| 100% | NEESON | 6 | Liam, who played lead role in Schindler's List |
| 57% | GRABOL | 6 | Danish Sofie who played lead role in The Killing |
| 57% | GUYPEARCE | 9 | Actor who plays lead role in Jack Irish series |
| 56% | LIAMNEESON | 10 | "Schindler's List" actor who plays the title role in "Marlowe" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | NEESON | 6 | Liam ___, actor who played Oskar Schindler in the film "Schindler's List" |
| 52% | NEESON | 6 | Liam —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Schindler's List |
| 48% | NEESON | 6 | Liam who played Cristovao Ferreira in 2016's "Silence" |
| 47% | VOSK | 4 | Jessica who played the lead role, Elphaba, in "Wicked" on Broadway in 2018-19 |
| 46% | NEESON | 6 | Liam who played Schindler |
| 46% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | American actress who plays the lead role of Offred in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NANCE | 5 | Jack —, actor who played the lead role in David Lynch's Eraserhead |
| 45% | LIAMNEESON | 10 | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Schindler's List |
| 45% | SPACEK | 6 | Sissy who played the lead in 1976's "Carrie" |
| 45% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 44% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | Actress who plays the lead role in 12-/24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LOMAN | 5 | Lead role in a classic Arthur Miller play |
| 44% | WILLY | 5 | With 35-Across, the lead role in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" |
| 44% | NEESON | 6 | Liam who played Zeus in "Wrath of the Titans" |
| 43% | RALPHFIENNES | 12 | "Schindler's List" actor who plays the Duke of Oxford in "The King's Man": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ANDERSON | 8 | Actress Gillian, who played a lead role in "The X-Files" |
| 43% | DUCHOVNY | 8 | Actor David, who played a lead role in "The X-Files" |
| 43% | BICKLE | 6 | Lead role in Taxi Driver played by De Niro, Travis |
| 43% | LIAMNEESON | 10 | "Schindler's List" Best Actor Oscar nominee who plays Harry Rawlins in "Widows" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BALE | 4 | Christian ___, actor who played the titular role in Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" |
| 43% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who plays the title role in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" |
| 43% | IDRIS | 5 | Actor Elba who plays the title role in the BBC One's "Luther" |
| 42% | HARTNELL | 8 | William, first to play lead role on Doctor Who |
| 42% | BENJAMIN | 8 | Richard —, actor who played the title role in 1972 film comedy Portnoy's Complaint |
| 42% | BAYLDON | 7 | Geoffrey —, actor who played the title role in 1970s ITV children's series Catweazle |