Top 10 Times TV Shows Shared the Same Cast

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Are we having déjà vu?! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the most interesting times TV shows featured many of the same key actors as other shows. Separate shows that share the same narrative canon are not included.

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00:00Mr. Crumb, call me by my last name, you say Mr. in front of it.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the most interesting times TV shows featured many of the same key actors as other shows.
00:12Separate shows that share the same narrative canon are not included.
00:16Now, say my name.
00:2110. Game of Thrones and Three-Body Problem
00:24David Benioff and D.B. Weiss oversaw such a huge ensemble on Game of Thrones that some actors were bound to meet again.
00:30Are you certain?
00:31It's what the High Septon wrote in his private diary. I don't know why he'd lie.
00:36Quite a few fan favorites reunited when the showrunners and Alexander Wu teamed up on Netflix's adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi series Three-Body Problem.
00:44It's particularly fun to see John Bradley play more confident than Samuel Tarly as a forthright entrepreneur.
00:57And Liam Cunningham, who was one of the few truly good guys in Westeros, makes for a chilling villain.
01:03Jonathan Pryce, Conleth Hill, and others also show up in the first season alone.
01:08If either of you have a proposal to explain the behavior of the sun, I will consider it now.
01:13As mind-bending as Three-Body Problem is overall, even the cast will thrill Game of Thrones fans.
01:24Mike Flanagan has always been loyal to his collaborators.
01:27He seemed to just be following horror anthology tradition when he recycled most of the cast from The Haunting of Hill House for its follow-up, The Haunting of Bly Manor.
01:35You try to help, but there's just too many of them, and too little of you.
01:42But when he returned to Netflix with the miniseries Midnight Mass, he brought such talents as Alex Esso, Rahul Kohli, and Samantha Sloane.
01:50Newcomers Zach Guilford and Igby Rigney then joined these veterans for the fall of the House of Usher.
01:55Uh, your step...Juna's gonna be at the Met this weekend.
01:59Ultimately, all four series featured Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas, and Flanagan's wife, Kate Siegel.
02:05Casting is clearly part of this horror-drama auteur's signature.
02:08As versatile as his actors are, fans can only look forward to seeing them again.
02:13What made you ditch the other party?
02:15All dressed up, didn't wait for the ball to drop.
02:17Change of scenery.
02:21You expect to see familiar faces walking around AMC's The Walking Dead franchise.
02:25Here's an idea.
02:26Alicia, not now.
02:27I'm not trying to help, Travis.
02:28What did you say?
02:29It's okay.
02:30It's none of his business.
02:31As Fear the Walking Dead began adopting a western aesthetic, however,
02:34it did more than revive the style of the HBO classic Deadwood.
02:37Kim Dickens first reunited with Dayton Cowley and Ray McKinnon in season three.
02:42Still not much for knocking, huh?
02:46I'm going Alamo, Madison.
02:48Last line of defense.
02:50Then came Garrett Dillahunt in season four.
02:53Then came Keith Carradine, whom he killed over a card game to play his father.
02:57Most of these actors didn't even star in Deadwood the movie.
03:00Dillahunt himself used the obvious wordplay Fear the Walking Deadwood
03:04in an interview for the Hype magazine.
03:06Whether the showrunners were motivated by that pun,
03:09they probably wanted to see Deadwood reincarnated more than most.
03:13This was meant to be a knife through butter.
03:15No resistance, you say?
03:17Mayor Culpa, someone tipped off the dam you were coming.
03:19It was beyond my control, but all is well now.
03:23There are corpses floating in the water we're meant to distribute and drink.
03:31Community landed such big stars and cult fandom
03:34that Dan Harmon could count on viewers picking up on familiar voices in Rick and Morty.
03:38I know a place that serves cruelty-free donuts.
03:40If you'd like, I could fly you and your friend there easy peasy lemon squeezy.
03:43Okay, I'll ask him.
03:45Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Joel McHale and Jim Rash
03:48were especially notable guest stars on the animated comedy.
03:51Keith David also voices the increasingly recurring President Andre Curtis.
03:56You can put your faith in nukes if we get through this, General.
03:58Until then, I'll put mine in Rick and Morty.
04:01Get schwifty with the jam.
04:03Nathan Fillion, Tony Hale and John Oliver
04:05are just a few more of the many to pass through the hallowed halls of Harmon's two shows.
04:10We loved each other. We had a child together.
04:13Several alumni even signed up for Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland's show Solar Opposites.
04:18With all the pop culture references in these shows,
04:20audiences should keep their ears open for Easter eggs right down to the casting.
04:24Corvo! Hey, buddy.
04:26Check out my new business. Fruit by Keith by the foot.
04:29I'm making my own fruit snacks.
04:30I don't have time for your crazy neighbor antics.
04:36Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy embraced the fantasy of American Horror Story
04:40by recasting many actors across the anthology seasons.
04:43You've already paid for one night.
04:45Trust me.
04:47This place will grow on you.
04:49Despite the titular connection,
04:51American Crime Story downplays that gimmick
04:53while dramatizing high-profile true crime cases.
04:56Nonetheless, there are many casting connections between the series.
05:00AHS mainstay Sarah Paulson helmed The People vs. O.J. Simpson as Marcia Clark,
05:05eventually returning as Linda Tripp in Impeachment.
05:08If you'll excuse me, some of us have real jobs.
05:11Across three seasons of ACS,
05:13heaps more AHS alums have appeared in smaller roles.
05:16Cuba Gooding Jr. and Cody Fern actually did crime first.
05:20These talents are so immersed in playing historical figures
05:23that it's rarely distracting.
05:25Falchuk and Murphy's repeat collabs
05:27still provide much-needed fun in all of their intense anthologies.
05:30Now tell me, woman.
05:34What fills your heart with dread?
05:40Vice Principal star power may have been outshined
05:43by the irreverent romp The Righteous Gemstones.
05:52But fans of creators Danny McBride and Jodie Hill
05:55were no less sold by Edie Patterson
05:57being promoted to McBride's top billing in the cast.
05:59Never mind Walton Goggins wearing aging makeup
06:02to play their uncle, Baby Billy Gemstone.
06:10Shea Whigham also has a memorable guest stint,
06:12also in aging makeup.
06:14There may not be much more cast overlap
06:16between Vice Principals and The Righteous Gemstones,
06:18but it consistently makes an impact for McBride and Hill's followers.
06:22If they love this duo's wild sense of humor,
06:24then the self-conscious casting can only add to the oeuvre.
06:27Y'all are not the only married people in this family.
06:30Me and BJ are also strongly betrothed
06:33and also crushing it.
06:35Not a real family.
06:36No kids.
06:41Viewers have long discussed the bizarre number of Star Trek actors
06:44who voiced in the Disney animated fantasy Gargoyles.
06:47All that?
06:48Let's just let them play out their little drama, shall we?
06:53Goliath, you're a fool.
06:54But then you always were, weren't you?
06:57Of the over two dozen franchise veterans who made this Trek,
07:00much of The Next Generation's core cast was prominently featured.
07:04A pay dispute was reportedly the only thing
07:06that kept Patrick Stewart from lending his legendary voice.
07:09The story goes that after Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis
07:12were casting Gargoyles,
07:13the production made it a mission to expand the connection.
07:16Other big stars include Avery Brooks of Deep Space Nine,
07:19Kate Mulgrew of Voyager,
07:21and Nichelle Nichols of the original series.
07:23The Next Generation simply kicked off years of diplomacy
07:26between Trekkies and Gargoyles geeks.
07:28I have done as you bid, my lord.
07:30I have walked among them, lived among them,
07:32and I have come to know them well.
07:38The Shield made household names of Walton Goggins,
07:41C.C.H. Pounder, and others.
07:43It also led to writer and executive producer Kurt Sutter
07:46creating his own FX crime drama, Sons of Anarchy.
07:49Ever talk to you about his vision?
07:52About what he wanted from the club?
07:56His vision was...
07:58you know...
08:00what it is.
08:03A brotherhood.
08:04Besides wife Katie Sagal taking the lead,
08:06many veterans of The Shield led extended guest arcs.
08:09Pounder was especially crucial in season six
08:12as a district attorney who was basically clut at whims.
08:15Tell your lawyer I'll be moving up the trial date three weeks,
08:19and I'll be prosecuting the case myself.
08:21See you in court, Doctor.
08:23And Vic Mackey himself, Michael Chiklis,
08:25was pivotal in Sons of Anarchy's final episodes.
08:28Of course, nothing tops Goggins' tenure as Venus Van Damme.
08:32There was clearly much self-awareness
08:34in how these veterans were cast and used in the story.
08:37With Ryan Hurst and Michael Ornstein
08:39slated to appear in Netflix's The Abandons,
08:41Sutter sure knows how to thrill true fans.
08:44Listen.
08:46You're gonna write this up, right?
08:49Number two, The X-Files and Breaking Bad.
08:52Before breaking the mold of peak TV,
08:54Vince Gilligan worked extensively on The X-Files.
08:57Scully, look at this.
08:59What is it?
09:01We don't know.
09:02The hotel claims it wasn't here before Mr. Neworth checked in.
09:05He was also so impressed by comedic actor
09:07Bryan Cranston's guest performance in season six
09:09that he made him the headliner on Breaking Bad.
09:12Say my name.
09:14That wasn't the only promotion from Gilligan's first show.
09:16Aaron Paul and Dean Norris went from unknown guest stars
09:19to leads in one of the biggest TV dramas ever.
09:22The prolific Michael Seamus Wiles,
09:24Dale Dickey and Danny Trejo
09:26are just some of the most distinct crossovers
09:28in the supporting cast.
09:29Tortuga means turtle.
09:31That's me.
09:36I take my time,
09:38but I always win.
09:40With Gilligan's creative control on his masterpiece,
09:42this X-Files reunion isn't exactly a coincidence.
09:46For fans of the sci-fi classic, though,
09:48the casting gives Breaking Bad its own eerie quality.
09:51But you know the business,
09:54and I know the chemistry.
09:59I'm thinking...
10:02maybe you and I could partner up.
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10:23The gritty realism of David Simon's HBO shows
10:25pardons their tendency to share actors.
10:28In fact, the crossovers were particularly glaring
10:30in his two most celebrated works,
10:32The Wire and Treme.
10:35You did it again, huh?
10:36Oh, brother.
10:37Come hand them out.
10:38Oh, man, I got you.
10:39Come on down to the bar and swing out with us.
10:41All right.
10:42Come on down tonight.
10:43Wendell Pierce led the march with the iconic roles
10:45of a Baltimore police detective
10:47and a New Orleans jazz musician.
10:49Clark Peters, James Ranson, and others
10:51also adapted to this very different narrative environment.
10:55And yes, several of Simon's people appeared in The Deuce
10:58and We Own The City.
10:59If we go through another round of riots,
11:01or the new mayor will defend the city.
11:03While HBO was establishing itself as the new standard of TV,
11:07it wasn't unusual for some character actors
11:09to appear in different productions.
11:11But in keeping that tradition alive,
11:13Simon reminds networks that they should have
11:15more faith in recurring actors' range.
11:17Is this what I'm hearing?
11:19He's got you, Jimmy.
11:20What are your favorite cast overlaps between TV shows?
11:23Make an appearance in the comments.
11:25It's the galaxy's faith in the Vindicators
11:28that keeps the galaxy secure.
11:30Yeah, I feel safer already.
11:31No doubt. Who do we make the check out to?