| 100% | BRIANWILSON | 11 | Singer played by Paul Dano and John Cusack in the music biopic "Love & Mercy" (2 wds.) |
| 65% | BRIAN | 5 | Singer Wilson played by Paul Dano and John Cusack in "Love & Mercy" |
| 46% | TINATURNER | 10 | Singer played by Angela Bassett in the 1993 musical biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer played by Val Kilmer in the music biopic "The Doors" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | RITCHIEVALENS | 13 | Singer played by Lou Diamond Phillips in the music biopic "La Bamba" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LORETTALYNN | 11 | Country singer played by 44-Across in the 1980 biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ARETHAFRANKLIN | 14 | Singer played by Jennifer Hudson in the 2021 musical biopic "Respect" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Singer played by Naomi Ackie in the 2022 musical biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | NINASIMONE | 10 | Singer played by Zoe Saldaña in a 2016 musical biopic (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ELTON | 5 | Singer John played by Taron Egerton in the biopic "Rocketman" |
| 37% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays Tina Turner in the music biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BENSONDUBOIS | 12 | TV character played by Robert Guillaume in the 1970s and 1980s (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BENSONDUBOIS | 12 | TV character played by the late Robert Guillaume in the 1970s and 1980s (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SNAPPERFOSTER | 13 | Role played by David Hasselhoff from 1975 to 1982 in the TV soap opera "The Young and the Restless," which helped him gain recognition: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Baseball superstar played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2013 biopic "42": 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | Actress who plays Cherie Currie in the music biopic "The Runaways" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MICKJAGGER | 10 | Rolling Stones singer played by Nick Eversman in "Get On Up": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LITTLERICHARD | 13 | "Long Tall Sally" singer played by Brandon Mychal Smith in "Get On Up": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JAMES | 5 | With 50-Across, soul singer played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2014 biopic "Get On Up" |
| 33% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | Housewife played by 29-Across in "All in the Family": 2 wds. |
| 32% | GLORIASTEINEM | 13 | Feminist journalist played by 15-Across and Alicia Vikander in a 2020 biopic based on the memoir "My Life on the Road" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MALCOLMX | 8 | Civil rights leader played by Denzel Washington in a 1992 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Pirate captain played by Johnny Depp in "Pirates of the Caribbean": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JACKSONPOLLOCK | 14 | American "drip technique" painter played by Ed Harris in a 2000 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 32% | INCREDIBLEHULK | 14 | Marvel Comics character currently played by Mark Ruffalo in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 32% | STARRCARTER | 11 | Character played by Amandla Stenberg in the movie adaptation of 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HEATHERLEE | 10 | Character played by Alicia Vikander in the action spy movie "Jason Bourne": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TIMEOF | 6 | "Love in the ___ Cholera," 1985 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that revolves around the characters, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza: 2 wds. |