| 100% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor who won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, for the film "Vice": 2 wds. |
| 39% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | "Knives Out" actor nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KODISMITMCPHEE | 14 | "The Power of the Dog" co-star who won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PETERDINKLAGE | 13 | Actor who plays Tyrion Lannister in "Game of Thrones," and has an Outstanding Supporting Actor nomination for the 70th Emmys: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DAVIDOYELOWO | 12 | 19-Across and 33-Across actor who won a 2015 NAACP Image Award for his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 34% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Network" actor who won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | DANNYBURSTEIN | 13 | "Moulin Rouge!" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MATTSMITH | 9 | Actor who played Prince Philip in "The Crown" and had an Outstanding Supporting Actor nomination for the 70th Emmys: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RICHARDHARRIS | 13 | Actor in the Best Picture winner "Unforgiven" who was nominated for an Album of the Year Grammy in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EUGENELEVY | 10 | Former SCTV regular who won the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for playing Johnny Rose on 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress who won a Golden Globe for "The Silence of the Lambs" and won their Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DAVIDALANGRIER | 14 | "A Soldier's Play" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (3 wds.) |
| 32% | ELAINEMAY | 9 | "The Waverly Gallery" actress who won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DONALDGLOVER | 12 | Actor who won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy for "Atlanta": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CONWAYTWITTY | 12 | Country Music Hall of Fame singer who shared four consecutive CMA Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year with 28-Across in the 1970s (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | 15-Across, 30-Across, and "Lilies of the Field" star who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor (2 wds.) |
| 32% | GREGORYHINES | 12 | Tap dancer who won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for "Jelly's Last Jam" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | American actor pursuing an English PHD at Yale with a reported IQ of 130, and known for his role in "127 Hours": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JEREMYSTRONG | 12 | "Succession" actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for "An Enemy of the People": 2 wds. |
| 32% | YULBRYNNER | 10 | Actor who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing King Mongkut in "The King and I": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | "House of Cards" star who was nominated for the 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LORETTADEVINE | 13 | Star of 15-Across who won an Emmy for a guest performance in "Grey's Anatomy": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANYTHINGGOES | 12 | 1934 show with music and lyrics by 39-Across whose 1987 and 2011 revivals both won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 31% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | "Dopesick" star who won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Actor from "Forrest Gump", who plays the wife of the character played by 18-Across in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |