31 Actors Who Starred In 10 Episodes Or Less Of A TV Show, But Absolutely Made The Most Of It

[theemii]

Sterling K. Brown's appearance on Brooklyn Nine-Nine was awardworthy. https://t.co/87OMOnv2wQ
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5 out of 31.

29. Paul Rudd as Bobby Newport on Parks and Rec
Number of episodes he appeared in: Six

22. Mahershala Ali as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes on Luke Cage
Number of episodes he appeared in: Six

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MY KING

[trekkiepetrelli]

Re: MY KING

[la_petite_singe]

if you insist

[snuffyqui45]

Man, if we're going by one-off guest stars on the L&O multiverse we could be here all day.

Just so many good performances. Viola Davis on Criminal Intent for instance. Spectacular, show-stopping, brilliant etc.

For longer guest stars, Mindy St.Claire & Elsbeth Tascioni come to mind.

[thatgum_youlike]

yes to elsbeth! an icon!

[ironicmustache]

ooh a l&o guest stars post would be a great original!
(i can't do it, i'm just making my way through all of svu for the first time lol. but seeing a new familiar face every ep is my favorite part of watching it.)

[thatgum_youlike]

i lost almost all interest in luke cage after cottonmouth was killed off lol, mahershala is soooooo compelling in that role

[jellycar]

love your icon and same, he was amazing in that role, the shot of him in front of the notorious B.I.G. portrait is one of the best shots in tv and movie history

[thatgum_youlike]

omg love yours! and yeah that shot is pure magic, i think about it on a regular basis 🤩

[lyra_loo]

I legit stopped watching, like who cares at all. I also think Mike Colter has negative charisma so it just immediately became so boring.

[zoaster_toaster]

Bobby Newport, Cottonmouth Stokes <3333

[magnetic_rose92]

Mahershala was so iconic in Luke Cage. And so was Paul Rudd in P&R.

He was definitely in more than ten episodes but it’s wild to me how Andrew Robinson was only in 37 episodes out of 176 for Star Trek: Deep Space None and yet Garak feels like such an integral character. Garak and Bashir’s relationship is always the first thing I think about when DS9 is mentioned but that could also just be my shipper bias lol.

[euraylie]

I just commented further down how so many of DS9‘s reoccurring characters were so impactful ...Garak, Dukat, Kai Winn, Weyoun etc

[ahria]

I feel like Garak was more fleshed out than most of the cast who were in every episode! I can't believe he's only in 37, wow.

[evilgerbil]

He was one of my favorite parts of that show. A simple tailor. Amazing that Garak was initially only supposed to be in one episode.