Orange Is the New Black guest stars
734 actors have guest-starred in Orange Is the New Black across 91 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is Diane Guerrero, Maritza in 57 episodes. 187 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Diane Guerrero | Maritza | 57 |
| Vicky Jeudy | Janae Watson | 56 |
| Emma Myles | Leanne Taylor | 54 |
| Abigail Savage | Gina Murphy | 48 |
| Constance Shulman | Yoga Jones | 47 |
| Annie Golden | Norma Romano | 46 |
| Julie Lake | Angie Rice | 46 |
| Kimiko Glenn | Brook Soso | 45 |
| Joel Marsh Garland | Scott O'Neill | 42 |
| Lin Tucci | Anita DeMarco | 42 |
| Laverne Cox | Sophia Burset | 40 |
| Cathy Curtin | Wanda Bell | 37 |
| Beth Dover | Linda Ferguson | 36 |
| Daniella De Jesus | Zirconia | 34 |
| Mike Houston | CO Lee Dixon | 32 |
| Beth Fowler | Sister Ingalls | 31 |
| Emily Tarver | CO Artesian McCullough | 31 |
| James McMenamin | Charlie "Donuts" Coates | 27 |
| Brad William Henke | Desi Piscatella | 26 |
| Rosal Colón | Ouija | 26 |
| Lori Tan Chinn | Chang | 25 |
| Matt McGorry | John Bennett | 25 |
| Nick Dillenburg | CO Blake | 25 |
| Blair Brown | Judy King | 24 |
| Lori Petty | Lolly | 24 |
Orange Is the New Black guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 115 | Pablo Schreiber, Joel Marsh Garland, Matt McGorry, Cathy Curtin, Constance Shulman, Annie Golden, Emma Myles, Vicky Jeudy, Laverne Cox, Lolita Foster, Maria Dizzia, Abigail Savage and 103 more |
| Season 2 | 156 | Lorraine Toussaint, Cathy Curtin, Joel Marsh Garland, Kimiko Glenn, Matt McGorry, Vicky Jeudy, Diane Guerrero, Eric J. Carlson, Laverne Cox, Annie Golden, Beth Fowler, Emma Myles and 144 more |
| Season 3 | 167 | Abigail Savage, Diane Guerrero, Kimiko Glenn, Annie Golden, Emma Myles, Vicky Jeudy, Brendan Burke, Cathy Curtin, Constance Shulman, Joel Marsh Garland, Julie Lake, Beth Fowler and 155 more |
| Season 4 | 87 | Alan Aisenberg, Brad William Henke, Blair Brown, Diane Guerrero, Jolene Purdy, Julie Lake, Rosal Colón, James McMenamin, Kimiko Glenn, Emma Myles, Vicky Jeudy, Abigail Savage and 75 more |
| Season 5 | 52 | Daniella De Jesus, Miriam Morales, Rosal Colón, Vicky Jeudy, Beth Dover, Brad William Henke, Emma Myles, Julie Lake, Asia Kate Dillon, Diane Guerrero, Francesca Curran, Lin Tucci and 40 more |
| Season 6 | 182 | Greg Vrotsos, Shawna Hamic, Amanda Fuller, Besanya Santiago, Nicholas Webber, Sipiwe Moyo, Vicci Martinez, Hunter Emery, Branden Wellington, Christina Toth, Daniella De Jesus, Henny Russell and 170 more |
| Season 7 | 237 | Emily Tarver, Susan Heyward, Hunter Emery, Mike Houston, Sipiwe Moyo, Christina Toth, Greg Vrotsos, Nicholas Webber, Adam Lindo, Daniella De Jesus, Ismenia Mendes, Marie-Lou Nahhas and 225 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 Orange Is the New Black | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Deirdre Lovejoy | Chris Maser | 24 |
| Jimmy Palumbo | Jeremy the Plumber | 24 |
| David Aaron Baker | Tim | 22 |
| Michael Bryan French | Jack Pearson | 21 |
| Nicholas Gonzalez | Emiliano | 20 |
| Brad William Henke | Desi Piscatella | 19 |
| Bruce Altman | Les Nichols | 19 |
| Todd Susman | Howard Bloom | 18 |
| Amanda Fuller | Badison Murphy | 16 |
| Joseph Melendez | El León | 16 |
| Mike Houston | CO Lee Dixon | 15 |
| Bill Sage | Governor Hutchinson | 15 |
| Ramon Franco | Francisco | 15 |
| Richard Masur | Bill King | 14 |
| Gabriel "G-Rod" Rodriguez | Luis Hernandez | 14 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Evander Duck, Jr. | Bernard Whittles, Case Manager | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Orange Is the New Black and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 201 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and Blue Bloods — 189 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and The Blacklist — 143 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and FBI — 77 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and Bull — 76 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and Elementary — 69 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and FBI: Most Wanted — 68 shared actors
- Orange Is the New Black and New Amsterdam — 62 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.