| 100% | JAMESEARLJONES | 14 | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actor in a Play, for "The Great White Hope" in 1969: 3 wds. |
| 70% | PHYLICIARASHAD | 14 | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Play, for "A Raisin in the Sun" in 2004: 2 wds. |
| 63% | JAMESEARLJONES | 14 | "Coming 2 America" actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, for "The Great White Hope" and "Fences" (3 wds.) |
| 61% | DIAHANNCARROLL | 14 | First Black performer to win a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Musical, for "No Strings" in 1962: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Breaking Bad" actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, for "All the Way" and "Network" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Network" actor who won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | FRANKLANGELLA | 13 | "The Americans" actor who won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Play, for "Frost/Nixon" and "The Father" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | 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.) |
| 44% | JEREMYSTRONG | 12 | "Succession" actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony for "An Enemy of the People": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | First black person to win the Academy Award for Best Actor: 2 wds. |
| 43% | 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.) |
| 43% | MARY | 4 | ___ Martin, first Broadway actress to win a Tony Award for playing someone of the opposite sex |
| 42% | SALESMAN | 8 | "Death of a ___," first ever play to win a Tony Award for Best Production in four different years |
| 40% | SAMMENDES | 9 | "The Ferryman" director who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 40% | 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.) |
| 40% | 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.) |
| 39% | 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.) |
| 39% | JONES | 5 | James Earl ___, actor and first African-American man to win the Tony Award in the Leading Actor category |
| 39% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who won the 2024 Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony for "Appropriate": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 38% | DANNYBURSTEIN | 13 | "Moulin Rouge!" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JONATHANGROFF | 13 | "Frozen" voice actor who won the 2024 Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony for "Merrily We Roll Along": 2 wds. |
| 37% | YULBRYNNER | 10 | Actor who won a Tony and an Oscar for playing King Mongkut in "The King and I": 2 wds. |
| 37% | DONALDGLOVER | 12 | Actor who won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy for "Atlanta": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Gandolfini, actor of "The Sopranos" who won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2000 |
| 36% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | Actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2020 for playing the title role in "Joker" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ALLISONJANNEY | 13 | She won the 2018 SAG Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role for "I, Tonya": 2 wds. |
| 36% | STEPHENDALDRY | 13 | "The Inheritance" director who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (2 wds.) |
| 36% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | She won the 2017 SAG Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role for "Fences": 2 wds. |