| TYLERPERRY | Actor, playwright and filmmaker who played the titular character in Alex Cross (5,5) |
| RONHOWARD | US actor and filmmaker who played Richie Cunningham in the TV sitcom Happy Days (3,6) |
| FRANCOISTRUFFAUT | Filmmaker who played the scientist Claude Lacombe in Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| GEORGE | And 36 English actor. author. playwright and filmmaker who was the first British actor to win an Oscar (6.6) |
| ARLISS | English actor. author. playwright and filmmaker who was the first British actor to win an Oscar (6.6) |
| HERZOG | Werner, German filmmaker who played villain The Zec in the 2012 thriller Jack Reacher (6) |
| LIAMNEESON | Actor who played the titular character in the 1995 film 'Rob Roy' (4,6) |
| ANDYWARHOL | American painter, printmaker and filmmaker who claimed that "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" |
| MIA | ___ Farrow actress who played the titular character in the horror film Rosemary's Baby |
| DUDLEYMOORE | Late actor who played the titular character in Arthur (6,5) |
| NICKFROST | English actor who played the titular character in Mr. Sloane (4,5) |
| ISAAC | Oscar _, actor who played the titular character in Moon Knight (5) |
| MCSHANE | Ian _, actor who played the titular character in Lovejoy (7) |
| ALONGCAMEA | 2001 film starring Morgan Freeman as Det. Alex Cross (5,4,1) |
| REEVE | Surname of Christopher who played the titular character in Superman (1978) |
| SAM | I Am ___ a 2001 drama starring Michelle Pfeiffer who played the titular character's lawyer |
| CLINT | And clue 49, actor who played the titular role in the Dirty Harry series of films (5) |
| NAIL | Jimmy, English singer songwriter and actor who played the titular TV detective in Spender (4) |
| JACOBI | Derek -; actor who played the titular role in the series Cadfael (6) |
| DIRKBOGARDE | Matinee idol who played the titular role in 'Doctor in the House' (1954) (4,7) |
