| 100% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who plays Inspector Harry Callahan in "The Dead Pool" and Detective Nick Pulovski in "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 100% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who played Inspector Harry Callahan in "The Dead Pool" and Detective Nick Pulovski in "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | LESLIENIELSEN | 13 | "Airplane!" actor who played a vampire in the comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It": 2 wds. |
| 46% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | Actor who plays Detective Benoit Blanc in the 2019 mystery film "Knives Out": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROYSCHEIDER | 11 | Actor who plays Police Chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" and Detective Buddy Russo in "The French Connection" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ROYSCHEIDER | 11 | Actor who played Police Chief Martin Brody in "Jaws" and Detective Buddy Russo in "The French Connection" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PETERSELLERS | 12 | Actor who played Pres. Merkin Muffley, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake, and the title character in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | Scottish actor who played Barty Crouch, Jr. in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | San Francisco-born actor who played Harry Callahan in the "Dirty Harry" films (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GARYBURGHOFF | 12 | Actor who played "Radar" O'Reilly in both the movie and TV series "M*A*S*H": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MICHAELGROSS | 12 | Actor who played Burt Gummer in both the movie and TV series "Tremors": 2 wds. |
| 44% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Beauty and the Beast" actor who plays the title role in the new movie "Christopher Robin": 2 wds. |
| 44% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | Actor who played Dr. Frasier Crane in "Frasier" and "Cheers", and hosted the 1998 Grammy Awards: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | NICKOFFERMAN | 12 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays the US president in "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DJIMONHOUNSOU | 13 | Actor who played the wizard Shazam in DC's "Shazam!" and Korath in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 44% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SEBASTIANSTAN | 13 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays the Winter Soldier in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANTHONYMACKIE | 13 | Actor who plays Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 44% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | "The Notebook" actor who plays in the indie rock band Dead Man's Bones: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BURTREYNOLDS | 12 | "Smokey and the Bandit" actor who played filmmaker Jack Horner in "Boogie Nights": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TERRYCREWS | 10 | Actor who plays Detective Jeffords in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DANIELKALUUYA | 13 | Actor who plays W'Kabi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been on "Black Mirror": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANDREWLINCOLN | 13 | Actor who plays Rick Grimes on "The Walking Dead" and "The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live" (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% | GEOFFREYRUSH | 12 | "Shine" actor who plays Captain Hector Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ORLANDOBLOOM | 12 | "Troy" actor who plays Captain Will Turner in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| 43% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Actor who played The Joker in "The Dark Knight," and met an untimely death, aged only 28: 2 wds. |