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
- Ty BurrellRare60points
- Walton GogginsRare60points
- Wesley SnipesRare60points
- Will PoulterRare60points
- Willem DafoeRare60points
- William HurtRare60points
- Winston DukeRare60points
- Wyatt RussellRare60points
- Xochitl GomezRare60points
- Zachary LeviRare60points
- Andrew GarfieldSchooler30points
- Anthony MackieSchooler30points
- Benedict CumberbatchSchooler30points
- Bradley CooperSchooler30points
- Brie LarsonSchooler30points
- Chadwick BosemanSchooler30points
- Chris PrattSchooler30points
- Dave BautistaSchooler30points
- Don CheadleSchooler30points
- Elizabeth OlsenSchooler30points
- Gwyneth PaltrowSchooler30points
- Hugh JackmanSchooler30points
- Jeremy RennerSchooler30points
- Josh BrolinSchooler30points
- Karen GillanSchooler30points
- Mark RuffaloSchooler30points
- Natalie PortmanSchooler30points
- Paul RuddSchooler30points
- Pedro PascalSchooler30points
- Ryan ReynoldsSchooler30points
- Samuel L. JacksonSchooler30points
- Sebastian StanSchooler30points
- Simu LiuSchooler30points
- Stan LeeSchooler30points
- Tobey MaguireSchooler30points
- Tom HiddlestonSchooler30points
- Vanessa KirbySchooler30points
- Vin DieselSchooler30points
- ZendayaSchooler30points
- Zoe SaldañaSchooler30points
- Chris EvansPlankton10points
- Chris HemsworthPlankton10points
- Robert Downey Jr.Plankton10points
- Scarlett JohanssonPlankton10points
- Tom HollandPlankton10points
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.