Law & Order guest stars

1,713 actors have guest-starred in Law & Order across 545 episodes and 26 seasons. The most-credited is Steve Zirnkilton, Opening Narration, NYPD technician in 544 episodes. 435 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.

Who came back most

Law & Order guest actors by episode count
ActorCharacterEps
Steve ZirnkiltonOpening Narration, NYPD technician544
Connie ShiDetective Violet Yee49
Leslie HendrixDr. Elizabeth Rodgers28
John FioreDetective Tony Profaci18
Robert HoganTrial Judge Hugo Bright, Agent Carlin, Capt. Walder9
Shayvawn WebsterDani Vertiz9
Angel DesaiJudge Roberta Hines, Erica7
Lorraine ToussaintDefense Attorney Shambala Green7
Mariska HargitayCaptain Olivia Benson7
Antonio Edwards SuarezJudge Luis Hernandez, Judge Carter Nevins6
Tia DeShazorUni6
Daniel DanielsonMLI Detective5
Diane CieslaJudge Evelyn Boyd5
J.K. SimmonsDr. Emil Skoda5
Jaylene Clark OwensClerk5
Milica GovichJudge Leanne Dreben5
Željko IvanekCharles Banks, Attorney Charles Banks, Phillip Swann5
Aixa MastrangeloCourt Clerk4
Clark MiddletonEllis4
Daryl EdwardsJudge Paul Gifford4
Denis O'HareFather Richard Hogan, Harold Morrissey, James Smith4
Greg WagnerJudge Marvin Nichols4
Joseph SiravoJoey Palmieri, Lou Shore, Man4
Larissa GrittiMLI4
Laura PatinkinM.E. Alicia Stark4

Law & Order guest stars by season

Guest actors per season of Law & Order
SeasonGuestsWho
Season 126Steve Zirnkilton, Lorraine Toussaint, Steven Keats, Anthony Means , Audrey Matson, Clark Gregg, David Chandler, Debra Stricklin , Dick Latessa, Leo O'Brien , Marc Plastrik, Marcia Jean Kurtz and 14 more
Season 214Steve Zirnkilton, Leslie Hendrix, Biff McGuire, Byron Jennings, Eli Wallach, James Noble, Joseph Siravo, Kaiulani Lee, Kim Chan, Lisa Emery, Perren Page, Phyllis Somerville and 2 more
Season 36Steve Zirnkilton, Leslie Hendrix, Lorraine Toussaint, Gary Basaraba, John Fiore, Steven Keats
Season 437Steve Zirnkilton, John Fiore, Leslie Hendrix, Angie Phillips, Avi Hoffman, Barbara Eda-Young, Bill Marcus, Denis O'Hare, Faith Prince, Gabriel Olds, Giulia Pagano, Guy Davis and 25 more
Season 57Steve Zirnkilton, Leslie Hendrix, John Fiore, Edward Herrmann, Samuel E. Wright, Sarah Paulson, Theresa Saldana
Season 622Steve Zirnkilton, John Fiore, Leslie Hendrix, Abe Vigoda, Andre Braugher, Anne Twomey, Barbara Garrick, Chris Cooper, Denis O'Hare, Ellen Greene, Gareth Williams, Jackey Vinson and 10 more
Season 716Steve Zirnkilton, John Fiore, Anne Twomey, Caitlin Clarke, Chris McKinney, Clark Middleton, David McCallum, Joseph Siravo, Keith Szarabajka, Leslie Hendrix, Michelle Hurd, Patti Karr and 4 more
Season 811Steve Zirnkilton, Clark Middleton, Denis O'Hare, Emmy Rossum, Jon Seda, Joseph Siravo, Marge Redmond, Pamela Perrine, Richard Belzer, Robert Vaughn, Yaphet Kotto
Season 916Steve Zirnkilton, Alan North, Bernie McInerney, Brian Geraghty, Caitlin Clarke, Christopher McHale, Clark Middleton, J.K. Simmons, Leslie Hendrix, Michael Michele, Nick Sandow, Richard Belzer and 4 more
Season 1029Steve Zirnkilton, J.K. Simmons, Alysia Reiner, Andrea Gabriel, Anne Twomey, Becky London, Caitlin Clarke, Christopher Meloni, Clark Middleton, David Wenzel, Ed Lauter, Jane Alexander and 17 more
Season 115Steve Zirnkilton, J.K. Simmons, Joseph Siravo, Megan Follows, Michaela Conlin
Season 1215Steve Zirnkilton, Andrea Navedo, Erin Cardillo, Fay Wolf, Gary Busey, Jill Wisoff, Kathleen Patane, Kerry Washington, Kevin Alexander, Marie Masters, Melissa Leo, Mike Rock and 3 more
Season 1363Steve Zirnkilton, Leslie Hendrix, John Cariani, Adam Stein, Albert Jones, Alexis Dziena, Andrea Navedo, Angel Desai, Barbara Rhoades, Chris Sarandon, Curtis McClarin, Daniel Oreskes and 51 more
Season 147Steve Zirnkilton, Chadwick Boseman, Leslie Hendrix, Lorraine Toussaint, Nick Chinlund, Robert Hogan, William Bogert
Season 1511Steve Zirnkilton, Robert Hogan, Chris Sarandon, Gary Basaraba, Joe Morton, Kevin Dunn, Leslie Hendrix, Marlyne Barrett, Patti Karr, Roma Maffia, Željko Ivanek
Season 1623Steve Zirnkilton, Leslie Hendrix, Barney Fitzpatrick, Eugene Jones III, Garret Dillahunt, Ice-T, Jason Antoon, Jennifer Van Dyck, Louis Martinez, Mariska Hargitay, Marlene Renee Lawston, Maureen Silliman and 11 more
Season 175Steve Zirnkilton, Allison Mackie, Jeremy Allen White, Leslie Hendrix, Marlyne Barrett
Season 184Steve Zirnkilton, Jeremy Allen White, Leslie Hendrix, Marlyne Barrett
Season 193Steve Zirnkilton, Leslie Hendrix, Timothée Chalamet
Season 208Steve Zirnkilton, Debra Winger, James Nuciforo, Jess Varley, Jess Weixler, Leslie Hendrix, Lily Rabe, Valerie Joy Wilson
Season 21207Steve Zirnkilton, Shayvawn Webster, Michael Beach, Neal Benari, Abdul Alvi, Aixa Mastrangelo, Alexis Torres Machado, Alicia Coppola, Alison Chace, André Jordan, Andrea Prestinario, Andrew Slane and 195 more
Season 22400Steve Zirnkilton, Connie Shi, Alayna Hester, Antonio Edwards Suarez, Daniel Danielson, Tia DeShazor, Aizzah Fatima, Ana Ribeiro, Angel Desai, Caitlin Riley, David Moreland, Diane Ciesla and 388 more
Season 23257Steve Zirnkilton, Connie Shi, Bruce Altman, Chrystal Bethell, Abby Goldfarb, Adam Cantor, Adel Telesia, Aidan Kahn, Aisha Lomax, Aixa Mastrangelo, Akshara Gunda, Alex Curtis and 245 more
Season 24403Steve Zirnkilton, Connie Shi, Antonio Edwards Suarez, Barry Kolman, Mariska Hargitay, Aaron F. Murphy, Abigail Spencer, Adam Harrington, Adam Thompson, Agustin Rodriguez, Aixa Mastrangelo, Al Vicente and 391 more
Season 25362Steve Zirnkilton, Connie Shi, Christina Palacios, Daryl Edwards, Lucy Grimm, Michael David Turner, Thomas Philip O'Neill, Toby Leonard Moore, Victoria Cartagena, Aaron Michael Houser, Abby Mohaddes, Abigail Dolan and 350 more
Season 260—

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.

Law & Order guest stars who appear in other shows
ActorIn Law & OrderOther shows
Raphael SbargeBrian Lee54
Romy RosemontRachel Hunt36
Benito MartinezJudge William Moscatello34
Fredric LehneCaptain Greg Stockwell34
Currie GrahamKyle Swanson32
Jessica TuckClara Newhall30
Andrew RothenbergDavid Costa29
Paul SchulzeKeith Palmer28
Alicia CoppolaAttorney Audrey Keller27
Eric LangeChris Damaso27
Michael HyattVanessa Carter27
Eric LadinKevin Goodall26
Gareth WilliamsTed Quinlan26
Jane LynchCordelia Travers26
Sam McMurrayJudge Steve Nelson26

Played more than one character

Law & Order actors credited under several characters
ActorCharactersEps
Robert HoganTrial Judge Hugo Bright, Agent Carlin, Capt. Walder9
Željko IvanekCharles Banks, Attorney Charles Banks, Phillip Swann5
Denis O'HareFather Richard Hogan, Harold Morrissey, James Smith4
Joseph SiravoJoey Palmieri, Lou Shore, Man4
William BogertAlvin Hartmann, Jules Simon, Prof. Arlen Howard4
Anne TwomeyKate Bergreen-Spiegel, Mrs. Harlan, Pepper Garrison3
Caitlin ClarkeLinda Walsh, Miss Walsh, Robert Dorning's Attorney3
Samuel E. WrightDubois, Jerome Osborn, Morris Stokely3
Steve ZirnkiltonOpening Narration, NYPD technician544
Angel DesaiJudge Roberta Hines, Erica7

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