| 100% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 84% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 82% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 63% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | Oscar-winning actor who played a man in love with a tiny doll on "The Twilight Zone": 2 wds. |
| 54% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Christopher Robin" which is a fantasy film based on "Winnie-the-Pooh": 2 wds. |
| 53% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Annie" actor who played Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 53% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Jack the Giant Slayer," which is a fantasy film based on British fairy tales: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JOHNORTIZ | 9 | "American Fiction" actor who plays a police detective on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | JAMESBROLIN | 11 | Actor who played a physician on 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | PAULBETTANY | 11 | Actor who plays a powerful android in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | JESSEWILLIAMS | 13 | "Grey's Anatomy" actor who plays a camera operator on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | VINCEVAUGHN | 11 | "Wedding Crashers" actor who plays a former police detective who now inspects restaurants on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ARDALOHANLON | 12 | Irish actor who played Detective Inspector Jack Mooney on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | KRISMARSHALL | 12 | English actor who played Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RALFLITTLE | 10 | English actor who plays Detective Inspector Neville Parker on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ALDISHODGE | 10 | "City on a Hill" actor who plays Hawkman in "Black Adam": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 2012's "Dark Shadows": 2 wds. |
| 51% | CHRISODONNELL | 13 | Former "Grey's Anatomy" actor who plays agent Callan on "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | 7'1" actor who played a genie in "Kazaam": 2 wds. |
| 51% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | Actor who played a vampire in 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 50% | TERRYCREWS | 10 | Actor who plays Detective Jeffords in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 2 wds. |
| 50% | FRANKIEMUNIZ | 12 | Actor who played child prodigy Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 50% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played B.A. on "The A-Team": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 50% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played Baracus in "The A-Team" series: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ANTHONYDAVIS | 12 | Los Angeles Lakers star who plays a Goon Squad member in "Space Jam: A New Legacy": 2 wds. |