24 guest stars
944 actors have guest-starred in 24 across 204 episodes and 9 seasons. The most-credited is Jude Ciccolella, Mike Novick in 58 episodes. 611 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Jude Ciccolella | Mike Novick | 58 |
| Glenn Morshower | Agent Aaron Pierce | 49 |
| Frank John Hughes | Tim Woods | 23 |
| Zachary Quinto | Adam Kaufman | 23 |
| Paul Schulze | Ryan Chappelle | 22 |
| Nazneen Contractor | Kayla Hassan | 21 |
| Daniel Bess | Rick Allen | 18 |
| Geoff Pierson | John Keeler | 18 |
| Michelle Forbes | Lynne Kresge | 18 |
| Necar Zadegan | Dalia Hassan | 18 |
| Arnold Vosloo | Habib Marwan | 17 |
| Sprague Grayden | Olivia Taylor | 16 |
| Željko Ivanek | Andre Drazen | 15 |
| Adoni Maropis | Abu Fayed | 14 |
| Jesse Borrego | Gael Ortega | 14 |
| Laura Harris | Marie Warner | 14 |
| Powers Boothe | Noah Daniels | 14 |
| Tzi Ma | Cheng Zhi | 14 |
| Marci Michelle | Marci Reynolds, FBI Agent Lamont | 13 |
| Nick Jameson | President Yuri Suvarov | 13 |
| Vicellous Reon Shannon | Keith Palmer | 13 |
| Joaquim de Almeida | Ramon Salazar | 12 |
| John Terry | Bob Warner | 12 |
| Jonathan Ahdout | Behrooz Araz | 12 |
| Michael Massee | Ira Gaines | 12 |
24 guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 120 | Daniel Bess, Željko Ivanek, Michael Massee, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Jude Ciccolella, Richard Burgi, Karina Arroyave, Glenn Morshower, Tanya Wright, Zach Grenier, Misha Collins, Jacqui Maxwell and 108 more |
| Season 2 | 151 | Jude Ciccolella, Michelle Forbes, Laura Harris, John Terry, Lourdes Benedicto, Phillip Rhys, Daniel Dae Kim, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Alan Dale, Billy Burke, Innis Casey, Donnie Keshawarz and 139 more |
| Season 3 | 144 | Zachary Quinto, Jesse Borrego, Paul Schulze, Joaquim de Almeida, Vincent Laresca, Vanessa Ferlito, Paul Blackthorne, Glenn Morshower, Greg Ellis, Wendy Crewson, Gina Torres, Christina Chang and 132 more |
| Season 4 | 122 | Arnold Vosloo, Geoff Pierson, Jonathan Ahdout, Shohreh Aghdashloo, James Frain, Nestor Serrano, Cameron Bancroft, Jude Ciccolella, Aisha Tyler, Logan Marshall-Green, Anil Kumar, John Allen Nelson and 110 more |
| Season 5 | 76 | Jude Ciccolella, Glenn Morshower, Julian Sands, Peter Weller, Sandrine Holt, Sean Astin, Stephen Spinella, Brady Corbet, Connie Britton, Geraint Wyn Davies, John Allen Nelson, Jonah Lotan and 64 more |
| Season 6 | 76 | Adoni Maropis, Powers Boothe, Rena Sofer, Rick Schroder, Kari Matchett, Evan Ellingson, Tzi Ma, Chad Lowe, James Cromwell, Rade Serbedzija, Harry Lennix, Jim Holmes and 64 more |
| Season 7 | 105 | Sprague Grayden, Frank John Hughes, Glenn Morshower, Jon Voight, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Rory Cochrane, Amy Price-Francis, Isaach De Bankolé, Kurtwood Smith, Ryan Cutrona, Carly Pope, Christina Chang and 93 more |
| Season 8 | 135 | Nazneen Contractor, Necar Zadegan, Mido Hamada, T.J. Ramini, Clayne Crawford, Akbar Kurtha, Frank John Hughes, Navid Negahban, Reed Diamond, Sarah Hollis, Graham McTavish, Jürgen Prochnow and 123 more |
| Season 9 | 87 | Branko Tomovic, Ross McCall, Michelle Fairley, Stephen Fry, Colin Salmon, Emily Berrington, Liam Garrigan, Mandeep Dhillon, Adam Sinclair, Charles Furness, James Allenby-Kirk, Miranda Raison and 75 more |
Guest stars you know from somewhere else
The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.
| Actor | In 24 | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Raphael Sbarge | Ray Wallace | 54 |
| Michael Reilly Burke | Bruce Carson | 44 |
| Al Sapienza | Paul Koplin | 41 |
| John Rubinstein | Secretary of State | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Ben Kram | 40 |
| John Billingsley | Michael Latham | 38 |
| Patrick Fabian | William Cole | 38 |
| Glenn Morshower | Agent Aaron Pierce | 37 |
| Don McManus | Bob | 37 |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Brady Hauser | 37 |
| Andy Umberger | Dr. Linzer | 36 |
| José Zúñiga | Joseph Molina | 36 |
| Robert Pine | Secretary of Agriculture | 36 |
| Jamie McShane | Gerry Whitehorn | 35 |
| Tim Guinee | Ken Dellao | 35 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Thompson | Moderator, Reporter, Anchorman | 5 |
| Marci Michelle | Marci Reynolds, FBI Agent Lamont | 13 |
| Rudolf Martin | Jonathan, Martin Belkin | 5 |
| Omid Abtahi | Jibraan Al-Zarian, Safa | 4 |
| Tony Todd | General Benjamin Juma, Detective Norris | 4 |
| Anthony Azizi | Mamud Rasheed Faheen, Rafique | 3 |
| Endre Hules | Serge, Russian Head of Security | 3 |
| Heather Salmon | Nurse Beborah, Linda | 3 |
| Kevin Chapman | Warden Mitchell, Coast Guard Officer | 3 |
| Nicholas Guilak | Yosik Khatami, Farhad Salim | 3 |
Shares a cast with
- 24 and NCIS — 291 shared actors
- 24 and ER — 251 shared actors
- 24 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 245 shared actors
- 24 and CSI: Miami — 222 shared actors
- 24 and Criminal Minds — 221 shared actors
- 24 and Cold Case — 172 shared actors
- 24 and NCIS: Los Angeles — 170 shared actors
- 24 and The Mentalist — 168 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.