| 100% | CILLIAN | 7 | Actor ___ Murphy who played Patricia "Kitten" Braden in "Breakfast on Pluto" |
| 45% | GLEASON | 7 | Actor Paul who plays the principal in "The Breakfast Club" |
| 44% | PINO | 4 | Actor Danny who plays Miguel Galindo in "Mayans M.C." on "FX" |
| 44% | NOTH | 4 | Actor Chris who played Detective Mike Logan on "Law & Order" in the 1990s |
| 44% | REINER | 6 | Actor Rob who played "Meathead" on the classic sitcom "All in the Family" |
| 43% | KENNETH | 7 | Actor Branagh who plays Hercule Poirot in 2017's "Murder on the Orient Express" |
| 43% | IAN | 3 | Actor Bohen who plays the ranch hand in "Yellowstone" on the Paramount Network |
| 43% | TIMREID | 7 | Actor who played DJ Venus Flytrap on "WKRP in Cincinnati" |
| 41% | FRANKIEMUNIZ | 12 | Actor who played child prodigy Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALDA | 4 | Actor who played a senator on “The West Wing” and in “The Aviator” |
| 41% | OCALLAGHAN | 10 | Richard —, actor son of actress Patricia Hayes who played Bertrum Muffet in 1970 film comedy Carry On Loving |
| 41% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | Actor/director who plays Scheisskopf in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EDMUNDGWENN | 11 | Actor who played Kris Kringle in 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ERIN | 4 | Murphy who played Tabitha on "Bewitched" |
| 40% | AMYRYAN | 7 | Actor who played Holly on The Office and Jan on Only Murders in the Building |
| 40% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PETERUSTINOV | 12 | Actor who played Hercule Poirot in the 1978 film "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | Actor who played Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MANNYJACINTO | 12 | Actor who played Yao on "Nine Perfect Strangers" and costarred in 29- and 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHARLIECOX | 10 | Actor who plays the Marvel Comics hero Daredevil in "Daredevil" and "The Defenders" on Netflix (2 wds.) |
| 39% | KYLECHANDLER | 12 | Actor who plays Cathcart in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | Actor who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GARYSINISE | 10 | Actor who played Mac Taylor on "CSI: NY" and was awarded the James Cardinal Gibbons Medal in 2017 |
| 39% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays W'Kabi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ARDALOHANLON | 12 | Irish actor who played Detective Inspector Jack Mooney on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |