Many well-known stars of television and film have guest starred in episodes of Castle. They include:
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Season 1[edit]
- Keir Dullea - Jonathan Tisdale in Flowers For Your Grave
- Dan Castellaneta - Judge Markway in Flowers For Your Grave and Ghosts
- George Newbern - Howard Peterson in Nanny McDead
- Bill Smitrovich - Ben Davidson in A Chill Goes Through Her Veins
- K Callan - Mrs. Delores Marsh in A Chill Goes Through Her Veins
- Peter Jason - Sheriff Sloan in A Chill Goes Through Her Veins
- Charles Malik Whitfield - Charles Wyler in A Chill Goes Through Her Veins
- Caterina Scorsone - Joanne Delgado in Home is Where the Heart Stops
- Judy Reyes - Theresa Candela in Little Girl Lost
- Robert Costanzo - Sal Tenor in A Death in the Family
Season 2[edit]
- Alyssa Milano - Kyra Blaine, Richard Castle's first love, in A Rose for Everafter
- Graham Beckel - Uncle Teddy in A Rose for Everafter
- Dana Delany - FBI Special Agent Jordan Shaw in Tick, Tick, Tick. – (Part 1) and Boom – (Part 2)
- Michael Ironside - Victor Racine, a notorious mobster, in Den of Thieves
- Reed Diamond - Dr. Cameron Talbot in When The Bough Breaks
- Debi Mazar - Richard Castle's agent in When The Bough Breaks
- J. B. Smoove - Norman Jessup in Love Me Dead
- Carrie Ann Inaba - Nicole Cameron in Love Me Dead
- Rider Strong - Rocco Jones in The Fifth Bullet
- Marc Blucas - Jeremy Preswick in The Fifth Bullet
- Sarah Brown - Amanda Livingston, Castle's date, in The Third Man
- Scott Elrod - Brad Dekker, Beckett's date, in The Third Man
- Ray Wise - Professional sports superagent Bobby Fox in Suicide Squeeze
- Joe Torre - Himself in Suicide Squeeze
- Keiko Agena - Kelly in The Mistress Always Spanks Twice
- Leonard Roberts - Special Agent Jason Avery in Tick, Tick, Tick. – (Part 1) and Boom – (Part 2)
- Isaiah Mustafa - Team Leader in Boom – (Part 2)
- Navi Rawat - Rachel Walters in Wrapped Up In Death
- Tom Bergeron - Late Night Talk Show host Bobby Mann in The Late Shaft
- Bill Bellamy - Mickey Reed in The Late Shaft
- Fred Willard - Hank McPhee - in The Late Shaft
- French Stewart - Zach Robinson in The Late Shaft
- Nicholle Tom - Cindy Mann in The Late Shaft
- Rocco DiSpirito - Himself in Food to Die For
- William R. Moses - Blake Wilder in Overkill
- Mitch Pileggi - Hans Brauer in A Deadly Game
Season 3[edit]
- Jason Beghe - Mike Royce in Under the Gun and To Love and Die in LA
- Rick Hearst - Dr. Elliot Lefcourt in Murder Most Fowl
- Ever Carradine - Mirielle Lefcourt in Murder Most Fowl
- Lance Henriksen - Benny Stryker in Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind
- Lyle Lovett - Agent Westfield in Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind
- Laura Prepon - Natalie Rhodes in Nikki Heat
- Thomas Calabro - Scott Donner in Nikki Heat
- Gilles Marini - Tobias Strange in Poof, You're Dead
- Brett Cullen - Christian Dahl in Poof, You're Dead
- John Kapelos - Joe Pulgatti in Knockdown
- Max Martini - Hal Lockwood in Knockdown and Knockout
- Jason Wiles - Damian Westlake in The Final Nail
- Adrian Pasdar - DHS Agent Mark Fallon in Setup and Countdown
- Jane Seymour - Gloria Chambers in One Life to Lose
- Corbin Bernsen - Lance Buchanan in One Life to Lose
- Rebecca Budig - Mandy Bronson in One Life to Lose
- Cameron Mathison - Vince Bowers in One Life to Lose
- Bruce Davison - Lou Karnacki in Law and Murder
- Liz Vassey - Monica Wyatt in Slice of Death
- Brendan Hines - Alex Conrad in The Dead Pool
- Dominic Purcell - To Love and Die in LA
- Jason George - To Love and Die in LA
- D.B. Sweeney - LAPD Detective Kyle Seeger in To Love and Die in LA
- Gene Simmons - Himself in To Love and Die in LA
- Sasha Roiz - Bobby Stark in Pretty Dead
- Teri Polo - Kayla Baron in Pretty Dead
- Michael McKean - Victor Baron in Pretty Dead
- Dennis Lehane - Himself in The Dead Pool
Season 4[edit]
- William Atherton - Dr. Ari Weiss in Head Case
- Francois Chau - Clifford Lee in Kick the Ballistics
- Kristin Lehman - Serena Kaye in Eye of the Beholder
- Jessica Tuck - Joy McHugh in Eye of the Beholder
- James Read - Anton McHugh in Eye of the Beholder
- Josh Hopkins - Uniformed Officer in Demons
- Dean Norris - Captain Peterson in Cops and Robbers
- Barry Livingston - Abe in Cops and Robbers
- Richard Burgi - Charlie Turner in Heartbreak Hotel
- Derek Webster - New York City Mayor Robert Weldon in Dial M for Mayor
- Justin Hartley - Reggie Star in An Embarrassment of Bitches
- Hilarie Burton - Kay Cappuccio in An Embarrassment of Bitches
- Jennifer Beals - CIA Agent Sophia Turner in Pandora and Linchpin
- Tim Guinee - Andrew Haynes in 47 Seconds
- Charles Shaughnessy - Nigel Wyndham in The Limey
- Brett Tucker - Detective Inspector Colin Hunt in The Limey
Season 5[edit]
- Jack Coleman - Senator William H. Bracken in After the Storm and Recoil
- Jodi Lyn O'Keefe - Kristina Coterra in Cloudy with a Chance of Murder
- Jonathan Frakes - Richard Castle fan in The Final Frontier
- Christina Moore - Stephanie Frye in The Final Frontier
- Ed Quinn - Gabriel Winters in The Final Frontier
- Armin Shimerman - Benjamin Donnelly in The Final Frontier
- Chris McKenna - Simon Westport in The Final Frontier
- Erin Way - Audrey O'Neill in The Final Frontier
- C. Thomas Howell - John Campbell in Swan Song
- Tony Denison - Michael "Mickey" Dolan in After Hours
- Patrick Fischler - Leo in After Hours
- Jack Wagner - Billy Piper in Significant Others
- Nancy Lee Grahn - Samatha Voss in Significant Others
- Gina Torres - Penelope Foster in Reality Star Struck
- Gail O'Grady - Margo Cowan in Reality Star Struck
- Dylan Walsh - FBI Agent Harris in Target and Hunt
- James Brolin - Jackson Hunt in Hunt
- Wes Craven - Himself in Scared to Death
- Raphael Sbarge - Dr. Meeks in The Fast and the Furriest
- Ioan Gruffudd - Eric Vaughn in The Squab and the Quail
Season 6[edit]
- Lisa Edelstein - Federal Agent Rachel McCord in Valkyrie, Dreamworld, and Need To Know
- Glenn Morshower - Secretary of Defense Michael Reed in Dreamworld
- Antonio Sabato, Jr. - Ramon Russo in Need To Know
- Joshua Bitton - Grant "Sully" Sullivan in Need To Know and Number One Fan
- Alicia Lagano - Emily Riggs in Number One Fan
- Joshua Gomez - Simon Doyle in Time Will Tell
- Frances Fisher – Matilda King in Dressed to Kill
- Kenny Johnson – Harden in In the Belly of the Beast
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield – Elizabeth Weston (Captain Gates's sister) in The Greater Good
- Jon Polito - Harold Leone in That 70s Show
- Eddie McClintock - Rogan O'Leary in For Better or Worse
Season 7[edit]
- Keith Szarabajka - Gentleman James Grady in Once Upon a Time in the West
- Dale Midkiff - Sheriff Conklin in Once Upon a Time in the West
- Molly Hagan - Daisy May in Once Upon a Time in the West
- Ted McGinley - Brock Harmon in Last Action Hero
- Krista Allen - Naomi Duvray in Last Action Hero
- Paul Ben-Victor - Dino Scarpella in Bad Santa
- Vincent Spano - Christopher Carlucci in Bad Santa
- Ivan Sergei – Cole Whitfield in I, Witness
- Maxwell Caulfield – Sir Ian Rasher in The Wrong Stuff
- Linda Park - Chief Inspector Zhang in Hong Kong Hustle
- Rosalind Chao - Mimi Tan in Hong Kong Hustle
- David Conrad - Frank Kelly in At Close Range
- Jaleel White - Mickey Franks in Dead From New York
- Carly Rae Jepsen - Herself in Dead From New York
- Wallace Langham - Dr Van Holtzman in Hollander's Woods
Season 8[edit]
- Ann Cusack - Rita in XX and Dead Red
- Stephnie Weir - Mia Laszlo in The Nose
- Kristoffer Polaha - Caleb Brown in Mr. & Mrs. Castle, Witness for the Prosecution, Dead Again and Crossfire
- Corbin Bleu - Hunter in Tone Death
- Nick E Tarabay – Vasily Zhirov in Dead Red
- Summer Glau - Kendall Frost in The G.D.S.
- Gerald McRaney - Mason Wood in The G.D.S. and Crossfire
- Angélica Celaya - Sonia Ruiz in Heartbreaker
- Denise Crosby - Dr Marion Baker in Death Wish
- Jonathan Silverman - Alan Masters in Dead Again
- Jewel Staite - Erin Chernoff in Much Ado About Murder
- Jed Rees - Flynn in Crossfire
Multi-Season Guests[edit]
- Danny Nucci - Detective Gilbert Mazzara in Love Me Dead and Sucker Punch
- Darby Stanchfield - Meredith, Richard Castle's crazy first wife and mother of Alexis Castle, in Always Buy Retail and Significant Others
- Robert Picardo - Dr. Clark Murray in A Death in the Family and Sucker Punch
- Phil LaMarr – Dr Holloway in Vampire Weekend, The Fifth Bullet and Room 147
- Michael Mosley - Jerry Tyson in 3XK, Probable Cause, Resurrection and Reckoning
- Lee Tergesen - Marcus Gates in 3XK and Reckoning
- Jonathan Adams - Vulcan Simmons in Knockdown, In the Belly of the Beast and Veritas
- Judith Scott - Evelyn Montgomery in Pretty Dead, Knockdown and Always
- Adam Baldwin - Detective Ethan Slaughter in Headhunters and Cool Boys
- Tahmoh Penikett - Cole Maddox in Always and After the Storm
- Jack Coleman - Senator William Bracken in After the Storm, Recoil, In the Belly of the Beast, Veritas, XY and XX
- Don Stark – Vinnie 'The Scar' Cardano in Murder, He Wrote and Driven
- James Brolin - Jackson Hunt in Hunt and Deep Cover
- Annie Wersching - Dr. Kelly Nieman in Disciple, Resurrection and Reckoning
Trivia[edit]
- Reed Diamond appeared in a TV movie called Faceless, with Stana Katic.
- Nathan Fillion invited friend Dana Delany, with whom he appeared in Desperate Housewives, to appear as Special Agent Jordan Shaw in the season 2 two-parter.
- William R. Moses appeared in Falcon Crest, as the son of Susan Sullivan's character.
- Darby Stanchfield has played wife to Nathan Fillion before and mother to Molly C Quinn before. She was Nathan's character's wife in Waitress and Molly's character's mother in The Sacrifice. She will also appear as the sister of Stana Katic's character in the upcoming film Rendezvous.
- Bruce Davison previously starred in The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice with Stana Katic
- Justice Gamble played a bartender in A Deadly Affair and returns in To Love and Die in LA as the actor playing Detective Ochoa, based on Detective Javier Esposito, in the Heat Wave movie
- Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, and Summer Glau were co-stars of Nathan Fillion's on the cult-favorite TV show Firefly
- Patrick Fischler previously starred with Stana Katic in the independent film CBGB.
- Lee Tergesen, guest star in 3XK, also starred in the miniseries Generation Kill with Jon Huertas