| 100% | VINCE | 5 | Jacqueline and ___, goth characters played by Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in "Portlandia" |
| 43% | IRA | 3 | Podcaster Glass parodied by Fred Armisen in Portlandia |
| 43% | LEIA | 4 | Princess character played by Carrie Fisher in "Star Wars" |
| 41% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Draven, goth character played by Brandon Lee in the film "The Crow" |
| 41% | LOKI | 4 | Character played by Tom Hiddleston in "Thor" and "The Avengers" |
| 40% | JOHNSTEED | 9 | Character played by Patrick Macnee in ITV series The Avengers and The New Avengers |
| 39% | JEDGARHOOVER | 12 | Real-life FBI director and title character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in a 2011 film: 3 wds. |
| 39% | NEWTSCAMANDER | 13 | Character played by 15-Across in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 2 wds. |
| 39% | NANCY | 5 | ___ Downs, character with a goth aesthetic played by Fairuza Balk in "The Craft" |
| 39% | MONSIEUR | 8 | & 25A Character played by Jacques Tati in films Playtime, Mon Oncle and Trafic |
| 39% | BENSONDUBOIS | 12 | TV character played by Robert Guillaume in the 1970s and 1980s (2 wds.) |
| 39% | REMO | 4 | ___ Williams, character played by Fred Ward in an action movie by the same name |
| 38% | BENSONDUBOIS | 12 | TV character played by the late Robert Guillaume in the 1970s and 1980s (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WILLY | 5 | & 8A Character played by Johnny Depp in 2005 family film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 38% | SNAKE | 5 | Character played by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter action films Escape from New York and Escape from LA |
| 38% | BUTTON | 6 | Benjamin ___, character played by Brad Pitt who ages in reverse and gets younger as time passes |
| 37% | INSPECTORJAVERT | 15 | Literary character played in film by Charles Laughton, Anthony Perkins and Geoffrey Rush |
| 37% | NATHAN | 6 | & 1D Character in 1950 Broadway musical Guys and Dolls played by Sam Levene |
| 37% | DEDE | 4 | ___ Tate, character played by Jodie Foster who was mom to Fred in the 1991 film "Little Man Tate" |
| 37% | ANTONCHEKHOV | 12 | Russian writer who created the characters played by 15-Across, 40-Across, and 45-Across in "The Seagull" |
| 37% | TONTO | 5 | Radio/TV character played in film by Michael Horse (1981) and Johnny Depp (2013) |
| 36% | RADAR | 5 | Only regular "M*A*S*H" character played by the same actor in both the film and TV series |
| 36% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character in Louisa M Alcott novel Little Women played on screen by Claire Danes and Jean Parker |
| 36% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in "Seinfeld", who is 32-Across's neighbor and is often called a "hipster doofus": 2 wds. |
| 36% | LEIA | 4 | "Star Wars" character played by Carrie Fisher |
| 35% | SOLO | 4 | "Star Wars" character played by both Ford and Ehrenreich |
| 35% | LEORA | 5 | Character played by Helen Hayes in "Arrowsmith" |
| 35% | ROSS | 4 | Character played by David Schwimmer in "Friends" |