The Practice guest stars
1,566 actors have guest-starred in The Practice across 167 episodes and 8 seasons. The most-credited is Ray Abruzzo, Detective Michael McGuire in 44 episodes. 892 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ray Abruzzo | Detective Michael McGuire | 44 |
| Holland Taylor | Judge Roberta Kittleson | 29 |
| Linda Hunt | Judge Zoey Hiller | 23 |
| Richard McGonagle | Judge Patrick Wilcox | 16 |
| James Pickens, Jr. | Detective Mike McKrew | 15 |
| Frank Birney | Judge Warren West | 14 |
| Herb Mitchell | Judge Rodney White | 12 |
| Michael Monks | George Vogelman | 11 |
| Anna Gunn | A.D.A. Jean Ward | 10 |
| Edward Herrmann | Professor Anderson Pearson | 10 |
| Bruce Davison | Scott Wallace | 9 |
| Kate Burton | A.D.A. Susan Alexander | 9 |
| Mary Major | Reporter Angela Coxton, TV Correspondent Melanie Morris | 8 |
| Paul Dooley | Judge Philip Swackheim | 8 |
| Billee Thomas | Kendall Young | 7 |
| Debra Mooney | Judge P. Spindle | 7 |
| Lynn Hamilton | Judge P. Fulton | 7 |
| Susan Blommaert | Judge Rudy Fox | 7 |
| Denis Arndt | ADA Roland Hill, A.A.G. Quentin Reynolds, Defense Attorney Robertson | 6 |
| John Larroquette | Joey Heric | 6 |
| Michael Emerson | William Hinks | 6 |
| Mik Scriba | Detective Frank Simons | 6 |
| Steven Gilborn | A.D.A. Gavin Bullock | 6 |
| Albert Hall | Judge Seymore Walsh | 5 |
| Arye Gross | Rabbi Daniel Warner, Attorney John Franklin | 5 |
The Practice guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 111 | Arye Gross, Jack Laufer, Mary-Joan Negro, David Eigenberg, Edward Herrmann, Greg Wrangler, James Greene, Philip Baker Hall, Craig Wasson, Ed Rosen, Jane Kaczmarek, John C. McGinley and 99 more |
| Season 2 | 398 | Anna Gunn, Albert Hall, James Pickens, Jr., Linda Hunt, Donal Logue, Ellis E. Williams, Lynn Hamilton, Maria Santucci, Patti Allison, Phil Hawn, Ray Abruzzo, Robert Clendenin and 386 more |
| Season 3 | 283 | Michael Monks, Holland Taylor, James Pickens, Jr., Billee Thomas, Edward Herrmann, Francis X. McCarthy, Linda Hunt, Todd Sible, Austin Tichenor, Frank Birney, Megan Cole, Ray Abruzzo and 271 more |
| Season 4 | 228 | Holland Taylor, Ray Abruzzo, Caroline Kava, Charles Cioffi, David Moreland, Henry Winkler, James Pickens, Jr., John Hawkes, Kathleen Lloyd, Linda Hunt, Anthony Heald, Brett Rickaby and 216 more |
| Season 5 | 174 | Ray Abruzzo, Bruce Davison, Linda Hunt, Michael Emerson, Holland Taylor, Anna Deavere Smith, Kate Burton, Lane Davies, Dakin Matthews, Daniel Davis, David Purdham, David Starzyk and 162 more |
| Season 6 | 229 | Ray Abruzzo, Richard McGonagle, Brien Blakely, Frank Birney, Jonathan Tucker, Charles Cioffi, Christopher Shyer, Debra Mooney, Deirdre O'Connell, Don Richardson, Dorian Harewood, Dylan Baker and 217 more |
| Season 7 | 210 | Ray Abruzzo, Holland Taylor, Teri Polo, Cheryl Carter, John L. Bader, John Sterling Carter, Matthew Settle, Paul Dooley, Richard McGonagle, Alan Dale, Alfre Woodard, Anton Yelchin and 198 more |
| Season 8 | 215 | Vince Colosimo, William Shatner, Billy Gardell, Chris O'Donnell, Ken Hudson Campbell, Rebecca De Mornay, Adriana DeMeo, Alyssa Gainer, Bari Hochwald, Betty White, Bill Doyle, Colleen Flynn and 203 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 Practice | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Curtis Brown | Attorney John Wicker, Scott Simpson | 45 |
| Michael Reilly Burke | Detective Kevin McCarley | 44 |
| George Wyner | Rabbi Stewart Lewis | 41 |
| John Rubinstein | Judge Joseph Papp | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | A.D.A. Carter | 40 |
| John Kapelos | Officer John Rydell | 40 |
| Phil Abrams | Gary Strangis, Randy Peete | 38 |
| Christopher Darga | Officer | 38 |
| James Hong | Min Wong | 38 |
| John Billingsley | Revenue Officer Robert Schmitt | 38 |
| Dakin Matthews | Judge William Aldrich, Judge Courtney Lander | 36 |
| Andy Umberger | A.D.A. Virgil Johnson | 36 |
| Christopher Cousins | Ralph Alt | 36 |
| Michael Dempsey | Officer Stroud | 36 |
| Robert Pine | John Monahan | 36 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory Itzin | Attorney Mark Grundel, Attorney Walter Pyne, D.A. Michael Stanfield | 5 |
| Roderick Bascom | Clerk, Cop, Detective Lipton | 5 |
| Brien Blakely | TV Reporter Kevin Herndon, Newsanchor Scott Schmidt, Reporter #1 | 5 |
| Phil Hawn | Attorney in Courtroom Gallery, Murder Scene Onlooker, Press Reporter in Courtroom Hallway | 3 |
| Denis Arndt | ADA Roland Hill, A.A.G. Quentin Reynolds, Defense Attorney Robertson | 6 |
| Cheryl Carter | Reporter Sarah Ehret, News Anchor, Reporter #5 | 5 |
| Bari Hochwald | Nancy Huff, Dead Nancy Huff, Defense Attorney | 4 |
| John Aylward | Federal Judge Kendall Marcott, Chief District Court Judge W. Frankle, Judge in Rydell Hearing | 4 |
| Tony Amendola | Dr. Bernard Gorman, Dr. Alvin Traub, Dr. Emmanuel Willis | 4 |
| Bruce French | Attorney Barry Pederson, Attorney General Walgren, Judge M. Walters | 3 |
Shares a cast with
- The Practice and ER — 447 shared actors
- The Practice and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 265 shared actors
- The Practice and L.A. Law — 258 shared actors
- The Practice and NCIS — 258 shared actors
- The Practice and Cold Case — 236 shared actors
- The Practice and Judging Amy — 232 shared actors
- The Practice and Criminal Minds — 210 shared actors
- The Practice and Boston Legal — 193 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.