Psych guest stars
1,249 actors have guest-starred in Psych across 119 episodes and 8 seasons. The most-credited is Liam James, Young Shawn in 60 episodes. 476 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Liam James | Young Shawn | 60 |
| Sage Brocklebank | Buzz McNab | 57 |
| Kurt Fuller | Dr. Woodrow Juniper "Woody" Strode, Chief Olsen Watt (1967) | 32 |
| Carlos McCullers, II | Young Gus | 24 |
| Skyler Gisondo | Young Shawn | 11 |
| Kristy Swanson | Marlowe Viccellio | 6 |
| Rachael Leigh Cook | Abigail Lytar | 6 |
| Cybill Shepherd | Dr. Madeleine Spencer | 5 |
| Isaah Brown | Young Gus | 5 |
| Viv Leacock | Police Officer | 5 |
| Carlos Jacott | Geoff, Hell Hag, Morty Camp | 4 |
| Cary Elwes | Pierre Despereaux | 4 |
| Parminder Nagra | Rachael | 4 |
| Aleks Paunovic | Bartender, Security Guard, Serbian #1 | 3 |
| Ally Sheedy | Mr. Yang | 3 |
| Anthony Michael Hall | Harris Trout | 3 |
| Brad Kelly | Confederate Soldier, Lester, Parent (Thug) | 3 |
| Calum Worthy | Malone, Shockley | 3 |
| Curt Smith | Curt Smith | 3 |
| Jimmi Simpson | Dr. Mary Lightly | 3 |
| Mateen Devji | Maximus | 3 |
| Mira Sorvino | Betsy Brannigan | 3 |
| Peter Kelamis | Dr. Metz, Principal Petlic, Prosecutor #1 | 3 |
| Phylicia Rashad | Winnifred "Winnie" Guster | 3 |
| Ray Wise | Father Peter Westley, Hon. Horace Leland | 3 |
Psych guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 185 | Liam James, Sage Brocklebank, Isaah Brown, Calum Worthy, Chelan Simmons, Dagmar Midcap, Patricia Drake, Patricia Idlette, Viv Leacock, Aaron Dudley, Aaron Grain, Aaron Ydenberg and 173 more |
| Season 2 | 205 | Liam James, Sage Brocklebank, Carlos McCullers, II, Kristie Marsden, Patricia Isaac, Agam Darshi, Alberto Ghisi, Alex Chu, Alex Kliner, Alex Meneses, Ali Liebert, Alison MacKay and 193 more |
| Season 3 | 160 | Liam James, Sage Brocklebank, Carlos McCullers, II, Cybill Shepherd, Beulah Wong, Rachael Leigh Cook, Adrian Hough, Aileen Laurel, Alan Ruck, Aliyah O'Brien, Ally Sheedy, Andrea Lai and 148 more |
| Season 4 | 148 | Liam James, Sage Brocklebank, Rachael Leigh Cook, Carlos McCullers, II, Kurt Fuller, Aleks Holtz, Alessandro Miro, Alex Zahara, Alexandra Krosney, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McIlroy, Andrew Wheeler and 136 more |
| Season 5 | 174 | Sage Brocklebank, Carlos McCullers, II, Skyler Gisondo, Kurt Fuller, Liam James, Jerry Shea, Meredith Monroe, Néstor Carbonell, Adam Greydon Reid, Adam Rodriguez, Alberta Mayne, Allan Gray and 162 more |
| Season 6 | 204 | Kurt Fuller, Sage Brocklebank, Skyler Gisondo, Kristy Swanson, Richard Stroh, Scott Rintoul, Theresa Lee, William Shatner, Adam Beauchesne, Aga Postawska, Aksana Koungourva, Alec Willows and 192 more |
| Season 7 | 147 | Kurt Fuller, Parminder Nagra, Sage Brocklebank, Mateen Devji, Gavin Cooke, Jeffrey Tambor, Kristy Swanson, Aleks Paunovic, Alex Enriquez, Alex Kliner, Alex Quijano, Allie Bertram and 135 more |
| Season 8 | 127 | Kurt Fuller, Mira Sorvino, Sage Brocklebank, Anthony Michael Hall, Carlos Jacott, Kristy Swanson, Aaron Craven, Adam Abrams, Alan Ruck, Aleks Paunovic, Allen Sawkins, Allie Bertram and 115 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 Psych | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| John Kapelos | Tom Swagerty | 40 |
| Don McManus | Carl Wilcox | 37 |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Wes Hildenbach | 37 |
| Jamie McShane | Roger | 35 |
| Ray Wise | Father Peter Westley, Hon. Horace Leland | 33 |
| Thomas Kopache | Leonard Sirtis | 33 |
| Ernie Hudson | William "Bill" Guster | 32 |
| Lee Garlington | Eugenia | 32 |
| Bruce Davison | Walter Snowden | 31 |
| Matt Kaminsky | Neil Stillman | 31 |
| Todd Stashwick | Frankjim Ogletree | 31 |
| Kurt Fuller | Dr. Woodrow Juniper "Woody" Strode, Chief Olsen Watt (1967) | 29 |
| Dan Lauria | Bill Peterson | 28 |
| Drew Powell | Football Player | 28 |
| Gary Cole | Commander Cameron Luntz | 28 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Jacott | Geoff, Hell Hag, Morty Camp | 4 |
| Aleks Paunovic | Bartender, Security Guard, Serbian #1 | 3 |
| Brad Kelly | Confederate Soldier, Lester, Parent (Thug) | 3 |
| Peter Kelamis | Dr. Metz, Principal Petlic, Prosecutor #1 | 3 |
| Kurt Fuller | Dr. Woodrow Juniper "Woody" Strode, Chief Olsen Watt (1967) | 32 |
| Calum Worthy | Malone, Shockley | 3 |
| Ray Wise | Father Peter Westley, Hon. Horace Leland | 3 |
| Alan Ruck | Phil Stubbins, Ruben Leonard | 2 |
| Alex Kliner | Guide, Lodge Member #1 | 2 |
| Allie Bertram | Helen, Juror #5 | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Psych and Supernatural — 485 shared actors
- Psych and Fringe — 252 shared actors
- Psych and Stargate SG·1 — 225 shared actors
- Psych and Smallville — 224 shared actors
- Psych and Arrow — 184 shared actors
- Psych and The Outer Limits — 170 shared actors
- Psych and The X-Files — 165 shared actors
- Psych and Once Upon a Time — 117 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.