Big Little Lies guest stars
129 actors have guest-starred in Big Little Lies across 14 episodes and 2 seasons. The most-credited is Cameron Crovetti, Josh Wright in 14 episodes. 45 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Crovetti | Josh Wright | 14 |
| Chloe Coleman | Skye Carlson | 14 |
| Darby Camp | Chloe Mackenzie | 14 |
| Nicholas Crovetti | Max Wright | 14 |
| Ivy George | Amabella Klein | 12 |
| Larry Sullivan | Oren | 11 |
| Merrin Dungey | Detective Adrienne Quinlan | 11 |
| Santiago Cabrera | Joseph Bachman | 11 |
| Kelen Coleman | Harper Stimson | 10 |
| Gia Carides | Melissa | 9 |
| P.J. Byrne | Principal Nippal | 9 |
| Robin Weigert | Dr. Amanda Reisman | 9 |
| Larry Bates | Stu | 8 |
| Nelly Buchet | Juliette | 8 |
| David Monahan | Bernard | 7 |
| Douglas Smith | Corey Brockfield | 7 |
| Joel Spence | Matt | 7 |
| Kathreen Khavari | Samantha | 7 |
| Sarah Burns | Gabrielle | 7 |
| Sarah Sokolovic | Tori Bachman | 7 |
| Crystal Fox | Elizabeth Howard | 6 |
| Hong Chau | Jackie | 6 |
| Joseph Cross | Tom | 6 |
| Sarah Baker | Thea Cunningham | 6 |
| Tim True | Detective Walt Gibson | 6 |
Big Little Lies guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 57 | Cameron Crovetti, Chloe Coleman, Darby Camp, David Monahan, Kathreen Khavari, Kelen Coleman, Larry Bates, Larry Sullivan, Nicholas Crovetti, Santiago Cabrera, Sarah Burns, Gia Carides and 45 more |
| Season 2 | 89 | Cameron Crovetti, Chloe Coleman, Darby Camp, Douglas Smith, Nicholas Crovetti, Crystal Fox, Ivy George, Merrin Dungey, Martin Donovan, Denis O'Hare, Khalilah Joi, Larry Sullivan and 77 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 Big Little Lies | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick St. Esprit | Mayor Bartley | 29 |
| Molly Hagan | Dr. Moriarty | 28 |
| Scott Alan Smith | Federal Prosecutor James Taylor | 25 |
| Bruce Nozick | Walter Ruttenberg | 24 |
| Larry Sullivan | Oren | 23 |
| John Marshall Jones | John Davidson | 23 |
| Merrin Dungey | Detective Adrienne Quinlan | 21 |
| Eve Gordon | Dr. Danielle Cortland | 21 |
| Robin Weigert | Dr. Amanda Reisman | 18 |
| Becky Ann Baker | Judge Marylin Ciprian | 18 |
| Stacie Greenwell | Lydia | 18 |
| Keisuke Hoashi | Dr. Leo Chang | 17 |
| Mark Adair-Rios | Coach Bob | 17 |
| Travis Schuldt | Michael Something | 17 |
| Michael Laskin | Dr. Howard Feldman | 15 |
Shares a cast with
- NCIS — 25 shared actors
- Criminal Minds — 19 shared actors
- Grey's Anatomy — 17 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 15 shared actors
- ER — 15 shared actors
- The Mentalist — 13 shared actors
- S.W.A.T. — 12 shared actors
- 9-1-1 — 11 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.