Castle guest stars
1,917 actors have guest-starred in Castle across 173 episodes and 8 seasons. The most-credited is Maya Stojan, Tory Ellis in 26 episodes. 1,244 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Maya Stojan | Tory Ellis | 26 |
| Arye Gross | Dr. Sidney Perlmutter | 17 |
| Sunkrish Bala | Vikram Singh | 9 |
| Juliana Dever | Jenny Ryan | 8 |
| L.T. Tolliver | NYPD Uniform Officer, LT | 7 |
| Myko Olivier | Pi | 7 |
| Scott Paulin | Jim Beckett | 7 |
| Geoff Pierson | Mr. Smith | 6 |
| Jack Coleman | Senator William H. Bracken | 6 |
| Michael Dorn | Dr. Carter Burke | 6 |
| Michelle Alegria | Reporter / News Anchor | 5 |
| Jan M. Janssen | Officer Jenkins | 4 |
| Kristoffer Polaha | Caleb Brown | 4 |
| Michael Connelly | Michael Connelly | 4 |
| Michael Mosley | Jerry Tyson | 4 |
| Michael Trucco | Detective Tom Demming | 4 |
| Victor Webster | Josh Davidson | 4 |
| Annie Wersching | Dr. Kelly Nieman | 3 |
| Danny Nucci | Gilbert Mazzara, Lance | 3 |
| Jonathan Adams | Vulcan Simmons | 3 |
| Judith Scott | Evelyn Montgomery | 3 |
| Ken Baumann | Ashley | 3 |
| Lisa Edelstein | Rachel McCord | 3 |
| Matt Letscher | Henry Jenkins | 3 |
| Phil LaMarr | Dr. Holloway | 3 |
Castle guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 114 | Bailey Chase, Dan Castellaneta, Joseph C. Phillips, Aldis Hodge, Alex Carter, Alicia Ziegler, Amy Hathaway, Angela Oh, Anita Finlay, Asia De Marcos, Bill Smitrovich, Brian Avers and 102 more |
| Season 2 | 268 | Arye Gross, Michael Trucco, Dameon Clarke, Dana Delany, Danny Nucci, David Appelbaum, Diana-Maria Riva, John Brantley Cole, Jr., Leonard Roberts, Michael Connelly, Phil LaMarr, Stephen J. Cannell and 256 more |
| Season 3 | 252 | Ken Baumann, Victor Webster, Adrian Pasdar, Alon Aboutboul, Bahar Soomekh, Billy Mayo, Brian Goodman, Jason Beghe, Jeff Hephner, Judith Scott, Justice Gamble, Max Martini and 240 more |
| Season 4 | 247 | Michael Dorn, Geoff Pierson, Burnadean Jones, David Chisum, Jennifer Beals, Josh Stamberg, Juliana Dever, Lorin McCraley, Russell Edge, Valerie Azlynn, Aasha Davis, Adam Baldwin and 235 more |
| Season 5 | 269 | Arye Gross, Maya Stojan, Bernard White, Brandon Dunaway, Dylan Walsh, Jack Coleman, Katherine Kamhi, L.T. Tolliver, Scott Paulin, Aaron Hill, Aaron Norvell, Adam Rose and 257 more |
| Season 6 | 289 | Maya Stojan, Myko Olivier, Lisa Edelstein, Arye Gross, Jack Coleman, Jack Kennedy, Jennifer Jean Snyder, Jocko Sims, Jonathan Adams, Joshua Bitton, Peter James Smith, Yancey Arias and 277 more |
| Season 7 | 298 | Maya Stojan, Matt Letscher, Annie Wersching, Arye Gross, Jan M. Janssen, Laura Coover, Michael Mosley, Toni French, Adam Popp, Adam Wylie, Adargiza De Los Santos, Adoni Maropis and 286 more |
| Season 8 | 244 | Sunkrish Bala, Kristoffer Polaha, Michelle Alegria, Alla Korot, Ann Cusack, Arye Gross, Coby Ryan McLaughlin, Daisy Betts, Gerald McRaney, Jack Coleman, Jason Ambrose, L.T. Tolliver and 232 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 Castle | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Raphael Sbarge | Dr. Darrell Meeks | 54 |
| Tom Virtue | Judge Fitz | 48 |
| Robert Curtis Brown | Ian Busch | 45 |
| Michael Reilly Burke | Frank Nesbit | 44 |
| Al Sapienza | Mr. Jones | 41 |
| John Kapelos | Joe Pulgatti | 40 |
| Patrick Fischler | Leo | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Evan Pierce | 40 |
| John Billingsley | Dr. Harvey Larson | 38 |
| Patrick Fabian | Peter Monroe | 38 |
| Phil Abrams | Roger | 38 |
| Sam Anderson | Principal Duncan | 38 |
| Don McManus | Archie "The Savannah Hammer" Bronstein | 37 |
| Glenn Morshower | Defense Secretary Michael Reed | 37 |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Lee Travis | 37 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| L.T. Tolliver | NYPD Uniform Officer, LT | 7 |
| Danny Nucci | Gilbert Mazzara, Lance | 3 |
| Claudia Choi | CSU Photo Technician, Video Technician | 2 |
| David Appelbaum | Clerk, Morgue Assistant | 2 |
| Derek Graf | Bodyguard, Bouncer | 2 |
| Diane Mizota | Newscaster #2, TV Anchor | 2 |
| Jennifer Jean Snyder | Anchor, Reporter | 2 |
| John Brantley Cole, Jr. | NYPD Uniform, Officer Clayton Lee | 2 |
| Justice Gamble | Actor Esposito, Bartender | 2 |
| Laura Coover | Amy Barrett, Susan Watts | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Castle and NCIS — 684 shared actors
- Castle and Criminal Minds — 567 shared actors
- Castle and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 487 shared actors
- Castle and Grey's Anatomy — 409 shared actors
- Castle and NCIS: Los Angeles — 407 shared actors
- Castle and Bones — 402 shared actors
- Castle and CSI: Miami — 382 shared actors
- Castle and The Mentalist — 376 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.