Royal Pains guest stars
772 actors have guest-starred in Royal Pains across 104 episodes and 8 seasons. The most-credited is Henry Winkler, Eddie R. Lawson in 25 episodes. 323 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Winkler | Eddie R. Lawson | 25 |
| Rupak Ginn | Raj Bandyopadhyay | 22 |
| Dieter Riesle | Dieter | 21 |
| John Hans Tester | Udo | 18 |
| Kyle Howard | Dr. Paul Van Dyke | 16 |
| Paola Turbay | Dr. Marisa Casseras | 15 |
| Christine Ebersole | Ms. Newberg | 13 |
| Michael B. Silver | Ken Keller | 13 |
| Willa Fitzgerald | Emma Miller | 13 |
| Anna George | Rubina Katdare | 12 |
| Stephen Spinella | Russell Berger | 12 |
| Bob Gunton | General William Collins | 11 |
| Anastasia Griffith | Dr. Emily Peck | 9 |
| Ajay Mehta | Devesh Katdare | 8 |
| Laura Benanti | Shelby Shackelford | 8 |
| Lisa Banes | Ellen Collins | 8 |
| Martha Higareda | Viviana Torres | 8 |
| Khotan Fernández | Rafa | 7 |
| Mark Ivanir | Dmitry Vasilyev | 7 |
| Meredith Hagner | Libby | 7 |
| Tom Cavanagh | Jack O'Malley | 7 |
| Alexandra Socha | Molly O'Shea | 6 |
| Frances Conroy | Blythe Ballard | 6 |
| Jeremy Davidson | Ray Mazzarino | 6 |
| Kat Foster | Dr. Harper Kubelick | 6 |
Royal Pains guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 105 | Dieter Riesle, Bruno Campos, Ezra Miller, Meredith Hagner, Christine Ebersole, Ajay Mehta, Andrew McCarthy, Anna George, Jason Kravits, Rupak Ginn, Sharon Washington, Aaron Dean Eisenberg and 93 more |
| Season 2 | 128 | Henry Winkler, Anastasia Griffith, Dieter Riesle, Paola Turbay, Rupak Ginn, Christine Ebersole, Patrick Heusinger, Marcia Gay Harden, Alex Dreier, Alexandria Carbone, Ana de la Reguera, Anna George and 116 more |
| Season 3 | 128 | Kyle Howard, Tom Cavanagh, Dieter Riesle, Paola Turbay, Bob Gunton, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, David Fonteno, Lisa Banes, Rupak Ginn, Wilmer Valderrama, Christine Ebersole, Edward Asner and 116 more |
| Season 4 | 129 | John Hans Tester, Henry Winkler, Kat Foster, Khotan Fernández, Anna George, Ajay Mehta, Kyle Howard, Mark Ivanir, Michael B. Silver, Bob Gunton, Ina Barron, Lisa Banes and 117 more |
| Season 5 | 103 | Laura Benanti, Frances Conroy, John Hans Tester, Stephen Spinella, Alexandra Socha, Brad Beyer, Callum Blue, Mark Ivanir, Matt Malloy, Deema Aitken, Franklin Ojeda Smith, Julie Lauren and 91 more |
| Season 6 | 112 | Willa Fitzgerald, Martha Higareda, Jeremy Davidson, Patrick Breen, Gillian Alexy, Ryan McCartan, Sonia Braga, Stephen Spinella, Haley Murphy, Henry Winkler, Cristián de la Fuente, John Hans Tester and 100 more |
| Season 7 | 83 | Rupak Ginn, Clea Lewis, Wolé Parks, Antonio Edwards Suarez, Perry Yung, Adam Mucci, Dominique Fishback, Emily Tremaine, Jordan Dean, Lawrence Ballard, Tenzin Choeni, Vanessa Williams and 71 more |
| Season 8 | 73 | Rupak Ginn, Anthony Pierini, Henry Winkler, Sarah Mezzanotte, Zachary Hernandez, AJ Cedeño, Annie Potts, Christine Ebersole, Dan Lauria, Grayson Taylor, John Hans Tester, Jordana Spiro and 61 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 Royal Pains | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Michael B. Silver | Ken Keller | 37 |
| Michael Gaston | Ed Harper | 32 |
| Lee Tergesen | Zack Kingsley | 31 |
| Brian George | Pundit Ji | 29 |
| Dan Lauria | Mr. Sacani | 28 |
| Gary Cole | Simon Braddock | 28 |
| Tony Plana | Marcos | 28 |
| Patrick Breen | Therapist Bob | 27 |
| Kevin Kilner | Tom Seelig | 25 |
| Mark Ivanir | Dmitry Vasilyev | 24 |
| Matt Malloy | Dr. Oren | 23 |
| Adam J. Harrington | Citizen | 23 |
| Peter Jacobson | Alan Rider | 22 |
| Ajay Mehta | Devesh Katdare | 20 |
| Andy Milder | Dr. Tom Fancy | 20 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Matthew Sargent | Customer's Boyfriend, Ricky | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Royal Pains and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 251 shared actors
- Royal Pains and Blue Bloods — 177 shared actors
- Royal Pains and The Blacklist — 157 shared actors
- Royal Pains and Elementary — 123 shared actors
- Royal Pains and The Good Wife — 120 shared actors
- Royal Pains and Person of Interest — 92 shared actors
- Royal Pains and Madam Secretary — 80 shared actors
- Royal Pains and Bull — 74 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.