| 100% | ROYSCHEIDER | 11 | Actor who played Police Chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" and Detective Buddy Russo in "The French Connection" (2 wds.) |
| 100% | ROYSCHEIDER | 11 | Actor who plays Police Chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" and Detective Buddy Russo in "The French Connection" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | ROY | 3 | Actor Scheider who played police chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" |
| 45% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | Actor who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICHAELGROSS | 12 | Actor who played Burt Gummer in both the movie and TV series "Tremors": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GENEHACKMAN | 11 | "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven" Oscar winner who played the minister Frank Scott in "The Poseidon Adventure" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | American actor who played the lead in "Breaking Bad" and also starred in "Malcolm in the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 43% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Actor who played The Joker in "The Dark Knight," and met an untimely death, aged only 28: 2 wds. |
| 43% | GARYBURGHOFF | 12 | Actor who played "Radar" O'Reilly in both the movie and TV series "M*A*S*H": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNCORBETT | 11 | "Sex and the City" actor who plays Rebel's husband Grady in "Rebel": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TERRYCREWS | 10 | Actor who plays Detective Jeffords in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JASONSTATHAM | 12 | "The Expendables" actor who plays Lee Christmas in the 2010 film and also starred as Chev Chelios in "Crank": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JONFAVREAU | 10 | Actor who plays Happy Hogan in Marvel films, and has directed the pilot for "The Orville": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DANSTEVENS | 10 | "Downton Abbey" actor who played the Beast in 2017's "Beauty and the Beast": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who played Inspector Harry Callahan in "The Dead Pool" and Detective Nick Pulovski in "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who plays Inspector Harry Callahan in "The Dead Pool" and Detective Nick Pulovski in "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Annie" actor who played Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 42% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PETERSELLERS | 12 | Actor who played Pres. Merkin Muffley, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake, and the title character in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SEBASTIANSTAN | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays the Winter Soldier in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Thor: Love and Thunder" actor who plays Kraven's father Nikolai in "Kraven the Hunter": 2 wds. |
| 42% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | Actor who plays Detective Benoit Blanc in the 2019 mystery film "Knives Out": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TEDDANSON | 9 | "Cheers" and "CSI: Cyber" actor who plays Michael, the "afterlife architect" in 15a: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JIMCARREY | 9 | "Dumb and Dumber" actor who played the Riddler in "Batman Forever": 2 wds. |
| 42% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | Actor who played Dr. Frasier Crane in "Frasier" and "Cheers", and hosted the 1998 Grammy Awards: 2 wds. |
| 42% | NICKOFFERMAN | 12 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays the US president in "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROBINWILLIAMS | 13 | Actor who played Daniel Hillard, and the title character, in the 1993 film "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |