| 100% | ARDALOHANLON | 12 | Irish actor who played Detective Inspector Jack Mooney on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 72% | KRISMARSHALL | 12 | English actor who played Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 72% | RALFLITTLE | 10 | English actor who plays Detective Inspector Neville Parker on "Death in Paradise" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | DAVIDSOUL | 9 | Actor who played a police detective in Southern California on "Starsky & Hutch" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ALBERTFINNEY | 12 | "Annie" actor who played Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 49% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | "Doctor Who" actor who plays Detective Inspector Alec Hardy on 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MIKECONNORS | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "Mannix" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | PETERFALK | 9 | Actor who played a homicide detective in Los Angeles on "Columbo" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | Actor who played a private detective in Los Angeles on "The Rockford Files" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | PETERUSTINOV | 12 | Actor who played Hercule Poirot in the 1978 film "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 48% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Tenet" actor who plays Hercule Poirot in "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JEREMYSISTO | 11 | Actor who played Detective Cyrus Lupo for three seasons on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JERRYORBACH | 11 | Actor who played Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 seasons on "Law & Order": 2 wds. |
| 48% | TERRYCREWS | 10 | Actor who plays Detective Jeffords in the sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine": 2 wds. |
| 48% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" actor who plays Detective Miles Hoffman on "Stumptown": 2 wds. |
| 47% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who played Inspector Harry Callahan in "The Dead Pool" and Detective Nick Pulovski in "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CLINTEASTWOOD | 13 | Actor who plays Inspector Harry Callahan in "The Dead Pool" and Detective Nick Pulovski in "The Rookie" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | DANIELCRAIG | 11 | Actor who plays Detective Benoit Blanc in the 2019 mystery film "Knives Out": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EDMUNDGWENN | 11 | Actor who played Kris Kringle in 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DELROYLINDO | 11 | "Malcolm X" actor who plays Detective Roland Castlebeck in "Gone in 60 Seconds": 2 wds. |
| 46% | FRANKIEMUNIZ | 12 | Actor who played child prodigy Malcolm on "Malcolm in the Middle": 2 wds. |
| 46% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | Actor who played Hercule Poirot in 2017's "Murder on the Orient Express" and 2022's "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 46% | NICHOLASHOULT | 13 | Actor who plays the protagonist in "Jack the Giant Slayer," which is a fantasy film based on British fairy tales: 2 wds. |
| 46% | SCOTTCAAN | 9 | "Ocean's Eleven" actor who plays Detective Jason Grant on "Alert: Missing Persons Unit": 2 wds. |
| 46% | KEVINBACON | 10 | "Footloose" actor who played Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | "Gravity" actor who plays Lily's divorced dad in "Ticket to Paradise": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | "Citizen Kane" actor who played Inspector Brian Cameron in "Gaslight": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANDYGARCIA | 10 | "The Untouchables" actor who plays Jack Neel in "Pain Hustlers": 2 wds. |
| 45% | FREDRICMARCH | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on William Jennings Bryan in 32-Across: 2 wds. |