmy Malone in "The Untouchables": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | Actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2020 for playing the title role in "Joker" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor born in England who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DAVIDJANSSEN | 12 | Actor who starred in the 1960s TV version of "The Fugitive": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor born in Wales who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Dick Dicky Eklund in the movie "The Fighter": 2 wds |
| 39% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARTINSTARR | 11 | Actor from "Freaks and Geeks", who plays the role of Bertram Gilfoyle in "Silicon Valley": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "Still Alice" Academy Award winner who plays Heidi Hansen in the film adaptation of "Dear Evan Hansen" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CHRISPRATT | 10 | Actor from "Passengers", who plays the role of Andy Dwyer in "Parks and Recreation": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BILLMURRAY | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who played TV weatherman Phil Connors in 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | American actor from "Up in the Air" who is a former UN messenger of peace and is a part of the "Not on Our Watch" organization: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MATTSMITH | 9 | Actor who played Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the historical drama TV series "The Crown" and also starred in "Party Animals" as Danny Foster: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor from "Birdman" who plays Vulture, the antagonist in the upcoming "Spider-Man: Homecoming": 2 wds. |