| 100% | MINKA | 5 | With 31-Across, "The Butler" star who plays Detective Valerie Stahl in 17-Across |
| 48% | JIM | 3 | With 28-Across, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" star who plays the title role in 15-Across |
| 48% | MICHAELEALY | 11 | "Barbershop" star who plays Dorian, the main android cop in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" star who plays the original G.I. Joe in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 47% | GAL | 3 | "Keeping up with the Joneses" actress Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in 31-Across |
| 46% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WILLIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "On the Road Again" singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie "Stagecoach" |
| 45% | KYRASEDGWICK | 12 | "The Closer" star who plays producer/mom Jane Sadler in 17-/37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DARRENMCGAVIN | 13 | "The Man with the Golden Arm" star who played the unnamed father in "A Christmas Story" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | JASON | 5 | With 36-Across, Honolulu-born actor who played the title role in "Aquaman" |
| 43% | FELICITY | 8 | With 17-Across, "The Theory of Everything" actress who plays pilot Amelia Wren in 30-Across |
| 43% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | "Gossip Girl" star who plays Lily in the upcoming movie "It Ends With Us": 2 wds. |
| 43% | EDDIE | 5 | With 17-Across, English actor who plays 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 43% | OPRAH | 5 | Talk show star who plays Gloria in "The Butler" |
| 42% | NICOLE | 6 | With 31-Across, "Moulin Rouge!" star who helped define "stubborn" on "Sesame Street" in 2011 |
| 42% | JULIE | 5 | With 31-Across, "Modern Family" actress who played public relations director Virginia Venit in 14-Across |
| 42% | SAMUELL | 7 | With 31-Across, actor who played Elijah Price, aka Mr. Glass, in 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ASHER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Andi Mack" actor who plays the younger version of 38-Across in "Shazam!" |
| 41% | TYLER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Madea" star who received the Hersholt Award in 2021 |
| 41% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JILLIANBELL | 11 | "Brittany Runs a Marathon" actress who plays Pepper the Elf in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | TIMOTHEE | 8 | With 35-Across, "Little Women" actor who plays the lead character Paul Atreides in "Dune" |
| 41% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 40-Across, singer who played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz" |
| 41% | CHARLTON | 8 | With 71-Across, actor who played both subjects in the question |
| 41% | LUPITA | 6 | With 42-Across, actress who played Maz Kanata from the planet Takodana in 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 41% | NEILPATRICK | 11 | With 4-Down, child star of "Doogie Howser, M.D." who plays himself in the "Harold & Kumar" movies: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PATTINSON | 9 | Robert who plays the title role in 22 Across |
| 41% | ROBERT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Dirty Grandpa" actor who plays William Hale in "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| 40% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |