| 100% | ELIROTH | 7 | Director who played Sgt. Donny Donowitz in “Inglourious Basterds” |
| 100% | ROTH | 4 | Eli —, actor and director who played Sgt Donny Donowitz in 2009 war film Inglourious Basterds |
| 94% | ELIROTH | 7 | Actor-director who played Sgt Donny Donowitz in 2009 war film Inglourious Basterds |
| 94% | ROTH | 4 | Eli —, actor-director who played Sgt Donny Donowitz in 2009 war film Inglourious Basterds |
| 70% | ELIROTH | 7 | He played Sgt. Donny Donowitz in "Inglourious Basterds" |
| 57% | ELI | 3 | ___ Roth, actor who played "Donny Donowitz" in the film "Inglourious Basterds" |
| 45% | ELI | 3 | Roth who played the Bear Jew in “Inglourious Basterds” |
| 43% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director who played a director in “This Is Spinal Tap” |
| 40% | NOELCLARKE | 10 | Actor and director who played Mickey Smith in BBC TV series Doctor Who |
| 40% | ASTIN | 5 | John —, US actor who played Sgt Valdez in 1969 film comedy Viva Max! |
| 40% | SEANPERTWEE | 11 | Actor who played Sgt Harry G Wells in 2002 horror film Dog Soldiers |
| 40% | DEREK | 5 | John —, actor and director who played Joshua in 1956 film The Ten Commandments |
| 40% | HAROLDRAMIS | 11 | "Groundhog Day" director who plays Egon Spengler in the "Ghostbusters" films (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | Director Roth who had an acting role in "Inglourious Basterds" |
| 40% | PENNYMARSHALL | 13 | "A League of Their Own" director who played Laverne in "Laverne & Shirley" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JONFAVREAU | 10 | "The Jungle Book" director who plays Happy Hogan in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Krasinski, "A Quiet Place" director who played Jack Ryan in Amazon Prime's "Jack Ryan" |
| 38% | RYDER | 5 | Jack —, actor and director who played Jamie Mitchell in BBC TV soap EastEnders from 1998-2002 |
| 38% | RONHOWARD | 9 | "Far and Away" director who played high-school graduate Steve Bolander in "American Graffiti" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | CANDICEBERGEN | 13 | "Murphy Brown" actress who played the pageant director in "Miss Congeniality": 2 wds. |
| 38% | TEYONAHPARRIS | 13 | "WandaVision" actress who plays art gallery director Brianna in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | EDHARRIS | 8 | "The Hours" actor who played Flight Director Gene Kranz in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 37% | EMILY | 5 | With 29-Across, "Oppenheimer" actress who plays director Jody Moreno in "The Fall Guy" |
| 37% | ERMEY | 5 | R Lee —, actor who played Gny Sgt Hartman in 1987 film drama Full Metal Jacket |
| 37% | EDHARRIS | 8 | "The Right Stuff" actor who plays flight director Gene Kranz in "Apollo 13" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JULIE | 5 | With 31-Across, "Modern Family" actress who played public relations director Virginia Venit in 14-Across |
| 36% | LANCEREDDICK | 12 | "John Wick" actor who plays Secret Service director David Gentry in "Angel Has Fallen" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | OSS | 3 | Org. in Inglourious Basterds |