Taxi guest stars

305 actors have guest-starred in Taxi across 114 episodes and 5 seasons. The most-credited is J. Alan Thomas, Jeff Bennett in 30 episodes. 140 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.

Who came back most

Taxi guest actors by episode count
Actor	Character	Eps
J. Alan Thomas	Jeff Bennett	30
T.J. Castronova	Tommy Jeffries (Waiter/Bartender)	14
Rhea Perlman	Zena Sherman	5
Gene LeBell	The Referee	4
David Mendenhall	Jason Nardo	3
Jimmy Lennon Sr.	The Ring Announcer	3
Louise Lasser	Phyllis	3
Melanie Gaffin	Jennifer Nardo	3
Susan Kellermann	Greta Gravas	3
Vincent Schiavelli	Reverend Gorky	3
Andrea Marcovicci	Emily	2
Anne De Salvo	Vicki DeStefano	2
Carmine Caridi	Lou-Lou	2
Charles Thomas Murphy	Out of Towner / Customer #1, Restaurant Patron	2
Dick Miller	Ernie, Fergie	2
Ellen Regan	Suzanne Caruthers	2
Gary Quinn	The Bellman, The Toy Soldier	2
George Reynolds	Cab Driver	2
Jack Gilford	Joe Reiger	2
Jill Jaress	Airline Attendant, Sally	2
John Petlock	Chairman of the Board, Waiter	2
Julia DeVito	Gabriella De Palma	2
Marc Anthony Danza	Brian Sims	2
Michael Mann	Businessman #2, Peter Nicholson	2
Murphy Cross	Judy Griffith	2

Taxi guest stars by season

Guest actors per season of Taxi
Season	Guests	Who
Season 1	70	J. Alan Thomas, Ellen Regan, George Reynolds, Rusdi Lane, Aharon Ipalé, Allan Arbus, Amanda McBroom, Andra Akers, Angelo Gnazzo, Arlene Golonka, Bill Foster, Byron Webster and 58 more
Season 2	56	J. Alan Thomas, T.J. Castronova, Marc Anthony Danza, Rhea Perlman, Armando Muniz, Barbara Stuart, Beverly Ross, Camila Ashland, Carl Lumbly, Constance Forslund, Dee Wallace, Dick Butkus and 44 more
Season 3	61	J. Alan Thomas, T.J. Castronova, Carmine Caridi, Al Lewis, Al Ruscio, Alice Hirson, Andrew Bloch, Barbara Deutsch, Bill Wiley, Carlo Quinterio, Claire Malis, Clint Young and 49 more
Season 4	80	J. Alan Thomas, Gene LeBell, Susan Kellermann, T.J. Castronova, Alex Rodine, Allen Williams, Andrea Marcovicci, Andrew Winner, Audrey Berindey, Barbara Babcock, Barry Nelson, Bernadette Birkett and 68 more
Season 5	74	J. Alan Thomas, Anne De Salvo, David Mendenhall, Melanie Gaffin, Murphy Cross, Robert Moberly, T.J. Castronova, Vincent Schiavelli, Wallace Shawn, Allen Garfield, Allyce Beasley, Andrea Marcovicci and 62 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.

Taxi guest stars who appear in other shows
Actor	In Taxi	Other shows
James Hong	Wealthy Passenger	38
Clyde Kusatsu	Paul	34
Robert Picardo	Phillip Polevoy	34
Ernie Hudson	Terry Carver	32
Michael Fairman	Mr. Brennan	30
Keone Young	The Japanese Man	29
Jesse D. Goins	Shotgun	25
Joanna Cassidy	Beverly	23
Al Ruscio	Dr. Webster	22
Dee Wallace	Joyce Rogers	22
John O'Leary	The Priest	22
F. William Parker	Judge Herring	19
William Bogert	James Broderick	18
Carl Lumbly	Customer Number 2	17
Joel Brooks	Mr. Dwyer	17

Played more than one character

Taxi actors credited under several characters
Actor	Characters	Eps
Charles Thomas Murphy	Out of Towner / Customer #1, Restaurant Patron	2
Dick Miller	Ernie, Fergie	2
Gary Quinn	The Bellman, The Toy Soldier	2
Jill Jaress	Airline Attendant, Sally	2
John Petlock	Chairman of the Board, Waiter	2
Michael Mann	Businessman #2, Peter Nicholson	2
Rusdi Lane	Rudy, Waiter	2
Wendell Wright	Sam, The Cop	2

Shares a cast with

Taxi and Murder, She Wrote — 61 shared actors
Taxi and Hart to Hart — 53 shared actors
Taxi and Starsky & Hutch — 49 shared actors
L.A. Law — 46 shared actors
Dallas — 43 shared actors
Charlie's Angels — 40 shared actors
The Love Boat — 40 shared actors
Knots Landing — 39 shared actors

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