Homeland guest stars
875 actors have guest-starred in Homeland across 96 episodes and 8 seasons. The most-credited is Amy Hargreaves, Maggie Mathison in 20 episodes. 231 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Hargreaves | Maggie Mathison | 20 |
| Tim Guinee | Scott Ryan | 16 |
| Claire Keane | Franny | 15 |
| Hrach Titizian | Danny Galvez | 15 |
| McKenna Keane | Franny | 15 |
| Nina Hoss | Astrid | 13 |
| Andrea Deck | Jenna Bragg | 11 |
| Hill Harper | Rob Emmons | 11 |
| Cliff Chamberlain | Mike Dunne | 10 |
| Sam Trammell | Vice President Ben Hayes | 10 |
| Shaun Toub | Majid Javadi | 10 |
| Atheer Adel | Numan | 9 |
| C.J. Wilson | Porteous Belli | 9 |
| Mark Ivanir | Ivan Krupin | 9 |
| Zuleikha Robinson | Roya Hammad | 9 |
| Dylan Baker | Senator Sam Paley | 8 |
| James Mount | Agent Thoms | 8 |
| James Rebhorn | Frank Mathison | 8 |
| Michael O'Keefe | John Redmond | 8 |
| Sandrine Holt | Simone Martin | 8 |
| Timothée Chalamet | Finn Walden | 8 |
| Alireza Bayram | Qasim | 7 |
| Allan Corduner | Etai Luskin | 7 |
| Art Malik | Bunny Latif | 7 |
| Catherine Curtin | Sandy Langmore | 7 |
Homeland guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 102 | Hrach Titizian, Chris Chalk, Amy Hargreaves, Marin Ireland, Taylor Kowalski, Afton Williamson, Alok Tewari, Jason Hatfield, Linda Purl, Omid Abtahi, Ramsey Faragallah, Amir Arison and 90 more |
| Season 2 | 88 | Zuleikha Robinson, Timothée Chalamet, Hrach Titizian, Valerie Cruz, Allie McCulloch, Marc Menchaca, Talia Balsam, Alexander Gemignani, Cal Johnson, Clara Khoury, Debra Terry, James Rebhorn and 76 more |
| Season 3 | 129 | Shaun Toub, Tim Guinee, William Abadie, James Rebhorn, Sam Underwood, Ahmed Lucan, Gary Wilmes, Jason Butler Harner, William Sadler, Amal Essaqr, Amy Hargreaves, Blas Diaz and 117 more |
| Season 4 | 98 | Michael O'Keefe, Mark Moses, Raza Jaffrey, Shavani Seth, Suraj Sharma, Amy Hargreaves, Art Malik, Gary Green, Meren Reddy, Nick Boraine, Tamer Burjaq, Aidan Whytock and 86 more |
| Season 5 | 111 | Atheer Adel, Nina Hoss, Alireza Bayram, Mark Ivanir, René Ifrah, Allan Corduner, Erol Afşin, Micah Hauptman, Sebastian Hülk, Martin Wuttke, Morocco Omari, Reza Brojerdi and 99 more |
| Season 6 | 136 | Hill Harper, C.J. Wilson, James Mount, Claire Keane, McKenna Keane, Patrick Sabongui, Dominic Fumusa, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, J. Mallory McCree, Leo Manzari, Nina Hoss, Robert Knepper and 124 more |
| Season 7 | 131 | Claire Keane, Dylan Baker, McKenna Keane, Sandrine Holt, Amy Hargreaves, Catherine Curtin, James D'Arcy, Mackenzie Astin, Peter Vack, Ari Fliakos, Clé Bennett, Courtney Grosbeck and 119 more |
| Season 8 | 131 | Andrea Deck, Cliff Chamberlain, Sam Trammell, Tim Guinee, Mohammad Bakri, Hugh Dancy, Jason Tottenham, Seear Kohi, Charles Brice, Elham Ehsas, Octavio Rodriguez, Sam Chance and 119 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 Homeland | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Guinee | Scott Ryan | 35 |
| Fredric Lehne | General Rossen | 34 |
| John Getz | Joe Crocker | 33 |
| Mark Moses | Dennis Boyd | 31 |
| Anthony Azizi | Nasser | 31 |
| Bernard White | Farhad Nafisi | 29 |
| Patrick St. Esprit | Aaron | 29 |
| Jeremiah Birkett | Staff Sergeant Calhoun | 27 |
| Nestor Serrano | Major General Tony Trujillo | 27 |
| Sherman Howard | Chip Shooter Haigh | 25 |
| Mark Ivanir | Ivan Krupin | 24 |
| Andrew Borba | Berkle | 24 |
| John Finn | Rex Henning | 24 |
| Omid Abtahi | Raqim Faisel | 23 |
| William R. Moses | Scott | 23 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Johnson | CIA Driver, Navy Seal 1 | 2 |
| Jay Gates | Estes Aide, Sound Guy | 2 |
| Mohammed Boussalem | Brody's Guard, Colonel Zakhrani | 2 |
| Vickie Eng | Elizabeth Chu, Hotel Desk Clerk | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Homeland and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 143 shared actors
- Homeland and The Blacklist — 120 shared actors
- Homeland and Blue Bloods — 117 shared actors
- Homeland and Elementary — 69 shared actors
- Homeland and Bull — 67 shared actors
- Homeland and Madam Secretary — 66 shared actors
- Homeland and NCIS — 60 shared actors
- Homeland and The Good Wife — 60 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.