| 100% | MARLON | 6 | With 37-Across, "Fifty Shades of Black" actor who plays Aretha's husband Ted White in "Respect" |
| 40% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Black Panther" actor who plays Aretha's father C.L. Franklin in "Respect": 2 wds. |
| 39% | HENRY | 5 | With 37-Across, "The Grapes of Wrath" actor who played president-to-be Abraham Lincoln in "Young Mr. Lincoln" (1939) |
| 38% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Christopher Robin" actor who plays Dan Torrance in the 2019 film adaptation of 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GABLE | 5 | Clark ___, actor who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind" |
| 37% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Christopher Robin" actor who plays Black Mask in "Birds of Prey": 2 wds. |
| 36% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 36% | EDDIE | 5 | With 17-Across, English actor who plays 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 36% | DICK | 4 | ___ Christie, actor who played the character of Ted Lawson in the sitcom "Small Wonder" |
| 36% | ZAHN | 4 | Steve ___, "Stuart Little" actor who plays Mark Mossbacher in season 1 of "The White Lotus" |
| 35% | TOMMYLEEJONES | 13 | "The Fugitive" actor who played 18-Across's husband Doolittle in "Coal Miner's Daughter": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who plays 26-/37-Across in "Black Mass": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JETLI | 5 | Actor who played the Emperor of China in 2020's "Mulan" |
| 35% | DWAYNE | 6 | ___ Johnson, "The Scorpion King" actor who plays the role of Black Adam in the 2022 film "Black Adam" |
| 34% | EDDIE | 5 | With 50-Across, "The Theory of Everything" actor who plays weather scientist James Glaisher in 30-Across |
| 34% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 34% | NICK | 4 | ___ Sandow, actor who played Joe Caputo, Captain of the Guard in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black" |
| 34% | IANMCKELLEN | 11 | Actor who played Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy |
| 34% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | "Spotlight" actor who plays an unscrupulous lawyer in the 2023 film adaptation of 27-Across's "Poor Things" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 34% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Game Night" actor who plays The Crab in 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | PATRICK | 7 | With 32-Across, "Made of Honor" actor who played JFK in the miniseries "JFK: Reckless Youth" |
| 33% | SKYLAR | 6 | ___ Gaertner, actor who plays the character of Jonah Byrde in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 33% | MATTBOMER | 9 | Actor who played conman in White Collar |
| 33% | ASHER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Andi Mack" actor who plays the younger version of 38-Across in "Shazam!" |
| 33% | ROBERT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Dirty Grandpa" actor who plays William Hale in "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| 33% | HARVEYKORMAN | 12 | Actor who played Mother Marcus in "As the Stomach Turns" skits with 38-Across (2 wds.) |