| 100% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 84% | STARRING | 8 | __ role, lead character in a film or play |
| 60% | ROLE | 4 | Character in a film or TV show |
| 59% | ACT | 3 | Perform in a film or play |
| 59% | ACTED | 5 | Performed in a film or play |
| 54% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 53% | MELGIBSON | 9 | Actor who played the lead character, "Mad" Max Rockatansky in the 1979 film "Mad Max": 2 wds. |
| 53% | CLARKKENT | 9 | The lead character in "Smallville" who eventually becomes Superman, played by Tom Welling: 2 wds. |
| 52% | HERO | 4 | Principal character in a play, movie, novel or poem |
| 52% | ACTOR | 5 | Performer in a play or film |
| 52% | ACTING | 6 | Performing in a play or film |
| 52% | ACTED | 5 | Performed in a play or film |
| 50% | SCENE | 5 | Continuous action in a play, film, opera, or book |
| 49% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Film lead character featured in a Disney World attraction |
| 47% | UNCLEBUCK | 9 | John Candy plays the title character in this film |
| 47% | THEDON | 6 | Lead character in a Mario Puzo novel |
| 47% | PREMIERE | 8 | A film or play's opening night |
| 46% | HAN | 3 | ___ Solo, character played by Harrison Ford in the film in 30a |
| 46% | STARRING | 8 | Featuring in a film or TV show |
| 46% | FARMANIMALS | 11 | Most of the leading characters in "Babe" |
| 46% | DRAMATISPERSONAE | 16 | Characters in a play, formally |
| 46% | BOFF | 4 | A line in a play or film, that elicits a big laugh |
| 46% | EZRA | 4 | Vampire Weekend lead singer Koenig, or a book in the Old Testament |
| 45% | MACAW | 5 | Bird that's the lead character in "Rio" |
| 45% | ACT | 3 | Perform in a film or on a stage |
| 45% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 45% | DRE | 3 | ___ Parker, character played by Jaden Smith in the 2010 film "The Karate Kid" |
| 45% | IVY | 3 | Poison ___, a character portrayed by Uma Thurman in the 1997 film "Batman & Robin" |
| 45% | LOTHARIO | 8 | Character in 1702 Nicholas Rowe stage play The Fair Penitent whose name has come to mean any rake or libertine |
| 45% | KRINGLE | 7 | Kris, the lead character in Miracle on 34th Street |