The Unit guest stars
752 actors have guest-starred in The Unit across 69 episodes and 4 seasons. The most-credited is Alyssa Shafer, Serena Brown in 20 episodes. 425 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Alyssa Shafer | Serena Brown | 20 |
| Kavita Patil | Sgt. Kayla Medawar | 19 |
| Danielle Hanratty | Lissy Gerhardt | 18 |
| Rebecca Pidgeon | Charlotte Canning Ryan | 14 |
| Sammi Hanratty | Jenny Gerhardt | 9 |
| Angel M. Wainwright | Betsy Blane | 7 |
| Hank Stratton | Isaac Reed | 7 |
| Summer Glau | Crystal Burns | 7 |
| Susan E. Matus | Sgt. Sarah Irvine | 7 |
| Yara Martinez | Annie | 7 |
| Christina Gianaris | Mandy | 6 |
| David Rees Snell | Leon Drake | 6 |
| Michael O'Neill | Ron Cheals | 6 |
| Zosia Mamet | Christine Ross | 6 |
| Bre Blair | Joss Morgan | 5 |
| Daniel Wisler | Jeremy Erhart | 5 |
| Jon Hamm | Wilson James | 5 |
| Phil Hendrie | George Tatelman | 5 |
| Ann Cusack | Susan Gillium | 4 |
| Conor O'Farrell | Major General Heath | 4 |
| Ingrid Sanai Buron | Gina | 4 |
| Margot Farley | Judith Strickland | 4 |
| Matt Malloy | Dr. Farris | 4 |
| Michele Greene | Cynthia Burdett | 4 |
| Ricky Jay | CIA Agent Kern | 4 |
The Unit guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 174 | Alyssa Shafer, Danielle Hanratty, Michael O'Neill, Christina Gianaris, Ingrid Sanai Buron, Kavita Patil, Gale Harold, Karl Makinen, Katie Mitchell, Kenny Suarez, Kirk B.R. Woller, Lionel Mark Smith and 162 more |
| Season 2 | 263 | Alyssa Shafer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Summer Glau, Zosia Mamet, Daniel Wisler, Danielle Hanratty, Jon Hamm, Susan E. Matus, Kavita Patil, Phil Hendrie, Alain Uy, Brad Campbell and 251 more |
| Season 3 | 125 | Yara Martinez, Alyssa Shafer, Danielle Hanratty, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sammi Hanratty, Angel M. Wainwright, Christina Gianaris, Dean Norris, Kavita Patil, Ned Bellamy, Nick McDow, Ori Pfeffer and 113 more |
| Season 4 | 240 | Kavita Patil, Hank Stratton, Danielle Hanratty, David Rees Snell, Bre Blair, Ann Cusack, Alyssa Shafer, Angel M. Wainwright, Benito Martinez, Hugh Fitzgerald, JB Blanc, Sammi Hanratty and 228 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 The Unit | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Don McManus | CIA Agent Billy | 37 |
| Andy Umberger | Agent Bluman | 36 |
| Jamie McShane | Detective Renner | 35 |
| Michael O'Neill | Ron Cheals | 34 |
| Benito Martinez | Benjamin Castillo | 34 |
| Conor O'Farrell | Major General Heath | 33 |
| Colby French | Welfare Man | 33 |
| Dean Norris | Supervisor Marsh | 32 |
| François Chau | Sub-Captain | 32 |
| Anthony Azizi | Amin Al-Nura | 31 |
| Brian Howe | Griffiths | 31 |
| Lee Tergesen | Alex Deckard | 31 |
| Mac Brandt | MP #1 | 31 |
| Nigel Gibbs | General Hayes | 31 |
| Scott Klace | Wilpon | 31 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Alain Uy | Employee, Operations Assistant | 2 |
| Ali Dean | Café Proprietor, Tribal Chief | 2 |
| Dean Mounir | Insurgent #1, Kidnapper #1 | 2 |
| J.J. Dashnaw | Agent #2, Frat Guy | 2 |
| Katie Mitchell | Linda Kaplan, Sarah Branch | 2 |
| Michael Papajohn | Henchman #2, Man | 2 |
| Parisa Fitz-Henley | Laurenda, Laurenda George | 2 |
| Zoran Radanovich | Detainee #1, Mobster #1 | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- The Unit and NCIS — 189 shared actors
- The Unit and ER — 177 shared actors
- The Unit and NCIS: Los Angeles — 158 shared actors
- The Unit and Criminal Minds — 150 shared actors
- The Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 133 shared actors
- The Unit and CSI: Miami — 130 shared actors
- The Unit and Cold Case — 124 shared actors
- The Unit and Bones — 119 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.