Recorded answers
2,245 recorded answers
How to approach it
The reliable route is to work film by film rather than trying to recall faces at random. Pick the franchise's largest casts first, list every credited performer you can, then move to the next title and repeat; a spreadsheet or a notes file keeps the duplicates down. Once the obvious leads dry up, change the angle: think about specialized performers, actors buried under make-up, voice-only parts, and people who appear in a single scene. Cross-check anything you are unsure of against a detailed credits database, because uncredited background work is the usual trap. Working in short timed bursts and switching categories when you stall tends to beat one long stare at a blank page.
Get a hint
Begin with the entries that carry the largest casts, where credit lists run into the hundreds and even named characters exist only for a scene or two.
A little more
Then widen to the smaller and stranger titles: sequels with swollen rosters, team-up entries, and stories that spend time in flashbacks or alternate timelines.
One step further
Finish by mining the edges of the credits: specialists who also appear on camera, performers playing several parts under prosthetics, and famous faces saved for the moments after the final scene.
Reveal answers 2,245
- Zach BarackDeep Cut85points
- Zach CherryDeep Cut85points
- Zach ParkinDeep Cut85points
- Zack DuhameDeep Cut85points
- Zaiden JamesDeep Cut85points
- Zain Al RafeeaDeep Cut85points
- Zainab JahDeep Cut85points
- Zali Mae HarrisonDeep Cut85points
- Zamani WilderDeep Cut85points
- Zani MogodiDeep Cut85points
- Zany DunlapDeep Cut85points
- Zara LiuDeep Cut85points
- Zara PhythianDeep Cut85points
- Zawe AshtonDeep Cut85points
- Zenobia ShroffDeep Cut85points
- Zenzi WilliamsDeep Cut85points
- Zhane SamuelsDeep Cut85points
- Zia KellyDeep Cut85points
- Zoha RahmanDeep Cut85points
- Zola WilliamsDeep Cut85points
- Zoltan NagyDeep Cut85points
- Zorianna KitDeep Cut85points
- Aaron Taylor-JohnsonRare60points
- Alfred MolinaRare60points
- Andy SerkisRare60points
- Angela BassettRare60points
- Angelina JolieRare60points
- Annette BeningRare60points
- Anthony HopkinsRare60points
- AwkwafinaRare60points
- Barry KeoghanRare60points
- Ben KingsleyRare60points
- Ben MendelsohnRare60points
- Benedict WongRare60points
- Benicio del ToroRare60points
- Bill MurrayRare60points
- Blake LivelyRare60points
- Bobby CannavaleRare60points
- Brian Tyree HenryRare60points
- Cate BlanchettRare60points
- Channing TatumRare60points
- Charlie CoxRare60points
- Charlize TheronRare60points
- Chiwetel EjioforRare60points
- Christian BaleRare60points
- Christopher EcclestonRare60points
- Chuk IwujiRare60points
- Clark GreggRare60points
- Cobie SmuldersRare60points
- Corey StollRare60points
Why these answers count
The scoring here is unusually flat, and that is the interesting part. Of the 2,245 recorded names, 2,210 cleared the top band, and all but one of those sat at 85 points, a range stretching from household faces to stunt players most viewers would never recognise. The single exception, Miley Cyrus, took 100 because her appearance reads as a surprise rather than a career landmark, so comparatively few players thought of her. A separate band of 188 names landed at 60, usually the mark of a pick that thousands of players converge on at once. The practical lesson is that a specific, verifiable deep cut earns as much as a marquee lead and occasionally more: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje or Alan Dale pays exactly what a franchise headliner pays. Breadth, not caution, is what moves a score here, so keep writing names until the clock runs out.