True Blood guest stars
525 actors have guest-starred in True Blood across 80 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is Dale Raoul, Maxine Fortenberry in 22 episodes. 273 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Dale Raoul | Maxine Fortenberry | 22 |
| John Billingsley | Mike Spencer | 17 |
| Tanya Wright | Kenya Jones | 17 |
| John Rezig | Deputy Kevin Ellis | 16 |
| Patricia Bethune | Jane Bodehouse | 16 |
| Chloe Noelle | Emma | 15 |
| Laurel Weber | Lisa Fowler | 15 |
| Alec Zbornak | Coby Fowler | 14 |
| Brit Morgan | Debbie Pelt | 14 |
| Dale Dickey | Martha | 12 |
| Jamie Gray Hyder | Danielle | 11 |
| Marque Richardson II | Kenneth | 11 |
| Carolyn Hennesy | Rosalyn Harris | 10 |
| Adam Leadbeater | Karl | 9 |
| Allan Hyde | Godric | 9 |
| Giles Matthey | Faerie Claude | 9 |
| J. Smith-Cameron | Melinda Mickens | 9 |
| Ashley Jones | Daphne Landry | 8 |
| Brendan McCarthy | Nate | 8 |
| Courtney Ford | Portia Bellefleur | 8 |
| Dean Chekvala | Roy | 8 |
| Fiona Dourif | Casey | 8 |
| James Harvey Ward | Felton Norris | 8 |
| Jeffrey Nicholas-Brown | Corbett Stackhouse | 8 |
| Peter Mensah | Kibwe | 8 |
True Blood guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 97 | Aisha Hinds, Alec Zbornak, Dale Raoul, Graham Shiels, John Billingsley, Laurel Weber, Raoul Max Trujillo, Andrew Rothenberg, Aunjanue Ellis, Caleb Moody, Daniel Quentin Rebert, Danielle James and 85 more |
| Season 2 | 80 | John Billingsley, Patricia Bethune, Adam Leadbeater, Ashley Jones, Wes Brown, Dale Raoul, Valerie Cruz, Allan Hyde, Chris Coy, Greg Collins, Aisha Hinds, Christopher Gartin and 68 more |
| Season 3 | 75 | Grant Bowler, J. Smith-Cameron, James Frain, Theo Alexander, Don Swayze, Melissa Rauch, Tanya Wright, Brit Morgan, Cooper Huckabee, Gregory Sporleder, James Harvey Ward, Natasha Alam and 63 more |
| Season 4 | 85 | Brit Morgan, Dean Chekvala, Fiona Dourif, Dale Raoul, Daniel Buran, Annie Fitzgerald, Damion Poitier, Aaron Perilo, Brandon Molale, Brendan McCarthy, Chad Todhunter, Chloe Noelle and 73 more |
| Season 5 | 113 | Carolyn Hennesy, Giles Matthey, Peter Mensah, Dale Dickey, Louis Herthum, Camilla Luddington, Christopher Heyerdahl, Jamie Gray Hyder, John Rezig, Marque Richardson II, Tina Majorino, Anna Khaja and 101 more |
| Season 6 | 106 | Luke Grimes, Chloe Noelle, Dale Dickey, Jamie Gray Hyder, John Fleck, Keone Young, Marque Richardson II, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Aaron Howles, Ingo Neuhaus, Courtney Ford, Jeffrey Nicholas-Brown and 94 more |
| Season 7 | 85 | Riley Smith, Will Yun Lee, Yutaka Takeuchi, Ashley Hinshaw, Brett Lorenzini, Brett Rickaby, Dustin Ingram, Patricia Bethune, Tanya Wright, Brianne Davis, Chelsea Ricketts, Holly Hawkins and 73 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 True Blood | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| John Billingsley | Mike Spencer | 38 |
| Dakin Matthews | Dr. Robideaux | 36 |
| John Prosky | David Finch | 34 |
| Conor O'Farrell | Judge Clements | 33 |
| Colby French | Frank | 33 |
| Dean Norris | Leon | 32 |
| Greg Collins | Gabe | 31 |
| Scott Klace | Jimmy | 31 |
| Gary Kraus | Mailman Vampire, Man in Bar | 30 |
| Cheryl White | Mrs. Hamby | 30 |
| Keone Young | Hido Takahashi | 29 |
| Andrew Rothenberg | Malcolm | 29 |
| Henri Lubatti | Nigel Beckford | 28 |
| Drew Powell | Ryder | 28 |
| Gary Cole | Earl | 28 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ingo Neuhaus | Camp Guard #1, Mac Gilvary | 4 |
| Holly Hawkins | Uppity Churchgoer Woman, Townie Woman | 3 |
| Jennifer Hasty | Sweetie Des Arts, Woman with Fries | 3 |
| Charlaine Harris | Infomercial Sound Mixer, Woman at Merlotte's | 2 |
| Erik Passoja | Sickly-Looking Vampire, Stanley | 2 |
| Gary Kraus | Mailman Vampire, Man in Bar | 2 |
| Jeanine Anderson | Bank Employee, Woman in Bar | 2 |
| Larry Udy | Jane's Vampire Date, Man at Bar | 2 |
| Lorin McCraley | F.W., Grabbit Quik Clerk | 2 |
| Rachel Sterling | Sorority Girl, Trish | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- True Blood and NCIS — 131 shared actors
- True Blood and Criminal Minds — 128 shared actors
- True Blood and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 108 shared actors
- True Blood and Bones — 98 shared actors
- True Blood and NCIS: Los Angeles — 91 shared actors
- True Blood and The Mentalist — 90 shared actors
- True Blood and Grey's Anatomy — 87 shared actors
- True Blood and ER — 80 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.