CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guest stars
3,030 actors have guest-starred in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation across 337 episodes and 16 seasons. The most-credited is Larry Mitchell, Officer Mitchell in 93 episodes. 1,845 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Mitchell | Officer Mitchell | 93 |
| Archie Kao | Archie Johnson, Campus Security Technician | 88 |
| Marc Vann | Conrad Ecklie | 67 |
| Larry Sullivan | Officer Akers, Officer Andy Akers | 40 |
| Alex Carter | Detective Vartann | 39 |
| Sheeri Rappaport | Mandy Webster | 38 |
| Joseph Patrick Kelly | Officer Metcalf, Hotel Security | 36 |
| Gerald McCullouch | Bobby Dawson | 34 |
| Skip O'Brien | Det. Ray O'Riley | 24 |
| Geoffrey Rivas | Det. Sam Vega | 20 |
| Palmer Davis | Margaret Finn | 15 |
| Alimi Ballard | Detective Kevin Crawford, Sound Engineer | 13 |
| Conor O'Farrell | Undersheriff McKeen | 13 |
| Romy Rosemont | Jacqui Franco | 13 |
| Terry Bozeman | Brad Lewis | 13 |
| Aisha Tyler | Mia Dickerson | 12 |
| Eric Stonestreet | Ronnie Litre | 11 |
| José Zúñiga | Det. Chris Cavaliere | 11 |
| Victoria Prescott | Judy Tremont | 11 |
| Bill Irwin | Nate Haskell | 9 |
| Jeffrey D. Sams | Det. Cyrus Lockwood | 9 |
| Jeffrey D. Stevens | Paramedic | 9 |
| Madison McReynolds | Lindsey Willows | 9 |
| Melinda Clarke | Lady Heather | 8 |
| Scott Wilson | Sam Braun | 8 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 249 | Skip O'Brien, Glenn Morshower, Judith Scott, Madison McReynolds, Gerald McCullouch, Greg Collins, Marc Vann, Mark Collver, Pamela Gidley, Aasif Mandvi, Harrison Young, John Churchill and 237 more |
| Season 2 | 244 | Skip O'Brien, Archie Kao, Eric Stonestreet, Geoffrey Rivas, Gerald McCullouch, Jeffrey D. Sams, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Amy Weber, Christopher Wiehl, Keilana Smith, Kelly Connell, Marc Vann and 232 more |
| Season 3 | 247 | Archie Kao, Gerald McCullouch, Jeffrey D. Sams, Romy Rosemont, Christopher Wiehl, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Skip O'Brien, Geoffrey Rivas, Leslie Bega, Doan Ly, Palmer Davis, Terry Bozeman and 235 more |
| Season 4 | 222 | Archie Kao, Alex Carter, Romy Rosemont, Xander Berkeley, Brandon Kirsch, Edmund Wyson, Eric Stonestreet, Gerald McCullouch, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Nicholas Lea, Paul Francis, Scott Wilson and 210 more |
| Season 5 | 285 | Aisha Tyler, Marc Vann, Alex Carter, Archie Kao, José Zúñiga, Larry Sullivan, Palmer Davis, Jason Segel, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Victoria Prescott, Aimee Graham, Clark Middleton and 273 more |
| Season 6 | 300 | Archie Kao, Gerald McCullouch, Sheeri Rappaport, Conor O'Farrell, Larry Mitchell, Marc Vann, Alex Carter, Erik Jensen, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Larry Sullivan, Mitchell Fink, Vincent Duvall and 288 more |
| Season 7 | 268 | Larry Mitchell, Archie Kao, Liev Schreiber, Sheeri Rappaport, Danny Bonaduce, Dayton Callie, Lorraine Toussaint, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Victoria Prescott, Adrian R'Mante, Brendan Fletcher, Conor O'Farrell and 256 more |
| Season 8 | 207 | Archie Kao, Larry Mitchell, Sheeri Rappaport, Jessica Lucas, Colin Kim, John Capodice, Conor O'Farrell, Delon Howell, Dennis Christopher, Gerald McCullouch, Larry Sullivan, Marc Vann and 195 more |
| Season 9 | 267 | Sheeri Rappaport, Larry Mitchell, Archie Kao, Alex Carter, Larry Sullivan, Marc Vann, Geoffrey Rivas, Jeffrey D. Stevens, José Zúñiga, Matt O'Leary, Aimee Deshayes, Amy Aquino and 255 more |
| Season 10 | 240 | Larry Mitchell, Archie Kao, Larry Sullivan, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Marc Vann, Alex Carter, Alan Blumenfeld, Bill Irwin, Cat Hammons, Cody Kasch, Cory Blevins, Geoff Koch and 228 more |
| Season 11 | 201 | Larry Mitchell, Archie Kao, Larry Sullivan, Alex Carter, Bill Irwin, Marc Vann, Tracee Ellis Ross, Amanda Wyss, Dean Norris, Joseph Patrick Kelly, Raymond J. Barry, Jeffrey D. Stevens and 189 more |
| Season 12 | 209 | Marc Vann, Larry Mitchell, Alex Carter, Barbara Eve Harris, Annabeth Gish, Archie Kao, Lewis T. Powell, Matt Lauria, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Sheeri Rappaport, Titus Welliver, Brandon W. Jones and 197 more |
| Season 13 | 204 | Larry Mitchell, Marc Vann, Alimi Ballard, Daoud Balewa, Larry Sullivan, Adam J. Harrington, Brandon W. Jones, Catrinel Menghia Marlon, Enrique Murciano, Peri Gilpin, Teal Redmann, Abigail Klein and 192 more |
| Season 14 | 206 | Larry Mitchell, Marc Vann, Larry Sullivan, Matthew Davis, Alimi Ballard, Amber Bela Muse, Assaf Cohen, Daoud Balewa, James Callis, Matt Shively, Paula Francis, Robert S. Martin III and 194 more |
| Season 15 | 154 | Larry Mitchell, Alimi Ballard, Marc Vann, Mark Valley, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Brooke Nevin, Larry Sullivan, Rob Nagle, Alexandra Holden, Alycia Grant, Amanda Troop, Anadel Baughn and 142 more |
| Season 16 | 14 | Andrew Friedman, Breeda Wool, Doug Hutchison, Gabriel Cordell, Gregg Turkington, Katie Stevens, Marc Vann, Melinda Clarke, Roxy Wood, Alexandra Barreto, Jason Gerhardt, Michael Beach and 2 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 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Raphael Sbarge | Aaron Laner, Donald Fiore | 54 |
| Tom Virtue | Doctor, George | 48 |
| Robert Curtis Brown | Dan Keaton | 45 |
| Michael Reilly Burke | Stuart Coombs | 44 |
| Al Sapienza | Logan's Attorney | 41 |
| John Rubinstein | Judge Crawford, Priest | 40 |
| John Kapelos | Duke Rittle | 40 |
| Patrick Fischler | Mr. Lee / Wolfie | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Bob Fairmont | 40 |
| John Billingsley | Paul Cyden | 38 |
| Patrick Fabian | Rhone Confer | 38 |
| Sam Anderson | Dr. Mercer | 38 |
| Glenn Morshower | Sheriff Brian Mobley | 37 |
| Don McManus | Ed Burrows, Francis Lavalle | 37 |
| Michael B. Silver | Prosecutor | 37 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund Wyson | Officer Devine, Capt. Arrington, Inmate #2 | 5 |
| Jon Farless | CSI Tech Murph, CSI Tech #1, Tourist Husband | 5 |
| Maureen Muldoon | Female Reporter, Lynda Darby, Reporter #2 | 4 |
| Nicole Sullivan | Donut Dolly, Misty, Nancy Twicker | 4 |
| Shelli Bergh | Nurse Shelley, Officer Shelley, Jessica Hall | 6 |
| Meta Golding | Tina Brewster, Tina Brown, Rachel | 5 |
| Anthony E. Zuiker | Casino Cashier, Heckler, Security Guy | 3 |
| Bryan Friday | Prison Guard, Rick Midgen, Vance Tolsom | 3 |
| Laurie Fortier | Carrie Jones, Janine Wood, Nancy | 3 |
| Archie Kao | Archie Johnson, Campus Security Technician | 88 |
Shares a cast with
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and NCIS — 735 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and ER — 677 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Criminal Minds — 639 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: Miami — 621 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case — 546 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Bones — 515 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Castle — 487 shared actors
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Mentalist — 476 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.