Death in Paradise guest stars

667 actors have guest-starred in Death in Paradise across 120 episodes and 15 seasons. The most-credited is Chelsea Edge, Sophie Chambers in 6 episodes. 85 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.

Who came back most

Death in Paradise guest actors by episode count
Actor	Character	Eps
Chelsea Edge	Sophie Chambers	6
Grace Stone	Siobhan Mooney	6
Leemore Marrett Jr.	Patrice Campbell	6
Sally Bretton	Martha Lloyd	5
Daniel Ward	Solomon Clarke	4
Fola Evans-Akingbola	Rosey Fabrice Hooper	4
Nina Wadia	Anna Masani	4
Ram John Holder	Nelson Myers	4
Genesis Lynea	Andrina Harper	3
Kate O'Flynn	Izzy Parker	3
Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge	Sterling Fox	3
Adrian Dunbar	Aidan Miles	2
Adrian Schiller	Pasha Verdinikov	2
Amy Beth Hayes	Sophie Boyd	2
Avah Cotterell	Eloise Clarke	2
Ben Tavassoli	Jake Dalton	2
Cara Theobold	Rose Dalton	2
Gary Wilmot	Anton Busette	2
Gerard Horan	Roy Palmer	2
Henry Pettigrew	Dominic Green	2
John Marquez	Tom Lewis	2
Joy Richardson	Brianna Clemetson	2
Judith Jacob	Dorna Bray	2
Julian Wadham	Frank Henderson	2
Kent Riley	Andrew Buckley	2

Death in Paradise guest stars by season

Guest actors per season of Death in Paradise
Season	Guests	Who
Season 1	58	Adrian Dunbar, Alex Lanipekun, Alice Henley, Alistair Petrie, Aminata Toure, Camilla Marie Beeput, Charlotte Salt, Chris Tummings, Clare Holman, Clinton Blake, Colin Salmon, Coralie Audret and 46 more
Season 2	48	Amanda Mealing, Ben Batt, Ben Turner, Bryan Dick, Caroline Langrishe, Cherie Lunghi, David Ajala, Dexter Fletcher, Dylan Edwards, Emma Pierson, Estella Daniels, Gemma Chan and 36 more
Season 3	50	Morven Christie, Adrian Scarborough, Caroline Proust, Chris Geere, Chris Obi, Ciarán McMenamin, Clarke Peters, Daniel Lapaine, Eriq Ebouaney, Félicité Du Jeu, Hannah John-Kamen, Hannah Tointon and 38 more
Season 4	49	Adrian Lukis, Ali Bastian, Amanda Root, Amy Nuttall, Brian Bovell, Charlie Creed-Miles, Claire Goose, Colin McFarlane, Cornell S. John, David Bamber, Dean Lennox Kelly, Dominique Tipper and 37 more
Season 5	42	Fola Evans-Akingbola, Ade Oyefeso, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Ariyon Bakare, Burt Caesar, Charlotte Hope, Danté Langlais-John-Jules, Eddie Nestor, Elarica Johnson, Emma Rigby, Gary McDonald, Hannah Britland and 30 more
Season 6	49	Sally Bretton, Grace Stone, Amy Beth Hayes, Emily Taaffe, Henry Pettigrew, John Marquez, Julian Wadham, Luke Newberry, Nigel Betts, Ram John Holder, Adrian Rawlins, Angela Bruce and 37 more
Season 7	47	Ram John Holder, Adjoa Andoh, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Charlotte Beaumont, Clare Perkins, Clint Dyer, Danae Langlais-John Jules, Danny Rahim, Delroy Brown, Denis Lawson, Doreene Blackstock, Elizabeth Berrington and 35 more
Season 8	42	Leemore Marrett Jr., Nicôle Lecky, Zackary Momoh, Adelle Leonce, Alastair Mackenzie, Andrew Tiernan, Angus Deayton, Anna Chancellor, Blake Harrison, Charlotte Ritchie, Chizzy Akudolu, Daniel Ryan and 30 more
Season 9	45	Nina Wadia, Adrian Bower, Adrian Edmondson, Alex Gaumond, Alexander Vlahos, Alexandra Roach, Amanda Hale, Andi Osho, Anthony Adjekum, Ashley Byam, Barbara Flynn, Caleb Frederick and 33 more
Season 10	41	Adrian Schiller, Lia Williams, Luke Bailey, Niamh Cusack, Prisca Bakare, Sam Retford, Ayoola Smart, Bryony Hannah, Buom Tihngang, Clarence Smith, Colin Ryan, Corey Johnson and 29 more
Season 11	43	Kate O'Flynn, Aislín McGuckin, Akshay Kumar, Anders Hayward, Andrew Leung, Aron Julius, Ben Onwukwe, Ben Starr, Camille Coduri, David Sibley, Eileen Walsh, Faith Alabi and 31 more
Season 12	40	Chelsea Edge, Ben Tavassoli, Cara Theobold, Kent Riley, Patrick Kennedy, Robert Webb, Solomon Israel, Aaron Shosanya, Alexandra Moloney, Amit Shah, Barney Walsh, Christelle Elwin and 28 more
Season 13	42	Genesis Lynea, Taj Atwal, Akiya Henry, Ali Ariaie, Ben Wiggins, Calvin Demba, Cathy Tyson, Django Chan-Reeves, Ellie Haddington, Ellise Chappell, Emma Naomi, Emma Sidi and 30 more
Season 14	39	Gerard Horan, Joy Richardson, Judith Jacob, Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge, Adam James, Alexander Cobb, Ansu Kabia, Anthony J. Abraham, Bhavna Limbachia, Bobby Gordon, Chantelle Alle, Charlotte Spencer and 27 more
Season 15	40	Daniel Ward, Avah Cotterell, Gary Wilmot, Ace Bhatti, Alexis Rodney, Aneirin Hughes, Anna Savva, Antonia Bernath, Ashley Campbell, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Ben Willbond, Claudie Blakley and 28 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.

Death in Paradise guest stars who appear in other shows
Actor	In Death in Paradise	Other shows
John Ross Bowie	Tyler McCarthy	17
Pip Torrens	Guide	11
Rowena King	Sister Marguerite	9
Nigel Betts	Martin West	8
Adrian Lukis	Francis Davison	8
Michael Brandon	Joel Maurice	8
Nicholas Farrell	Nicholas Dunham	8
Patrick Baladi	Daryl Dexter	8
Richard Huw	Mark Talbot	8
Robert Pugh	Mike Watson	8
Julian Wadham	Frank Henderson	7
Ace Bhatti	Alasdair Hartnell	7
Danny Webb	Jon Taylor	7
Haydn Gwynne	Charlotte Doran	7
John Sessions	Hugh Davenport	7

Played more than one character

Death in Paradise actors credited under several characters
Actor	Characters	Eps
Emily Taaffe	Emer Byrne, Megan Colley	1

Shares a cast with

Death in Paradise and Midsomer Murders — 208 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Silent Witness — 115 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Doctor Who — 109 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Vera — 99 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Father Brown — 92 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Lewis — 70 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Agatha Christie Poirot — 66 shared actors
Death in Paradise and Grantchester — 52 shared actors

Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.