Hi all. As we all know, Castle has had a good number of excellent actors and actresses as guest stars in various episodes. These folks include regular guests Stephen Cannell and James Patterson, as well as Bill Smitrovich (in more than one interview Stana has gushed over how much she loved working with him and how talented he is), Alyssa Milano (who Nathan really enjoyed working with), Dan Castellaneta, Arye Gross, Keir Dullea, K Callan, Danny Nucci, Debi Mazar, Reed Diamond, Marc Blucas, and Sarah Brown. Future episodes will feature Dana Dulany and Joe Torre.

So I'm wondering who has been your favorite guest star thus far and who would you like to see brought back, assuming that character hasn't been killed off.

Two actors I'd like to see come back, even though they had small parts, are Rick Gonzalez (Mickey in The Third Man) and the "wordsmith" who punched Castle in an earlier episode. I can't remember his name, but I really enjoyed his character.

I'd also love to see anyone from Firefly come back as a guest.

Laura, I'm excited about Ray Wise too!!! I just love that he has played a lawyer, demon, devil and a priest in other shows. What a great combination! :smile:

Nev827, I really like the "wordsmith" too (his name is Norman Jessup, by the way). I would love to see him back.

As for guest stars, I liked Nick Chinlund (jewerly thief in Home is Where the Heart Stops that Castle talks to in the jail cell), because he was on The X-Files and his character on that show was just plain creepy.

All in all, I enjoy the guest stars and they bring so much to the show.

Norman Jessup the 'wordsmith', with a special shout out to the actor who played the biological father in 'When the Bough Breaks", his performance was very moving.

I, too, loved Norman Jessup (played by J.B. Smoove…he looked familiar – he's done some stuff on SNL and written for them, according to IMDB). I LOVE Jillian Armenante, who played Susan Mailer in the "Ghosts" episode – she's such a fantastic character actress. And I am SUPER psyched for Dana Delany, who I have loved since she was on China Beach in the '80s – probably my favorite TV show of all time.

I'd really love to see someone from a show where Stana or Nathan played a pass-through character show up on Castle as one – like Jennifer Garner, Michael Chiklis, etc.

What about the wife and fiance from #210, One Man's Treasure (one of my favorites)
Abigail Spencer as Sarah Reid and
Perrey Reeves as Helen Parker…
I thought the stunned/outraged wife was well-played,
as well as the mult-layered character of the fiance.

I didn't think about Jeremy and Anne. And I only saw Double Down for the first time last night, so I hadn't seen Karpowski when I started this thread. Somehow I got the impression watching the episode that they introduced her character to bring her back in a recurring role. I certainly hope they do bring her back. Put her together with Lanie and Beckett's got a good group of gal friends to join at happy hour and to help her admit her feelings for Castle!

dmcw said:

I love Lanie, but Perlmutter does crack me up…his dry wit fits in well…wasn't he in the Ellen DeGeneres sitcom years back?

I love that he has such a sour personality and it doesn't bother him one bit.