Elementary guest stars
1,492 actors have guest-starred in Elementary across 154 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is Jordan Gelber, Dr. Eugene Hawes, M.E. in 22 episodes. 836 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Gelber | Dr. Eugene Hawes, M.E. | 22 |
| Ophelia Lovibond | Kitty Winter | 15 |
| Robert Capron | Mason | 8 |
| Tim Guinee | Dean McNally | 8 |
| Rhys Ifans | Mycroft Holmes | 7 |
| Ato Essandoh | Alfredo Llamosa | 6 |
| Natalie Dormer | Jamie Moriarty | 6 |
| Chasten Harmon | Chantal Milner | 5 |
| Liza J. Bennett | Officer Hanna Gregson | 5 |
| Rob Bartlett | Captain Dwyer | 5 |
| Samantha Quan | Lin Wen | 5 |
| Susan Pourfar | Emily Hankins | 5 |
| Alia Attallah | Athena | 4 |
| Betty Gilpin | Fiona Helbron | 4 |
| Chris McKinney | Detective Guzman | 4 |
| Ken Marks | Moderator, Chairman, Meeting Leader | 4 |
| Kristine Johnson | TV Reporter | 4 |
| Raza Jaffrey | Andrew Mittal | 4 |
| Candis Cayne | Ms. Hudson | 3 |
| Freda Foh Shen | Mary Watson | 3 |
| Jeremy Burnett | Duane | 3 |
| Jim Norton | Sir James Walter | 3 |
| Jon Huertas | Halcon Zelaya | 3 |
| Kate Levy | Lawyer, Aura's Lawyer | 3 |
| Kevyn Morrow | N.D. Detective, Detective Bailey | 3 |
Elementary guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 269 | Ato Essandoh, Linda Emond, Natalie Dormer, Arnold Vosloo, Austin Lysy, Bill Heck, Christopher McCann, Dominic Fumusa, Erik Jensen, John Bedford Lloyd, Justine Cotsonas, Kevyn Morrow and 257 more |
| Season 2 | 231 | Rhys Ifans, Jordan Gelber, Sean Pertwee, Henri Lubatti, Jim Norton, Ken Marks, Natalie Dormer, Peter Gerety, Ralph Brown, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Tim Guinee, Vincenzo Amato and 219 more |
| Season 3 | 229 | Ophelia Lovibond, Raza Jaffrey, Jordan Gelber, Robert Capron, Brian George, Gina Gershon, Liza J. Bennett, Stuart Townsend, Aaron Serotsky, Adam Chanler-Berat, Adam Sietz, Afton Williamson and 217 more |
| Season 4 | 225 | Jordan Gelber, Betty Gilpin, Brendan Bradley, Robert Petkoff, Jeremy Bobb, John Procaccino, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Nadia Dajani, Samantha Quan, Tim Guinee, Tony Curran and 213 more |
| Season 5 | 254 | Chasten Harmon, Chris McKinney, Jeremy Burnett, Jordan Gelber, Robert Christopher Riley, Ruffin Prentiss, Blair Brown, Clark Jackson, Dorian Missick, Jeff Kready, Joanna Christie, Jon Huertas and 242 more |
| Season 6 | 215 | Jordan Gelber, Liza J. Bennett, Alia Attallah, Comfort Clinton, Parminder Nagra, Robert Capron, Samantha Quan, Tony Plana, Adam Dannheisser, Adam Petchel, Aditi Shah, Alex Hurt and 203 more |
| Season 7 | 137 | Rob Bartlett, Jordan Gelber, Rachael Holmes, Tim Guinee, Mac Brandt, Alex Cranmer, Ally Ioannides, Alyson Lange, An-Li Bogan, André Blake, Armando Acevedo, Autumn Guzzardi and 125 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 Elementary | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Raphael Sbarge | Richard Davenport | 54 |
| Al Sapienza | Sergeant Black | 41 |
| Kenneth Tigar | Philip Armistead | 41 |
| James Hong | Meng Zhou | 38 |
| Patrick Fabian | Lars Vestergaard | 38 |
| Dakin Matthews | James Connaughton | 36 |
| Tim Guinee | Dean McNally | 35 |
| Michael Gaston | Kurt Yoder | 32 |
| Mac Brandt | Patrick Meers | 31 |
| Lee Tergesen | Cray Fielder | 31 |
| Mark Moses | Oliver Purcell | 31 |
| Gonzalo Menendez | Felipe | 30 |
| Brian George | Santhosh Mittal | 29 |
| Andrew Rothenberg | Finn | 29 |
| Faran Tahir | FBI Agent Ramses Mattoo | 29 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Marks | Moderator, Chairman, Meeting Leader | 4 |
| Brendan Bradley | Evan Farrow, Otto Neuhaus, Tim Wagner | 1 |
| Kate Levy | Lawyer, Aura's Lawyer | 3 |
| Kevyn Morrow | N.D. Detective, Detective Bailey | 3 |
| Alicia Harding | Katherine, Meryl | 2 |
| Cherelle Cargill | Female Firefighter, Officer Sanders | 2 |
| Jason Babinsky | Ridley Dineen, Uniformed cop #1 | 2 |
| Jonathan Sale | ESU Officer #2, Team Leader | 2 |
| Justine Cotsonas | Jovana Bacera, Miss Angel | 2 |
| Luis Moreno | Angry Husband, Suited Detective | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Elementary and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 626 shared actors
- Elementary and Blue Bloods — 532 shared actors
- Elementary and The Blacklist — 498 shared actors
- Elementary and The Good Wife — 491 shared actors
- Elementary and Madam Secretary — 411 shared actors
- Elementary and Person of Interest — 362 shared actors
- Elementary and Bull — 238 shared actors
- Elementary and The Good Fight — 212 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.