Supernatural guest stars
2,405 actors have guest-starred in Supernatural across 327 episodes and 15 seasons. The most-credited is Jim Beaver, Bobby Singer, Apocalypse World Bobby Singer in 69 episodes. 669 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Beaver | Bobby Singer, Apocalypse World Bobby Singer | 69 |
| Samantha Smith | Mary Winchester | 36 |
| Ruth Connell | Rowena MacLeod | 33 |
| David Haydn-Jones | Arthur Ketch | 19 |
| Kim Rhodes | Sheriff Jody Mills | 19 |
| Osric Chau | Kevin Tran, Alternate Universe Kevin Tran | 19 |
| Rob Benedict | Chuck Shurley / God | 19 |
| Curtis Armstrong | Metatron | 15 |
| Lisa Berry | Billie | 15 |
| Genevieve Padalecki | Ruby, Genevieve Cortese | 13 |
| Emily Swallow | Amara | 12 |
| Jeffrey Dean Morgan | John Winchester | 12 |
| Cindy Sampson | Lisa Braeden | 11 |
| Felicia Day | Charlie Bradbury, Apocalypse World Charlie Bradbury | 11 |
| Richard Speight, Jr. | Trickster / Gabriel, Loki | 11 |
| Rachel Miner | Meg Masters | 10 |
| Ty Olsson | Benny Lafitte, Eli | 10 |
| Amanda Tapping | Naomi | 9 |
| Erica Carroll | Hannah, Mother in the Park, Nurse | 9 |
| Keith Szarabajka | Professor Donatello Redfield | 9 |
| Samantha Ferris | Ellen Harvelle | 9 |
| Alaina Huffman | Josie Sands / Abaddon | 8 |
| Courtney Ford | Kelly Kline | 8 |
| Erica Cerra | Dumah, Robin | 8 |
| Kurt Fuller | Zachariah | 8 |
Supernatural guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 209 | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Nicki Aycox, Adrianne Palicki, Erica Carroll, Roy Campsall, Samantha Smith, Sebastian Spence, Shawn Reis, A.J. Buckley, Aaron Craven, Aaron Rota, Adrian Hough and 197 more |
| Season 2 | 174 | Samantha Ferris, Jim Beaver, Alona Tal, Chad Lindberg, Fredric Lehne, Aldis Hodge, Charles Malik Whitfield, Gabriel Tigerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Katharine Isabelle, Matreya Fedor, Samantha Smith and 162 more |
| Season 3 | 159 | Jim Beaver, Cindy Sampson, Michael Massee, Sterling K. Brown, A.J. Buckley, Adrian Formosa, Adrian Holmes, Aimee Garcia, Alberto Ghisi, Alex Bruhanski, Allison Warnyca, Andrew McIlroy and 147 more |
| Season 4 | 175 | Genevieve Padalecki, Jim Beaver, Julie McNiven, Robert Wisdom, Christopher Heyerdahl, Kurt Fuller, Traci Dinwiddie, Cainan Wiebe, Colin Ford, Juliana Wimbles, Katherine Boecher, Mark Rolston and 163 more |
| Season 5 | 209 | Jim Beaver, Kurt Fuller, Rob Benedict, Alona Tal, Cindy Sampson, Emily Perkins, Jake Abel, Matt Frewer, Rachel Miner, Richard Speight, Jr., Rocky Anderson, Samantha Ferris and 197 more |
| Season 6 | 189 | Jim Beaver, Cindy Sampson, Mitch Pileggi, Sebastian Roché, Nicholas Elia, Corin Nemec, Jessica Heafey, Julia Maxwell, Kim Johnston Ulrich, David Paetkau, Demore Barnes, Lanette Ware and 177 more |
| Season 7 | 259 | Jim Beaver, James Patrick Stuart, Benito Martinez, Kevin McNally, Cameron Bancroft, Kim Rhodes, Olivia Cheng, Osric Chau, Rachel Miner, Sean Owen Roberts, DJ Qualls, Khaira Ledeyo and 247 more |
| Season 8 | 212 | Osric Chau, Amanda Tapping, Liane Balaban, Ty Olsson, Alaina Huffman, Curtis Armstrong, Tyler Johnston, Felicia Day, Graem Beddoes, Lauren Tom, Aaron Craven, Aaron Pearl and 200 more |
| Season 9 | 256 | Tahmoh Penikett, Alaina Huffman, Curtis Armstrong, Osric Chau, Erica Carroll, Adam J. Harrington, Danielle Kremeniuk, Jessie Fraser, Kim Rhodes, Malcolm Masters, A.J. Buckley, Adam Lolacher and 244 more |
| Season 10 | 210 | Ruth Connell, Curtis Armstrong, Erica Carroll, Travis Aaron Wade, Felicia Day, Kathryn Newton, David Hoflin, David Nykl, Jud Tylor, Markus Flanagan, Matt Bellefleur, Raquel Riskin and 198 more |
| Season 11 | 201 | Emily Swallow, Ruth Connell, Lisa Berry, Rob Benedict, Curtis Armstrong, Yasmeene Ball, Albert Nicholas, Bethany Brown, Claude Knowlton, Dylan Archambault, Gracyn Shinyei, Jesse Reid and 189 more |
| Season 12 | 173 | Samantha Smith, David Haydn-Jones, Adam Fergus, Courtney Ford, Elizabeth Blackmore, Ruth Connell, Ali Ahn, Gillian Barber, Kara Royster, Rick Springfield, Woody Jeffreys, Alex Barima and 161 more |
| Season 13 | 182 | Samantha Smith, Richard Speight, Jr., Christian Keyes, David Haydn-Jones, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Erica Cerra, Ruth Connell, Clark Backo, Jim Beaver, Katherine Evans, Keith Szarabajka, Kim Rhodes and 170 more |
| Season 14 | 159 | Samantha Smith, Jim Beaver, Katherine Evans, Erica Cerra, Keith Szarabajka, Ruth Connell, Andrea Drepaul, Barry W. Levy, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Chilton Crane, Cory Grüter-Andrew, Danneel Ackles and 147 more |
| Season 15 | 162 | Rob Benedict, Lisa Berry, Shoshannah Stern, Emily Swallow, Jim Beaver, Kim Rhodes, Rachel Miner, Ruth Connell, Anna Grace Barlow, Catherine Lough Haggquist, David Haydn-Jones, Isabella Barr and 150 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 Supernatural | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Curtis Brown | Father Gil | 45 |
| Al Sapienza | Santino Scarpatti | 41 |
| John Rubinstein | Charlie | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Edward Carrigan | 40 |
| Don McManus | Don Harding | 37 |
| Michael B. Silver | Martin | 37 |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Hank | 37 |
| Christopher Cousins | Dr. Garrison | 36 |
| Benito Martinez | Edgar | 34 |
| Fredric Lehne | Yellow-Eyed Demon | 34 |
| Robert Picardo | Wayne Whittaker | 34 |
| Larry Poindexter | Reverend David Gideon | 32 |
| Jenny O'Hara | Julia Wilkinson | 31 |
| Mac Brandt | Bucky Sims | 31 |
| Todd Stashwick | Dracula | 31 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Tyson | Clown Ghost / John Wayne Gacy, Marty, Truck Driver | 4 |
| Erica Carroll | Hannah, Mother in the Park, Nurse | 9 |
| Catherine Lough Haggquist | Detective Glass, Jules, Hunter | 5 |
| Chilton Crane | Helen Kline, Beverly Tanner, Mary Lew | 4 |
| Aleks Paunovic | Boyden's Partner, Gunnar Lawless, Skinwalker Lieutenant | 3 |
| Amitai Marmorstein | Gopher, Tim, Winston Mathers | 3 |
| Brent Stait | Joey Six, Rick, Scotty | 3 |
| Cainan Wiebe | Barry Cook, Boy Victim, Bully #1 | 3 |
| Carmen Moore | Doctor 4, Serafina, Sgt. Miranda Bates | 3 |
| Chad Rook | Apocalypse World Zachariah, Desmond, Marshall Todd | 3 |
Shares a cast with
- Supernatural and Psych — 485 shared actors
- Supernatural and Fringe — 439 shared actors
- Supernatural and Arrow — 423 shared actors
- Supernatural and Smallville — 388 shared actors
- Supernatural and Stargate SG·1 — 368 shared actors
- Supernatural and The X-Files — 296 shared actors
- Supernatural and The Flash — 255 shared actors
- Supernatural and The Good Doctor — 241 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.