| 100% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Late Australian-born actor who played the Joker in "The Dark Knight": 2 wds. |
| 80% | HEATHLEDGER | 11 | Actor who played The Joker in "The Dark Knight," and met an untimely death, aged only 28: 2 wds. |
| 67% | HEATH | 5 | Actor ___ Ledger, who played the Joker in "The Dark Knight" |
| 63% | JAREDLETO | 9 | "Dallas Buyers Club" actor who played the Joker in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 61% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | Actor who plays Batman in the "Dark Knight" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 60% | JOHNBOYEGA | 10 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actor who plays Jake Pentecost in "Pacific Rim Uprising": 2 wds. |
| 60% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Walk the Line" actor who plays the Joker in "Joker: 54-Across" (2 wds.) |
| 60% | HEATH | 5 | Ledger who played the Joker in "The Dark Knight" |
| 60% | GARYOLDMAN | 10 | "The Dark Knight" actor who plays a dictator in "The Hitman's Bodyguard": 2 wds. |
| 60% | AARONECKHART | 12 | "The Dark Knight" actor who played Erin's boyfriend George in "Erin Brockovich": 2 wds. |
| 60% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "The Dark Knight Rises" actor who plays "Mad" Max Rockatansky in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 59% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | Actor who played the Hulk in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DAVECHAPPELLE | 13 | "A Star Is Born" actor who played Reggie Warrington in "The Nutty Professor": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MICHAELCAINE | 12 | "Alfie" actor who played a butler in "The Dark Night Rises": 2 wds. |
| 57% | CILLIANMURPHY | 13 | "The Dark Knight" trilogy actor who was born in County Cork, Ireland (2 wds.) |
| 57% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Her" actor who plays Arthur Fleck in the psychological thriller "Joker": 2 wds. |
| 57% | BILLPAXTON | 10 | Actor who played Brock Lovett in the movie "Titanic": 2 wds. |
| 57% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who plays Josh Baskin in the movie "Big": 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHRISTIANBALE | 13 | The Dark Knight actor who shed 65 pounds for his role in "The Machinist" : 2 wds. |
| 57% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | JAMESHANDY | 10 | Actor who played the exterminator in the 1995 fantasy adventure film "Jumanji": 2 wds. |
| 57% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | WALTERMATTHAU | 13 | "The Bad News Bears" actor who played the love interest of Barbra Streisand's character in 1969's "Hello, Dolly!": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | Welsh-born actor who played Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JUSTINTHEROUX | 13 | "The Spy Who Dumped Me" actor who plays The Voice in "Violet": 2 wds. |
| 56% | AARONECKHART | 12 | "The Dark Knight" costar who plays the US president in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| 56% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 56% | DANAYKROYD | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who plays the Scarecrow in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | HUGHJACKMAN | 11 | Australian-born actor who played Wolverine in "X-Men: Days of Future Past": 2 wds. |