| 100% | DAVID | 5 | With 29-Across, "Carnival Row" actor who plays Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison on "The Diplomat" |
| 42% | JAMESBROLIN | 11 | "Marcus Welby, M.D." actor who plays the father on 29-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARTINFREEMAN | 13 | Actor who plays 22-Across/41-Across on the BBC series "Sherlock" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | RANDALLPARK | 11 | Actor who plays 36-Across's father on "Fresh off the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | CRAIGTNELSON | 12 | "Parenthood" actor who plays the title role on 60-Across (3 wds.) |
| 39% | PATRICKSTEWART | 14 | "X-Men" actor who plays the title role on 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DONJOHNSON | 10 | "Miami Vice" actor who played the title character on 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HUDSONYANG | 10 | Actor who plays 36-Across on "Fresh off the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | CHAR | 4 | Actor who played a character with the same first name on "Two and a Half Men" |
| 39% | HARVEYKORMAN | 12 | Actor who played Mother Marcus in "As the Stomach Turns" skits with 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | DAVID | 5 | With 29-Across, "Treme" actor who played Dr. Jack Morrison on "St. Elsewhere" |
| 39% | ROBERTSEAN | 10 | With 25-Across, actor who played Dr. James Wilson (based on 47-Across) on the Fox series "House": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ORLANDOBLOOM | 12 | "The Lord of the Rings" actor who plays the half-faerie Rycroft "Philo" Philostrate on "Carnival Row" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | KYLECHANDLER | 12 | Actor who plays Cathcart in the Hulu miniseries based on 39-Across's "Catch-22" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | NICKMOHAMMED | 12 | "Ted Lasso" actor who plays the magical sprite Billy Blind on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | RAMONRODRIGUEZ | 14 | "Charlie's Angels" actor who plays the title GBI special agent on 50-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MATTHEWPERRY | 12 | Actor who played Chandler Bing on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TAMZINMERCHANT | 14 | "Salem" actress who plays the heiress Imogen Spurnrose on "Carnival Row" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | INDYA | 5 | With 29-Across, actress who plays Angel on "Pose" |
| 37% | CARADELEVINGNE | 14 | "Suicide Squad" actress who plays the faerie Vignette Stonemoss on "Carnival Row" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SEANGIAMBRONE | 13 | Actor who plays the geeky boy, Adam, on 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LARRYHAGMAN | 11 | Actor who plays the oldest Ewing brother on 32-Down (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Arrested Development" actor who plays 29-Across on 40-Down |
| 37% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1990s and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PAUL | 4 | With 50-Across, "Ant-Man" actor who plays a murdered Hollywood actor on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 37% | DAVID | 5 | With 47-Across, "Doctor Who" actor who plays the demon Crowley on 30-Across |
| 37% | SPENCERTRACY | 12 | Actor who played the lawyer based on Clarence Darrow in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RYANEGGOLD | 10 | "The Blacklist" actor who plays 17-Across on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | CHRISELLIOTT | 12 | "Groundhog Day" actor who plays the mayor on 19-Across: 2 wds. |