How to Get Away with Murder guest stars
650 actors have guest-starred in How to Get Away with Murder across 90 episodes and 6 seasons. The most-credited is Tom Verica, Sam Keating in 23 episodes. 394 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Verica | Sam Keating | 23 |
| Behzad Dabu | Simon Drake | 20 |
| Benito Martinez | Todd Denver | 16 |
| Adrianna Jones | Baby Christopher | 14 |
| Jasmyne Jones | Baby Christopher | 14 |
| William R. Moses | Special Agent Lanford | 14 |
| Corbin Reid | Meggy Travers | 13 |
| John Hensley | Ronald Miller | 13 |
| Jimmy Smits | Dr. Isaac Roa | 12 |
| Kendrick Sampson | Caleb Hapstall | 12 |
| Lauren Vélez | Soraya Hargrove | 11 |
| Amy Okuda | Catherine Hapstall | 10 |
| Cicely Tyson | Ophelia Harkness | 10 |
| Esai Morales | Jorge Castillo | 10 |
| Milauna Jackson | A.D.A. Renée Atwood | 10 |
| Famke Janssen | Eve Rothlo | 9 |
| Gloria Garayua | Detective Brianna Davis | 8 |
| Glynn Turman | Nate Lahey Sr. | 8 |
| Laura Innes | Governor Lynne Birkhead | 8 |
| Sarah Burns | A.D.A. Emily Sinclair | 8 |
| Gerardo Celasco | Xavier Castillo | 7 |
| Melinda Page Hamilton | Special Agent Telesco | 7 |
| Dameon Clarke | Detective Mumford | 6 |
| Jefferson White | Philip Jessup | 6 |
| Joy Benedict | Local Newscaster | 6 |
How to Get Away with Murder guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 187 | Tom Verica, Megan West, Arjun Gupta, Lenny Platt, Alysia Reiner, April Parker Jones, Jack Mikesell, Joy Benedict, Lynn Whitfield, Marcia Gay Harden, Aaron Benjamin Miller, Elliot Knight and 175 more |
| Season 2 | 71 | Kendrick Sampson, Amy Okuda, Sarah Burns, Jefferson White, Famke Janssen, Adam Arkin, Benito Martinez, John Posey, Kelsey Scott, Tom Verica, Issac Ryan Brown, Julie Dretzin and 59 more |
| Season 3 | 143 | Corbin Reid, Behzad Dabu, Lauren Vélez, Milauna Jackson, Gloria Garayua, Dameon Clarke, Benito Martinez, Jacqueline Hahn, Matthew Risch, Mark L. Taylor, Brett Butler, Racheal Seymour and 131 more |
| Season 4 | 133 | Jimmy Smits, Behzad Dabu, Benito Martinez, Esai Morales, Kathryn Erbe, Lolita Davidovich, Glynn Turman, John Hensley, Britt Wilkinson, Celesta DeAstis, Cicely Tyson, D.W. Moffett and 121 more |
| Season 5 | 77 | Adrianna Jones, Jasmyne Jones, John Hensley, Melinda Page Hamilton, Glynn Turman, Laura Innes, Cynthia Stevenson, Tamberla Perry, Elizabeth Morton, LaFonda Baker, Lisa Dring, Paul Terrell Clayton and 65 more |
| Season 6 | 115 | William R. Moses, Kelen Coleman, Deborah Levin, Gerardo Celasco, Jennifer Jalene, Kathleen York, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Ray Campbell, Cas Anvar, Quei Tann, Tom Verica, Adrianna Jones and 103 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 How to Get Away with Murder | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Reilly Burke | Louis Lindgren | 44 |
| Spencer Garrett | Alexander Ballast | 40 |
| Christopher Darga | Victor | 38 |
| Sam Anderson | Thomas Fitzgerald | 38 |
| Andy Umberger | AUSA Henry Schuler | 36 |
| José Zúñiga | Jorge Castillo | 36 |
| Romy Rosemont | Vera Dewitt | 36 |
| Jamie McShane | U.S. Attorney Lennox | 35 |
| Benito Martinez | Todd Denver | 34 |
| Alex Fernandez | AG Harold Chavez | 34 |
| Steven Culp | Victor Lesher | 34 |
| Van Epperson | Dr. Silas Root | 34 |
| Colby French | ADA Barrett Nelson | 33 |
| John Getz | David Dolan | 33 |
| François Chau | Carl's Lawyer | 32 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen Haun | Ms. Chapin, Nervous Girl | 4 |
| Aaron Benjamin Miller | Nerdy Intellectual, Mr. Montgomery | 3 |
| Mallory Low | Eager Girl, Ms. Leibowitz | 3 |
| Rick Gifford | A.U.S.A. Bordal, Prosecutor | 3 |
| Caroline Redekopp | Field Reporter, News Anchor | 2 |
| J. Anthony Pena | Prison Guard, Sheriff's Deputy | 2 |
| Maurice Webster | Court Clerk, Tipstaff | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- How to Get Away with Murder and Criminal Minds — 190 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and NCIS — 187 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and Grey's Anatomy — 175 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and NCIS: Los Angeles — 130 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and ER — 129 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and Castle — 120 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and Bones — 98 shared actors
- How to Get Away with Murder and S.W.A.T. — 98 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.