| MALKOVICH | John ---, US actor who played Poirot in a 2018 BBC series |
| PETERUSTINOV | Actor who played Poirot in several films in the 1970s and 1980s (5,7) |
| LEAR | Shakespearean king depicted by Anthony Hopkins in a 2018 BBC Two television film (4) |
| AV | Hugh Grant starred in the 2018 BBC series _ ____ English Scandal. (1,4) |
| USTINOV | Actor who played Poirot on TV in the 1980s, Peter _ (7) |
| ASTIN | John -, US actor who played Gomez Addams in 1960s US sitcom The Addams Family |
| TURTURRO | John, US actor who played the title role in the film Barton Fink (8) |
| TRAVOLTA | John, US actor who played Vincent Vega in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction (8) |
| MAWLE | Joseph ?, actor who played Odysseus in 2018 BBC TV series Troy: Fall of a City |
| COEL | Michaela ?, actress who starred in 2018 BBC TV drama series Black Earth Rising |
| FLORENCEPUGH | Black Widow actress who played Cordelia in the 2018 BBC movie King Lear: 2 wds. |
| WAYNE | John --, US actor (5) |
| ASHER | Australian actress in the 2018 BBC drama series The Cry, _ Keddie (5) |
| JOHNGOTTI | Italian-American gangster played by John Travolta in a 2018 biopic (4,5) |
| ANTHONY | _ Hopkins, actor who starred in a 2018 TV production of King Lear (7) |
| MCMAFIA | 2018 BBC drama series starring James Norton. inspired by a book by journalist Misha Glenny (7) |
| KILLINGEVE | 2018 BBC America show starring Sandra Oh as a secret agent: 2 wds. |
| ZOEBALL | Host of 2018 BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (3,4) |
| STEVESMITH | Former Australian cricket captain, sacked following a ball-tampering episode in a 2018 Test match in South Africa |
| KENNETH | _ Branagh, actor who reprised his role as Hercule Poirot in 2023's A Haunting in Venice (7) |
