160 Movie Stars and the TV Shows They've Appeared In

This is a list of appearances in TV programs and mini-series by people known

primarily as movie stars. I’ve excluded the likes of Ted Danson, Robert
Vaughn, Ian McShane and Lorraine Bracco because their TV work is
more substantial than their movie work. I have also excluded talk shows
and variety shows, TV movies, one-off TV plays, and voice-only
appearances (for example in a cartoon series).

Most of the roles listed are substantial ones lasting at least three or four

episodes, but there are a few odd cameos, guest appearances and early-in-

their-career bit roles thrown in for fun. It’s presented simply as a quick

reference guide for some of the most famous examples of this phenomenon.

It’s not of course a complete list of movie stars’ TV credits, even for the

movie stars listed here. More information about each role can easily be

found elsewhere on the internet.

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1. Al Pacino - Angels In America
2. Alan Alda - MASH
3. Alan Bates- The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hard Times
4. Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
5. Alec Guinness - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,  Smiley’s People
6. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
7. Anna Paquin - True Blood
8. Anne Bancroft  -  Jesus of Nazareth
9. Barbara Stanwyck - The Thorn Birds, Dynasty, The Colbys
10. Ben Stiller - The Ben Stiller Show, Friends
11. Bill Paxton - Big Love
12. Billy Crystal - Soap
13. Bob Hoskins - Pennies From Heaven
14. Brad Pitt – Dallas, Glory Days, Friends
15. Brendan Fraser - Scrubs
16. Bruce Willis - Moonlighting
17. Burt Reynolds - The X Files, Ed. My Name is Earl
18. Carey Mulligan - Doctor Who, Bleak House
19. Catherine Zeta-Jones - The Darling Buds Of May
20. Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men
21. Chloe Sevigny - Big Love
22. Christian Slater - My Own Worst Enemy
23. Christina Ricci - Grey's Anatomy, Ally Macbeal, Pan Am
24. Christopher Plummer - Jesus of Nazareth, Counterstrike, The Thorn Birds
25. Claire Danes - My So Called Life
26. Clint Eastwood - Rawhide
27. Colin Farrell - Ballykissangel
28. Colin Firth - Pride And Prejudice
29. Cybil Shepherd - Moonlighting, Cybil, The L Word, Psych
30. Daniel Craig - Our Friends In The North
31. Danny Devito - Taxi, Friends
32. David Carradine - Kung Fu
33. David Warner - The Wars of the Roses, Holocaust, Twin Peaks, Wallander
34. Denis Leary - Rescue Me
35. Denise Richards - Melrose Place, Spin City, Two and a Half Men
36. Dennis Hopper - Entourage, Crash
37. Don Johnson - Miami Vice
38. Donald Sutherland - Dirty Sexy Money, Commander In Chief
39. Dustin Hoffman - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Luck
40. Elizabeth Taylor - General Hospital, North and South
41. Emma Thompson - Angels In America
42. Ernest Borgnine - McHale’s Navy, Jesus of Nazareth, Airwolf, The Single Guy
43. Faye Dunaway - It Had To Be You, Alias, Grey’s Anatomy
44. Forest Whitaker - North and South, Cagney and Lacey
45. Fred MacMurray - My Three Sons
46. Gary Sinise - CSI: New York
47. Geena Davis - Commander In Chief
48. George Clooney - E.R.
49. George Peppard - The A Team
50. Glenn Close - The Shield, Damages
51. Goldie Hawn - Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In
52. Gwyneth Paltrow - Glee
53. Harvey Keitel - Life On Mars (US)
54. Heather Graham - Twin Peaks, Scrubs, Emily's Reasons Why Not
55. Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect
56. Ian Holm  - The Wars of the Roses, Napoleon and Love, Holocaust, Performance
57. Ian McKellan - Coronation St, The Prisoner (2009)
58. Jake Gyllenhaal - Homicide: Life On The Street
59. James Coburn - Klondike, Rawhide, Perry Mason, Bonanza
60. James Earl Jones - Roots
61. James Franco - Freaks ‘n’ Geeks, The X Files, General Hospital
62. James Garner - Maverick, The Rockford Files
63. James McEvoy - State Of Play, Shameless (UK)
64. Jamie Foxx - In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show
65. Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
66. Jason Schwartzmann - Bored to Death
67. Jeanne Tripplehorn - Big Love
68. Jeff Bridges - The Lloyd Bridges Show, Sea Hunt
69. Jeff Goldblum - Will & Grace, Raines, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
70. Jennifer Garner - Alias
71. Jennifer Lopez - In Living Color, Hotel Malibu, How I Met Your Mother
72. Jill Clayburgh - Dirty Sexy Money
73. Jim Caviezel - The Prisoner
74. Joaquin Phoenix - Morningstar/Eveningstar 
75. Jodie Foster - Gunsmoke, Paper Moon, Frasier, X Files
76. John Gielgud - Brideshead Revisited
77. John Goodman - Roseanne, Treme
78. John Leguizamo - ER, The Kill Point, Miami Vice 
79. John Lithgow - Third Rock From the Sun, Dexter
80. John Travolta - Welcome Back, Kotter 
81. Johnny Depp - 21 Jump Street, The Fast Show
82. Jon Favreau - Friends
83. Kate Winslet - Mildred Pierce
84. Kathleen Turner - Californication 
85. Keith Carradine - Dexter
86. Kenneth Branagh - Wallander
87. Kenneth More - The Forsyte Saga (1967)
88. Kevin Bacon - Guiding Light 
89. Kiefer Sutherland - 24
90. Kim Basinger - Charlie's Angels, The Six Million Dollar Man
91. Kristin Scott Thomas - Body & Soul, Absolutely Fabulous
92. Laura Dern - Enlightened 
93. Laura Linney - More Tales of the City, Frasier, The Big C
94. Laurence Fishburne - Pee-wee's Playhouse, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 
95. Laurence Olivier - Brideshead Revisited
96. Liam Neeson - A Woman of Substance 
97. Lily Tomlin - Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In
98. Lucy Liu - Ally Macbeal
99. Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey
100. Malcolm McDowell - Our Friends in the North, Heroes, Entourage
101. Mark Strong - Our Friends In The North
102. Mark Wahlberg -  Entourage
103. Martin Lawrence - Martin 
104. Martin Sheen - The West Wing, Kennedy
105. Meryl Streep - Holocaust, Angels In America, Web Therapy 
106. Michael Cera - Arrested Development
107. Michael Douglas - The Streets Of San Francisco
108. Michael Gambon - The Singing Detetctive
109. Michael J Fox - Rescue Me, Boston Legal, Spin City, Family Ties, Scrubs 
110. Michael Keaton - Report to Murphy, Working Stiffs, The Company
111. Michael Moore - Michael Moore’s TV Nation
112. Michelle Pfeiffer – CHIPS, Delta House, B.A.D. Cats
113. Michelle Williams - Dawson's Creek
114. Nick Nolte - Rich Man, Poor Man
115. Orlando Bloom - Casualty, Midsomer Murders
116. Orson Welles - Around the World with Orson Welles, The Orson Welles Show
117. Patrick Stewart - Star Trek
118. Paul Giametti - John Adams
119. Paul Newman - You Are There, The United States Steel Hour
120. Pierce Brosnan - Remington Steele, Noble House
121. Ralph Richardson  - Jesus of Nazareth
122. Ray Milland - Rich Man, Poor Man, Columbo, Hart to Hart
123. Ray Winstone - Fox, Robin Hood, Minder, Vincent, Great Expectations 
124. Reese Witherspoon - Return to Lonesome Dove
125. Richard Gere - Kojak 
126. Ricky Gervais - The Office (UK), Extras
127. Rob Lowe - The West Wing
128. Robert Carlyle - Hamish Macbeth
129. Robert Downey Jr. - Ally Macbeal
130. Robert Duvall - Lonesome Dove
131. Robert Mitchum - The Winds Of War
132. Robin Williams - Happy Days, Mork & Mindy 
133. Roger Moore - The Saint, The Persuaders
134. Russell Crowe - The Young Doctors, Neighbors, Police Rescue
135. Rutger Hauer - Floris, The 10^th Kingdom, Smallville
136. Ryan O’Neal - Peyton Place
137. Salma Hayek - Ugly Betty, 30 Rock
138. Sandra Bullock - Working Girl, George Lopez 
139. Scarlett Johansson - Entourage
140. Sean Connery - Dixon Of Dock Green
141. Seth Rogen - Freaks ‘n’ Geeks
142. Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
143. Simon Pegg - Spaced, Big Train 
144. Sissy Spacek - The Waltons, Big Love 
145. Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
146. Steve Carrell - The Dana Carvey Show, The Office (US)
147. Steve McQueen - Wanted: Dead Or Alive
148. Susan Sarandon - A.D., Rescue Me, 30 Rock
149. Tim Robbins - St. Elsewhere 
150. Tommy Lee Jones - Lonesome Dove,The Executioner’s Song
151. Topher Grace - That '70s Show
152. Toshiro Mifune - Shogun
153. Van Johnson - Rich Man, Poor Man, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote
154. Vanessa Redgrave - Nip/Tuck
155. Will Ferrell - The Office, 30 Rock, The Oblongs 
156. Will Smith - The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air
157. William H. Macy - Shameless (US)
158. William Hurt - Kojak, Damages
159. Winona Ryder - Friends
160. Woody Harrelson - Cheers, Will & Grace