The West Wing guest stars
566 actors have guest-starred in The West Wing across 154 episodes and 7 seasons. The most-credited is NiCole Robinson, Margaret Hooper in 88 episodes. 469 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| NiCole Robinson | Margaret Hooper | 88 |
| Renee Estevez | Nancy | 44 |
| Lily Tomlin | Deborah Fiderer | 34 |
| Timothy Busfield | Danny Concannon | 27 |
| Mary-Louise Parker | Amy Gardner | 23 |
| John Amos | Percy Fitzwallace | 22 |
| Gary Cole | Vice President Bob Russell | 21 |
| Karis Campbell | Ronna | 21 |
| Robert Aguilar Jr. | Marine Guard | 20 |
| Anna Deavere Smith | Nancy McNally | 19 |
| Ron Silver | Bruno Gianelli | 19 |
| Tim Matheson | Vice President John Hoynes | 19 |
| Teri Polo | Helen Santos | 18 |
| Marlee Matlin | Joey Lucas | 17 |
| Matthew Del Negro | Bram Howard | 16 |
| Steve Ryan | Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson | 16 |
| Bill O'Brien | Kenny Thurman | 15 |
| Janeane Garofalo | Louise Thornton | 15 |
| Kathleen York | Andrea Wyatt | 15 |
| Michael O'Neill | Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield | 14 |
| Thomas Kopache | Bob Slatterly | 14 |
| Emily Procter | Ainsley Hayes | 12 |
| Kathryn Joosten | Dolores Landingham | 12 |
| Allison Smith | Mallory O'Brien | 11 |
| Ramón de Ocampo | Otto | 10 |
The West Wing guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 99 | Timothy Busfield, Renee Estevez, Suzy Nakamura, Allison Smith, John Amos, Lisa Edelstein, Tim Matheson, Bill O'Brien, Jorja Fox, Marlee Matlin, Michael O'Neill, Charley Lang and 87 more |
| Season 2 | 106 | NiCole Robinson, Kathryn Joosten, Emily Procter, Gregory Alan Williams, Anna Deavere Smith, Marlee Matlin, Timothy Busfield, Bill O'Brien, Glenn Morshower, Oliver Platt, Ted McGinley, Corbin Bernsen and 94 more |
| Season 3 | 120 | NiCole Robinson, Mary-Louise Parker, Renee Estevez, Anna Deavere Smith, Ron Silver, Thomas Kopache, Connie Britton, Glenn Morshower, John Amos, Mark Feuerstein, Mark Harmon, Bill O'Brien and 108 more |
| Season 4 | 110 | NiCole Robinson, John Amos, Mary-Louise Parker, Danica McKellar, Lily Tomlin, Renee Estevez, Kathleen York, Trent Ford, Robert Aguilar Jr., Thomas Kopache, Timothy Busfield, Ron Silver and 98 more |
| Season 5 | 109 | NiCole Robinson, Lily Tomlin, Gary Cole, Jesse Bradford, Melissa Marsala, Michael Hyatt, Ron Canada, Renee Estevez, Robert Aguilar Jr., Steve Ryan, Steven Culp, Terry O'Quinn and 97 more |
| Season 6 | 103 | NiCole Robinson, Gary Cole, Lily Tomlin, Karis Campbell, Evan Arnold, Renee Estevez, Robert Aguilar Jr., Steve Ryan, Teri Polo, Tim Matheson, Ed O'Neill, Sam Robards and 91 more |
| Season 7 | 83 | Janeane Garofalo, Karis Campbell, Matthew Del Negro, Teri Polo, NiCole Robinson, Ramón de Ocampo, Diana-Maria Riva, Renee Estevez, Ron Silver, Patricia Richardson, Stephen Root, John Aylward and 71 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 West Wing | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Curtis Brown | Jamie Hotchkiss | 45 |
| Michael Reilly Burke | Bill Brewer | 44 |
| George Wyner | Congressman Simmel | 41 |
| Kenneth Tigar | Congressman Gladman | 41 |
| John Kapelos | Seymour Little | 40 |
| John Rubinstein | Senator Andy Ritter | 40 |
| Patrick Fischler | Walter Sprout | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Richard Will | 40 |
| James Hong | Chinese Ambassador David | 38 |
| John Billingsley | Dr. John Fallow | 38 |
| Sam Anderson | John LaSalle | 38 |
| Glenn Morshower | Mike Chysler | 37 |
| Don McManus | Greg Summerhays | 37 |
| Scott Michael Campbell | Donald Dolan | 37 |
| Andy Umberger | Cal Mathis | 36 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ned Schmidtke | Admiral, Industry Leader | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- The West Wing and ER — 228 shared actors
- The West Wing and NCIS — 181 shared actors
- The West Wing and The Practice — 181 shared actors
- The West Wing and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 159 shared actors
- The West Wing and L.A. Law — 137 shared actors
- The West Wing and Cold Case — 129 shared actors
- The West Wing and Criminal Minds — 124 shared actors
- The West Wing and Boston Legal — 123 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.