Favourite Character Actors

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Who pops up as a guest star in your favourite shows and makes that episode or group of episodes better as a result? They're the kind of actors that pop up as guest stars, usually for no more than a string of episodes.

I'll start with a few.

Jere Burns (seen as Wynn Duffy in Justified and Anson in Burn Notice).

David Costabile (Daniel Hardman in Suits, Gale Boetticher in Breaking Bad and Rick Messer in Damages).

Mark Pellegrino (seen as Jacob in Lost, Lucifer in Supernatural, and recently seen in Person of Interest).

Mark Sheppard (Crowley in Supernatural, Jim Sterling in Leverage, Warehouse 13, Chuck, BSG....)

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The late Kathryn Joosten seemed to pop up in all sorts of shows as a guest character.

Best known for The West Wing and Desperate Housewives, but she appeared in a single episode of (amongst many others) Scrubs, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Malcolm in The Middle, The X Files and The Mentalist. An excellent Actress who fitted a lot into her all-too brief career

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Max Martini ( Castle, Revenge, CSI, Harsh Realm, Lie to me , 24)

Embeth Davidtz (Mad Men, Californication, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs)

Tim Guinee (Damages, The Good Wife, Lie to me, Homeland, The Closer, Castle, 24)

Dean Winters ( Oz, Rescue me, 30 Rock, SVU, Sarah Connor Chronicles)

Brett Cullen ( LOST, Person of Interest, Damages, Friday Night Lights, The West Wing)

Lee Tergesen (Oz, The Big C, Rescue me, Life on Mars)

Margo Martindale (Dexter, Justified, The Americans, Medium, Suits, Person of Interest)

Michael Gaston (Damages, Fringe, Last Resort, The Mentalist, The Americans, Terriers, Rubicon)

Beth Grant ( The Office, Dexter, Justified, Modern Family, Criminal Minds, Grey's)

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The Mac Daddy of them all would surely have to be Brian Dennehy!

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Gregory Antonacci (Busting Loose as Vinnie Marabito, Boardwalk Empire as Johnny Torrio & The Sopranos as Butch DeConcini)

Jax Teller

Walton Goggins. His cameo in Sons of Anarchy was brilliant

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Fred Stoller
(My Name is Earl, Scrubs, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Sarah Silverman Show)

Always good for a one-off, always has good lines. In a ton of movies too.