The Closer guest stars
68 actors have guest-starred in The Closer across 109 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is Curtis Armstrong, Peter Goldman in 5 episodes. 53 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Curtis Armstrong | Peter Goldman | 5 |
| Courtney B. Vance | Chief Tommy Delk | 4 |
| Frances Sternhagen | Willie Rae Johnson | 3 |
| Ransford Doherty | Kendall | 3 |
| Barry Corbin | Clay Johnson | 2 |
| Eric Garcetti | Mayor Ramon Quintero | 2 |
| Shanti Lowry | Ann Mason | 2 |
| William Daniels | Commissioner Andrew Schmidt | 2 |
| Aaron Fors | Carl Nelson | 1 |
| Adam Arkin | Scott Esposito | 1 |
| Amanda Carlin | Mrs. Hammond | 1 |
| Amanda Musso | Joann Hosey | 1 |
| Amanda Warren | DDA Claire Baldwin | 1 |
| Andre Alexsen | Adam | 1 |
| Beau Bridges | Detective George Andrews / Georgette | 1 |
| Billy Burke | Phillip Stroh | 1 |
| Braeden Lemasters | Charlie Hubbard | 1 |
| Bruce Davison | Russell Clark | 1 |
| Charlene Amoia | Dealer | 1 |
| Christine Woods | Casey Watson | 1 |
| Daniel Baldwin | Mark Yates | 1 |
| Danielle Savre | Gretchen Schiller | 1 |
| Dayton Callie | Martin DeLuca | 1 |
| Eli Goodman | Ari Cohen | 1 |
| Elizabeth Perkins | Gail Meyers | 1 |
The Closer guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 15 | Amanda Carlin, Andre Alexsen, Danielle Savre, Ellen Bry, Heidi Heller, Jake Sandvig, John de Lancie, Larry Joshua, Mark Feuerstein, Michelle Ewin, Ned Bellamy, Robin Bartlett and 3 more |
| Season 2 | 16 | William Daniels, Aaron Fors, Braeden Lemasters, Charlene Amoia, Dayton Callie, Eli Goodman, Frances Sternhagen, Gigi Rice, James Black, James Frain, James Moses Black, Kevin Kilner and 4 more |
| Season 3 | 5 | French Stewart, Jim Ortlieb, Larry King, Nina Foch, Orson Bean |
| Season 4 | 4 | Daniel Baldwin, Jennifer Coolidge, Tonya Pinkins, Vasili Bogazianos |
| Season 5 | 5 | Amanda Musso, Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, Moe Daniels, Tom Skerritt |
| Season 6 | 3 | Courtney B. Vance, Eric Garcetti, Gary Cole |
| Season 7 | 23 | Curtis Armstrong, Ransford Doherty, Barry Corbin, Courtney B. Vance, Frances Sternhagen, Shanti Lowry, Adam Arkin, Amanda Warren, Billy Burke, Christine Woods, Elizabeth Perkins, Eric Garcetti and 11 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 The Closer | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce Davison | Russell Clark | 31 |
| John de Lancie | Dr. Dawson | 29 |
| Gary Cole | Major Edward Dorcet | 28 |
| Mark Pellegrino | Gavin Q. Baker III | 28 |
| Kevin Kilner | Detective Hubbard | 25 |
| Michael Beach | Coach Rich Carr | 25 |
| Amanda Carlin | Mrs. Hammond | 23 |
| Jim Ortlieb | Judd Whaley | 21 |
| Fred Willard | Santa Jack | 20 |
| Adam Arkin | Scott Esposito | 19 |
| Curtis Armstrong | Peter Goldman | 17 |
| Charlene Amoia | Dealer | 17 |
| James Black | Detective Lawrence Xavier | 17 |
| Ned Bellamy | Mr. Schiller | 17 |
| Robin Riker | Barbara, Estelle Pope's Attorney | 17 |
Shares a cast with
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 17 shared actors
- ER — 15 shared actors
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 15 shared actors
- NCIS — 14 shared actors
- Cold Case — 13 shared actors
- Criminal Minds — 13 shared actors
- CSI: Miami — 13 shared actors
- Castle — 12 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.