All 50 actors in both Elsbeth and Madam Secretary
50 actors have appeared in both Elsbeth and Madam Secretary, across 171 episodes. The most-credited is Arian Moayed, Joe in Elsbeth and Mohammed "Mo" Alwash in Madam Secretary.
| Actor | In Elsbeth | In Madam Secretary | Eps | Eps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arian Moayed | Joe | Mohammed "Mo" Alwash | 2 | 11 |
| Daniel Oreskes | Detective Buzz Fleming | General Kolba | 10 | 1 |
| Molly Price | Detective Jackie Donnelly | Mimi Jacobs | 10 | 1 |
| Fredric Lehne | Lieutenant Dave Noonan | John Dalton | 7 | 1 |
| Patrick Breen | Claude | Andrew Munsey | 1 | 7 |
| Jenn Colella | Captain Kershaw | Valerie Guillen | 4 | 1 |
| Henny Russell | Winnie Crawford | Candice | 3 | 1 |
| Kelly AuCoin | Declan Armstrong | Greg Taylor | 3 | 1 |
| Meredith Holzman | Delia Kirby | FBI Agent Becca Smalls | 3 | 1 |
| Vanessa Kai | Gisela Mott | CIA Agent | 2 | 1 |
| Victor Williams | Aaron Pritchard | Anthony Colvert | 1 | 1 |
| John Bedford Lloyd | Sterling Barlowe | Everard Burke | 1 | 2 |
| Pun Bandhu | Victor Landis | Sud | 2 | 1 |
| Delissa Reynolds | Lucy Longacre | Commander Christine Schmidt | 1 | 2 |
| Ruffin Prentiss | Detective Darren Jax | Barry | 1 | 2 |
| Becky Ann Baker | Judith | Chancellor Frieda Schulz | 1 | 1 |
| David Rasche | Monsignor Frank | Ambassador Arlen Maxwell | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Pine | Nathan Jordan | CIA Director Sean Williams | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Babinsky | Gavin Morrissey | Mitchell Dorman | 1 | 1 |
| John Behlmann | Fire Marshal Jake Turling | Aaron Davis | 1 | 1 |
| Purva Bedi | Jules | Ms. Alvarez | 1 | 1 |
| Marc Webster | Pete (The Director) | Alpha Team Leader, FBI Team Leader | 1 | 2 |
| Alfredo Narciso | Howard Thorwald | NTSB Chairman Humphrey Nelson | 1 | 1 |
| Kate Jennings Grant | Beryl Nix | FBI Agent Teresa Pagani | 1 | 1 |
| Linda Lavin | Gloria Blecher | June O'Callaghan | 1 | 1 |
| Rosal Colón | Audra Miller | Lisa | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Martin Brown | Charlie | Reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Kenneth Maharaj | Jeff | Dr. Punkaj | 1 | 1 |
| Stephen Colbert | Scotty Bristol | Stephen Colbert | 1 | 1 |
| Charles Turner | Raymond Greene | Joseph Hoffman | 1 | 1 |
| Marceline Hugot | Francine | Evelyn Schultz | 1 | 1 |
| Ari Barkan | Stu | Sergei Khulakov | 1 | 1 |
| Christopher Gurr | Antique Merchant | FBI Agent | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Moran | Conrad Deckles | CIA Interrogator #1 | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Masako Haley | Hannah Lee | Sameera | 1 | 1 |
| Rae C Wright | Mother Abigail | French U.N. Ambassador | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Amato | Tailor | Italian Ambassador Vittorio Civarelli | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Blumenkrantz | Richard | Fabien DeCosta | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Palumbo | Grumpy Local | Earl | 1 | 1 |
| Vandit Bhatt | Dave | FBI Tech | 1 | 1 |
| Ethan Herschenfeld | Duncan | Security | 1 | 1 |
| Kario Marcel | Sean | Aide | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Vega | Gavin Haste | Journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Sullivan | Fritz | Funeral Director | 1 | 1 |
| Terrell Wheeler | Customs Agent | Intelligence Officer | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Cerveris | Steve Trey | Congressman Chivvers | 1 | 1 |
| Regi Huc | SEC Agent Donald Steele | Navy Seal #2 | 1 | 1 |
| Janelle Velasquez | Sis | Assistant | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Townley | Dane | Jax | 1 | 1 |
| Eva Kaminsky | Sister Darby | Jenny Bach | 1 | 1 |
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.