The Mentalist guest stars
1,641 actors have guest-starred in The Mentalist across 151 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is Aunjanue Ellis, Madeleine Hightower in 17 episodes. 1,140 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Aunjanue Ellis | Madeleine Hightower | 17 |
| Michael Gaston | Gale Bertram | 17 |
| Gregory Itzin | Virgil Minelli | 15 |
| John Troy Donovan | CBI Ron | 13 |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | J.J. LaRoche | 13 |
| Michael Rady | Luther Wainwright | 9 |
| Rebecca Wisocky | Brenda Shettrick | 9 |
| Eric Winter | Craig O'Laughlin | 8 |
| David Noroña | Osvaldo "Oscar" Ardiles | 7 |
| Kevin Corrigan | Robert "Bob" Kirkland | 7 |
| Pedro Pascal | Marcus Pike | 7 |
| Samaire Armstrong | Summer Edgecombe | 7 |
| Jillian Bach | Sarah Harrigan | 6 |
| Karl Sonnenberg | CBI Karl | 6 |
| Terry Kinney | Samuel "Sam" Bosco Jr. | 6 |
| Catherine Dent | Susan Darcy | 5 |
| Drew Powell | Reede Smith | 5 |
| Emmanuelle Chriqui | Lorelei Martins | 5 |
| Jack Plotnick | Brett Partridge | 5 |
| Malcolm McDowell | Bret Stiles | 5 |
| Reed Diamond | Raymond "Ray" Haffner | 5 |
| Xander Berkeley | Sheriff Thomas McAllister | 5 |
| Dominic Hoffman | Marlon Hicks | 4 |
| JoNell Kennedy | Coroner Pat | 4 |
| Leslie Hope | Kristina Frye | 4 |
The Mentalist guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 240 | Gregory Itzin, Angela Martinez, Jessica Pariseau, Maxine Bahns, Aaron Skinner, Adam Lieberman, Aimee Carrero, Alastair Mackenzie, Alex Quijano, Alex Wexo, Alicia Witt, Alla Korot and 228 more |
| Season 2 | 250 | Aunjanue Ellis, Gregory Itzin, Terry Kinney, Dominic Hoffman, JoNell Kennedy, Shauna Bloom, Andres Perez-Molina, Christian Clemenson, George Wyner, Jesse Burch, Leslie Hope, Tom Billett and 238 more |
| Season 3 | 270 | Aunjanue Ellis, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Eric Winter, Michael Gaston, Rebecca Wisocky, John Troy Donovan, Ama Daetz, David Noroña, Elijah Gipson, Kassandra Carrington, Tyler R. Brooks, William Francis McGuire and 258 more |
| Season 4 | 299 | Michael Rady, Samaire Armstrong, Catherine Dent, Jillian Bach, John Troy Donovan, Alicia Witt, Bradley Whitford, David Carey Foster, David Noroña, Ely Pouget, Michael Gaston, Aaron Lohr and 287 more |
| Season 5 | 274 | Kevin Corrigan, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michael Gaston, Henry Ian Cusick, John Rubinstein, Judi Evans, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Rebecca Wisocky, Amy Aquino, Christopher Cousins, David Noroña, Ivan Sergei and 262 more |
| Season 6 | 244 | Pedro Pascal, Michael Gaston, Drew Powell, Shannon McClung, Xander Berkeley, Joe Nieves, John Troy Donovan, Karl Sonnenberg, Reed Diamond, William Mapother, Zuleyka Silver, John Hensley and 232 more |
| Season 7 | 150 | Christine Adams, Aubrey Deeker, Derek Phillips, Dylan Baker, Garcelle Beauvais, John Marshall Jones, Joshua Bitton, Juan Monsalvez, Milissa Sears, Robert Belushi, Ryan Dorsey, Tim Griffin and 138 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 Mentalist | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Raphael Sbarge | Hollis Dunninger | 54 |
| Tom Virtue | George Palmer | 48 |
| Robert Curtis Brown | Nathan Dilmer | 45 |
| Michael Reilly Burke | Andrew Kellogg | 44 |
| George Wyner | Dr. Steiner | 41 |
| John Rubinstein | Judge Manchester | 40 |
| John Kapelos | Hank Draber | 40 |
| Patrick Fischler | Gary Beinhart | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Michael Elkins | 40 |
| Christopher Darga | Store Keeper | 38 |
| John Billingsley | Ellis Mars | 38 |
| Patrick Fabian | Randall Faulk | 38 |
| Phil Abrams | Greg Humphrey | 38 |
| Don McManus | Gabriel Lamb | 37 |
| Michael B. Silver | Julius Coles | 37 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Martinez | Jackie, News Anchor, TV Reporter | 3 |
| Sean McClay | Agent McClay, CSI Man | 4 |
| Penny Peyser | Linda Dubin, Lamb's Attorney | 3 |
| Ama Daetz | Lady Reporter, TV News Reporter | 2 |
| Diane Witter | Receptionist, Waitress | 2 |
| Faran Fonté | Cremation Employee, Forensics Tech | 2 |
| Jay Jackson | News Anchor, Reporter | 2 |
| Jessica Pariseau | Clinic Receptionist, Dolores | 2 |
| Michael Holden | Lawyer, Michael Cashman | 2 |
| Ravil Isyanov | Charlie Chaplin, Ulis Oratni | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- The Mentalist and NCIS — 564 shared actors
- The Mentalist and Criminal Minds — 492 shared actors
- The Mentalist and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 476 shared actors
- The Mentalist and Bones — 401 shared actors
- The Mentalist and ER — 395 shared actors
- The Mentalist and Castle — 376 shared actors
- The Mentalist and NCIS: Los Angeles — 367 shared actors
- The Mentalist and Grey's Anatomy — 356 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.