| 100% | JOHNMAHONEY | 11 | Actor (1940-2018) who played 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | BENFELDMAN | 10 | Actor who plays Jonah Simms on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 74% | ORSONWELLES | 11 | Actor who directed 17-Across and played the title character: 2 wds. |
| 69% | TODDBRIDGES | 11 | Actor who played 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | GARYCOLEMAN | 11 | Actor who played 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | Actor nicknamed "The Rock" who plays Roadblock in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | MARLONWAYANS | 12 | "White Chicks" actor who played Shorty Meeks in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | RYANEGGOLD | 10 | "The Blacklist" actor who plays 17-Across on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 68% | MICHAELJFOX | 11 | Actor who played 17-Across and 28-/29-Across: 3 wds. |
| 67% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 66% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who played rock star Freddie Mercury in the 2018 film "Bohemian Rhapsody": 2 wds. |
| 66% | STEVENYEUN | 10 | "Beef" actor who plays Berto in "Mickey 17": 2 wds. |
| 66% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 65% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | "Bull Durham" actor who plays billionaire rancher John Dutton on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | 1972 Best Actor Oscar winner who played 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 64% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 64% | CARROLLOCONNOR | 14 | Actor who played Archie on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays Aquaman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Actor who plays Batman in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | ADAMSCOTT | 9 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays memory-blocked worker Mark on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | WILLIAMHMACY | 12 | "Fargo" actor who plays 17-Across's father on "Shameless": 3 wds. |
| 63% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 62% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 62% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 62% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 61% | DUSTINHOFFMAN | 13 | Actor who played 43-Across in the movie "All the President's Men": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |