| WILLIAMHMACY | With 68-Across: "Fargo" actor who took over Hollywood? |
| DAVISON | Peter ___, actor who took over as the Doctor from Tom Baker (7) |
| AARON | ___ Anthony, actor who took over the role of Emmerdale's Ellis Chapman in 2019 (5) |
| UCLA | Answer to the joke "What happens when the smog clears over Hollywood?" |
| SUN | Star over Hollywood? |
| COLIN | Orange County and Fargo actor who is also the son of actor Tom Hanks |
| STEVEBUSCEMI | Fargo actor who played Mr. Pink in the 1992 crime film Reservoir Dogs: 2 wds. |
| GATWA | Ncuti ---, actor who took on the lead role in Doctor Who in 2023 |
| DANIELCRAIG | Actor who took on the role of James Bond in 2006 with Casino Royale (6, 5) |
| AREOLAR | Live over Hollywood location by radius of circular area |
| HOOPLA | Noise of a band over Hollywood (6) |
| REDCOAT | Old soldier or bad actor who took in an editor (7) |
| CHASE | Former Emmerdale actor who took part in Celebs on the Farm, Lorraine ----- (5) |
| BAKER | Northern Irish actor who took the lead role in medical drama Monroe (5, 7) |
| NESBITT | Northern Irish actor who took the lead role in medical drama Monroe (5, 7) |
| VENN | Surname of Charles, the Casualty actor who took part in Strictly in 2018 (4) |
| ONEAL | Shaquille ?, NBA player and actor who took the title role in films Steel and Kazaam |
| COSMO | Surname of James, the Game Of Thrones actor who took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2017 (5) |
| ADAM | First name of Mr Woodyatt, the EastEnders actor who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2021 (4) |
| PARISI | Surname of Cliff, the EastEnders actor who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2019 (6) |
