Roseanne guest stars
65 actors have guest-starred in Roseanne across 231 episodes and 10 seasons. The most-credited is Sandra Bernhard, Nancy in 34 episodes. 37 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Bernhard | Nancy | 34 |
| James Pickens, Jr. | Chuck Mitchell | 21 |
| Danielle Harris | Molly Tilden | 7 |
| Estelle Parsons | Beverly Harris | 4 |
| Adilah Barnes | Anne-Marie Mitchell | 3 |
| Martin Mull | Leon Carp | 3 |
| Danny Masterson | Jimmy | 2 |
| Tim Curry | Roger | 2 |
| Zoe Perry | Little Jackie, Young Jackie | 2 |
| Alain Washnevsky | Samir | 1 |
| Alley Mills | Herself/Norma Arnold | 1 |
| Alyson Hannigan | Jan | 1 |
| Andy Milder | Al | 1 |
| Anne Bedian | Fatima | 1 |
| Barbara Billingsley | Herself/June Cleaver | 1 |
| Bob Denver | Jackie | 1 |
| Bonnie Bramlett | Bonnie Watkins | 1 |
| Callan Farris | Kazim | 1 |
| Chris Farley | Man in Clothing Store | 1 |
| Christopher Lloyd | Lou | 1 |
| Cole Roberts | Jerry Garcia Conner | 1 |
| Dann Florek | Principal Hiller | 1 |
| Danton Stone | Jerry Bowman | 1 |
| Dave Mallow | Radio Announcer | 1 |
| David Strickland | First Cop | 1 |
Roseanne guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | Estelle Parsons, John Randolph |
| Season 2 | 3 | Debra Mooney, Elizabeth Franz, Lori Tan Chinn |
| Season 3 | 5 | James Pickens, Jr., Adilah Barnes, Alyson Hannigan, Dann Florek, Judith Jordan |
| Season 4 | 7 | James Pickens, Jr., Sandra Bernhard, Bonnie Bramlett, Danton Stone, Martin Mull, Meagen Fay, Wayne Newton |
| Season 5 | 6 | Sandra Bernhard, Danielle Harris, James Pickens, Jr., Tim Curry, Chris Farley, Zoe Perry |
| Season 6 | 2 | Sandra Bernhard, James Pickens, Jr. |
| Season 7 | 21 | Danny Masterson, James Pickens, Jr., Martin Mull, Alley Mills, Barbara Billingsley, Bob Denver, Dave Mallow, Dawn Wells, Estelle Parsons, Isabel Sanford, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, June Lockhart and 9 more |
| Season 8 | 5 | Sandra Bernhard, James Pickens, Jr., David Strickland, Jenna Elfman, Tera Hendrickson |
| Season 9 | 13 | Sandra Bernhard, Adilah Barnes, Cole Roberts, Heather Matarazzo, James Pickens, Jr., Joanna Lumley, John McConnell, Jon Polito, Kathleen Sullivan, Robin Leach, Steve Saucedo, Toby Hill and 1 more |
| Season 10 | 20 | Estelle Parsons, James Pickens, Jr., Adilah Barnes, Alain Washnevsky, Andy Milder, Anne Bedian, Callan Farris, Christopher Lloyd, Doug Stanhope, Drue Delio, Ethan Cohn, French Stewart and 8 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 Roseanne | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Meagen Fay | Kathy Bowman | 24 |
| Debra Mooney | Mrs. Wellman | 23 |
| Jon Polito | Mr. Russo | 22 |
| Andy Milder | Al | 20 |
| Tim Bagley | Jonathan | 19 |
| Martin Mull | Leon Carp | 17 |
| Michael O'Keefe | Fred | 17 |
| James Pickens, Jr. | Chuck Mitchell | 15 |
| French Stewart | Dean | 15 |
| Pat Crowley | Herself/Joan Nash | 15 |
| Christopher Lloyd | Lou | 13 |
| June Lockhart | Herself/Ruth Martin | 13 |
| Sandra Bernhard | Nancy | 12 |
| John Randolph | Al Harris | 10 |
| Judy Prescott | Miss Crane | 8 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Zoe Perry | Little Jackie, Young Jackie | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Cold Case — 9 shared actors
- Grey's Anatomy — 9 shared actors
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 8 shared actors
- Seinfeld — 8 shared actors
- L.A. Law — 7 shared actors
- Bones — 6 shared actors
- Gilmore Girls — 6 shared actors
- NCIS — 6 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.