| 100% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who got his first big break in "Rent" |
| 56% | RYAN | 4 | Actor Gosling who got his first break on "The Mickey Mouse Club" |
| 53% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who made his film debut in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" |
| 44% | ICET | 4 | Actor who got his start in gangsta rap: Hyph. |
| 43% | JOEYLAWRENCE | 12 | Actor who got his start on TV's "Gimme a Break!" |
| 43% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who played Benny in "Rent" |
| 42% | EPPS | 4 | Comedian and actor Mike who got his start in "Def Comedy Jam" |
| 41% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who was in the original Broadway cast of "Rent" |
| 41% | WOUK | 4 | Herman, who got his first publisher's contract serving onboard the USS Southard and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1952 |
| 37% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who voices King Triton in the "Ariel" animated series |
| 36% | PREEMPTOR | 9 | One who gets in first |
| 36% | TAYE | 4 | Actor Diggs who guest-starred throughout the first season of "Muppets Now" |
| 35% | BIG | 3 | Movie for which Tom Hanks got his first Best Actor Oscar nomination |
| 35% | ALI | 3 | Actor who shortened his first name from Mahershalalhashbaz |
| 35% | SNL | 3 | Where Chevy Chase got his big break, for short |
| 34% | LAG | 3 | Shot that determines who gets to break, in billiards |
| 34% | PATEL | 5 | Actor Dev who made his film debut in "Slumdog Millionaire" |
| 34% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who won his first Grammy in 2021 |
| 34% | WES | 3 | Anderson who won his first Oscar in 2024 |
| 34% | TOM | 3 | "Spider Man: Homecoming" star Holland who got his start playing Billy Elliot onstage in London |
| 34% | ORLANDO | 7 | Actor Bloom who shares his name with a city in Florida |
| 33% | CAPRA | 5 | Director who won his first 56-Down in 1934 |
| 33% | RAMIMALEK | 9 | Actor who thanked Queen in his Oscar acceptance speech |
| 33% | DON | 3 | Actor Johnson who plays Big Daddy in "Django Unchained" |
| 33% | ELBA | 4 | Actor Idris who made his Coachella debut as a DJ in 2019 |
| 33% | BENSTILLER | 10 | Actor who starred in "Zoolander" alongside his father Jerry: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ICET | 4 | Actor who made his film debut in "Breakin'," 1984 |
| 32% | SAMSON | 6 | His locks got broken in the Bible |
| 32% | JADENSMITH | 10 | Actor who appeared in "After Earth" with his father Will: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBINWILLIAMS | 13 | Actor who cross-dressed for his role in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |