Mad Men guest stars

606 actors have guest-starred in Mad Men across 92 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is Jay R. Ferguson, Stan Rizzo in 34 episodes. 394 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.

Who came back most

Mad Men guest actors by episode count
Actor	Character	Eps
Jay R. Ferguson	Stan Rizzo	34
Alison Brie	Trudy Campbell	33
Christopher Stanley	Henry Francis	29
Ben Feldman	Michael Ginsberg	22
Kevin Rahm	Ted Chaough	22
Mark Moses	Herman "Duck" Phillips	20
Teyonah Parris	Dawn Chambers	20
Alexa Alemanni	Allison	19
Jared S. Gilmore	Bobby Draper	19
Anne Dudek	Francine Hanson	16
Beth Hall	Caroline	15
Joel Murray	Fred Rumsen	15
Peyton List	Jane Siegel	15
Deborah Lacey	Carla	14
Harry Hamlin	Jim Cutler	14
Julie McNiven	Hildy	13
Mason Vale Cotton	Bobby Draper	13
Stephanie Drake	Meredith	13
Aaron Hart	Robert Draper	12
James Wolk	Bob Benson	12
Talia Balsam	Mona Sterling	12
Charlie Hofheimer	Abe Drexler	11
Alexandra Ella	Clara	10
Cara Buono	Faye Miller	10
Elizabeth Rice	Margaret Sterling	10

Mad Men guest stars by season

Guest actors per season of Mad Men
Season	Guests	Who
Season 1	98	Anne Dudek, Alison Brie, Andy Umberger, Julie McNiven, Rosemarie DeWitt, Darby Stanchfield, Maxwell Huckabee, Talia Balsam, Aaron Hart, Alexa Alemanni, Brynn Horrocks, Joel Murray and 86 more
Season 2	121	Mark Moses, Aaron Hart, Alison Brie, Joel Murray, Melinda McGraw, Peyton List, Audrey Wasilewski, Crista Flanagan, Deborah Lacey, Gabriel Mann, Julie McNiven, Missy Yager and 109 more
Season 3	113	Jared S. Gilmore, Alexa Alemanni, Christopher Stanley, Abigail Spencer, Chelcie Ross, Deborah Lacey, Alison Brie, Edin Gali, Patrick Cavanaugh, Ryan Cartwright, Anne Dudek, Anthony Burch and 101 more
Season 4	120	Cara Buono, Christopher Stanley, Matt Long, Jared S. Gilmore, Jay R. Ferguson, Randee Heller, Alison Brie, Beth Hall, Alexa Alemanni, Danny Strong, Kevin Rahm, Zosia Mamet and 108 more
Season 5	114	Jay R. Ferguson, Ben Feldman, Teyonah Parris, Christopher Stanley, Embeth Davidtz, Mason Vale Cotton, Alison Brie, Jeff Clarke, Beth Hall, Christine Estabrook, John Sloman, Meghan K. Bradley and 102 more
Season 6	137	Kevin Rahm, James Wolk, Jay R. Ferguson, Ben Feldman, Harry Hamlin, Linda Cardellini, Teyonah Parris, Brian Markinson, Christine Garver, Christopher Stanley, Charlie Hofheimer, Mason Vale Cotton and 125 more
Season 7	65	Allan Havey, Harry Hamlin, Jay R. Ferguson, Ben Feldman, Stephanie Drake, Trevor Einhorn, Bruce Greenwood, Jessy Schram, Kevin Rahm, Sola Bamis, Teyonah Parris, Christopher Stanley and 53 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.

Mad Men guest stars who appear in other shows
Actor	In Mad Men	Other shows
Patrick Fischler	Jimmy Barrett	40
Spencer Garrett	Andy Hayes	40
Andy Umberger	Dr. Arnold Wayne	36
Michael Dempsey	Marty Hasselbach	36
Ray Wise	Ed Baxter	33
Jim Jansen	Doctor Howlett	33
John Getz	Dr. Eric Stone	33
Michael Gaston	Burt Peterson	32
Lawrence Pressman	Henry Sloan	32
Mark Moses	Herman "Duck" Phillips	31
Audrey Wasilewski	Anita Olson Respola	30
Casey Sander	John Gibbons	29
Tim De Zarn	Jim Anderson	29
Rob Brownstein	Dr. Levy	28
Alan Blumenfeld	George Rothman	28

Played more than one character

Mad Men actors credited under several characters
Actor	Characters	Eps
Christopher Carroll	Monsignor Cavanaugh, Priest	2
Matt Riedy	Henry Lammott, Henry Wofford	2

Shares a cast with

Mad Men and NCIS — 163 shared actors
Mad Men and Criminal Minds — 144 shared actors
Mad Men and ER — 130 shared actors
Mad Men and Grey's Anatomy — 130 shared actors
Mad Men and Cold Case — 127 shared actors
Mad Men and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 120 shared actors
Mad Men and Castle — 109 shared actors
Mad Men and Bones — 108 shared actors

Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.