Boston Legal guest stars
910 actors have guest-starred in Boston Legal across 101 episodes and 5 seasons. The most-credited is Henry Gibson, Judge Clark Brown in 24 episodes. 682 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Gibson | Judge Clark Brown | 24 |
| Meredith Eaton | Bethany Horowitz | 18 |
| Betty White | Catherine Piper | 16 |
| Marisa Coughlan | Melissa Hughes | 12 |
| Jill Brennan | Gracie Jane | 11 |
| Shelley Berman | Judge Robert Sanders | 11 |
| Michael Ensign | Judge Paul Resnick | 10 |
| Currie Graham | Assistant D.A. Frank Ginsberg | 9 |
| Roma Maffia | Judge Victoria Peyton | 9 |
| Takayo Fischer | Court Clerk | 9 |
| Anthony Heald | Judge Harvey Cooper | 8 |
| David Dean Bottrell | Lincoln Meyer | 8 |
| Ron Canada | Judge Willard Reese | 8 |
| Armin Shimerman | Judge Brian Hooper | 7 |
| Gail O'Grady | Judge Gloria Weldon | 7 |
| Leyna Nguyen | Reporter | 7 |
| Mark L. Taylor | Adam Jovanka | 7 |
| Christopher Rich | Melvin Palmer | 6 |
| Chuck McCann | Judge Byron Fudd | 6 |
| Glen Walker | TV Anchorman | 6 |
| John Thaddeus | Detective John Stephenson | 6 |
| Kurt Scholler | Bailiff | 6 |
| Laura Henry | Clerk | 6 |
| Leslie Jordan | Bernard Ferrion | 6 |
| Lou Beatty, Jr. | Judge Gordon Kolodny | 6 |
Boston Legal guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 226 | Betty White, Kerry Washington, Henry Gibson, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Leslie Jordan, Michael Ensign, Rebecca Lin, Al Sharpton, Anthony S. Johnson, David Starzyk, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Payne and 214 more |
| Season 2 | 290 | Marisa Coughlan, Betty White, Joanna Cassidy, Michael J. Fox, Ana Ortiz, Jayne Brook, S. Zylan Brooks, Adam Arkin, Anthony Heald, April Rios, Ashley Rios, Currie Graham and 278 more |
| Season 3 | 229 | Meredith Eaton, David Dean Bottrell, Armin Shimerman, Jill Brennan, Shelley Berman, Ashton Holmes, Curtis Armstrong, Delta Burke, Katey Sagal, Tyler Labine, Anthony Heald, Currie Graham and 217 more |
| Season 4 | 208 | Henry Gibson, Mary Gross, Chuck McCann, Craig "muMs" Grant, Gail O'Grady, Jill Brennan, Mark L. Taylor, Pamela Adlon, Rachelle Lefevre, Roma Maffia, Ted Garcia, Alison La Placa and 196 more |
| Season 5 | 135 | Roma Maffia, Henry Gibson, Christopher Rich, Ally Walker, Betty White, Chuck McCann, Ewan Chung, James Rebhorn, Jim Jansen, Jim Lau, Joey Yu, Ming Lo and 123 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 Boston Legal | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Virtue | Father Tulley | 48 |
| George Wyner | Al Bostick | 41 |
| John Kapelos | Detective Wayne Farley | 40 |
| Patrick Fabian | Stanley Gould | 38 |
| Phil Abrams | Lou Schneider | 38 |
| Sam Anderson | Walter Fife | 38 |
| Don McManus | Assistant D.A. John Lennox | 37 |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Neil Cox | 37 |
| Andy Umberger | Attorney Morrison | 36 |
| Dakin Matthews | Judge Harvey Fletcher | 36 |
| Michael Dempsey | Dominick Ryan | 36 |
| Romy Rosemont | Stephanie Beller | 36 |
| Michael Patrick McGill | Officer Brian Whistler | 34 |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Judge Mike Matsumura | 34 |
| John Prosky | Walter Devlin | 34 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Shearer | Justice Antonin Scalia, Night Court Judge | 3 |
| Jenjer Vick Robin | Annie, Helen | 3 |
| Jim Lau | Chinese Businessman #4, Toque | 3 |
| Ming Lo | Hyung Lee, Dr. Lee Chang | 3 |
| Aaron Lustig | Dr. Herbert Waylon, Wolfgang Blitzkrieg | 2 |
| Blair Bess | Detective, Hostage Negotiator | 2 |
| Brad Wilson | Clerk #1, Maitre D' | 2 |
| Craig Barnett | Man in Bar, Medical Examiner Simmons | 2 |
| J.J. Boone | Jacqueline Ross, Nurse | 2 |
| Joe Conti | Assistant D.A. Paul Smithie, Bailiff | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Boston Legal and ER — 299 shared actors
- Boston Legal and NCIS — 260 shared actors
- Boston Legal and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 233 shared actors
- Boston Legal and Criminal Minds — 224 shared actors
- Boston Legal and Grey's Anatomy — 222 shared actors
- Boston Legal and Cold Case — 196 shared actors
- Boston Legal and The Practice — 193 shared actors
- Boston Legal and Bones — 174 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.