Recurring characters

This is a list of recurring characters on 24 appearing in at least three episodes. If you cannot find a character or cast member, please look in the Main Characters, Guest Characters or Characters by groups sections.

Season 1

 * Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida - 23 episodes
 * Penny Johnson Jerald as Sherry Palmer - 22 episodes
 * Daniel Bess as Rick Allen - 18 episodes
 * Zeljko Ivanek as Andre Drazen - 15 episodes
 * Michael Massee as Ira Gaines - 12 episodes
 * Xander Berkeley as George Mason - 12 episodes
 * Richard Burgi as Kevin Carroll/"Alan York" - 11 episodes
 * Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick - 11 episodes
 * Vicellous Shannon as Keith Palmer - 10 episodes
 * Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce - 9 episodes
 * Tanya Wright as Patty Brooks - 8 episodes
 * Eric Balfour as Milo Pressman - 8 episodes
 * Misha Collins as Alexis Drazen - 7 episodes
 * Tamara Tunie as Alberta Green - 6 episodes
 * Navi Rawat as Melanie - 6 episodes
 * Matthew Carey as Dan Mounts - 6 episodes
 * Megalyn Echikunwoke as Nicole Palmer - 6 episodes
 * Silas Weir Mitchell as Eli Stram - 6 episodes
 * Jacqui Maxwell as Janet York - 6 episodes
 * Dennis Hopper as Victor Drazen - 5 episodes
 * Rudolf Martin as Martin Belkin/Jonathan - 4 episodes
 * Devika Parikh as Maureen Kingsley - 4 episodes
 * Henri Lubatti as Jovan Myovic - 4 episodes
 * Kara Zediker as Elizabeth Nash - 4 episodes
 * Vincent Angell as Dr. Phil Parslow - 4 episodes
 * Paul Schulze as Ryan Chapelle - 3 episodes
 * Mia Kirshner as Mandy - 3 episodes

Season 2

 * Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler - 24 episodes
 * Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick - 19 episodes
 * Michelle Forbes as Lynne Kresge - 18 episodes
 * Laura Harris as Marie Warner - 14 episodes
 * John Terry as Bob Warner - 12 episodes
 * Phillip Rhys as Reza Naiyeer - 10 episodes
 * Harris Yulin as Roger Stanton (uncredited) - 9 episodes
 * Daniel Dae Kim as Agent Tom Baker - 8 episodes
 * Skye McCole Bartusiak as Megan Matheson - 8 episodes
 * Billy Burke as Gary Matheson - 7 episodes
 * Innis Casey as Miguel - 7 episodes
 * Donnie Keshawarz as Yusuf Auda - 6 episodes
 * Paul Schulze as Ryan Chapelle - 6 episodes
 * Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers - 6 episodes
 * Francesco Quinn as Syed Ali - 5 episodes
 * Tamlyn Tomita as Jenny Dodge - 5 episodes
 * John Eddins as Agent Richards - 5 episodes
 * Sara Gilbert as Paula Schaeffer - 5 episodes
 * Tobin Bell as Peter Kingsley - 4 episodes
 * Tracy Middendorf as Carla Matheson - 4 episodes
 * Marc Casabani as Omar - 4 episodes
 * Timothy Carhart as Eric Rayburn - 4 episodes
 * Gregg Henry as Jonathan Wallace - 4 episodes
 * Michael Holden as Ron Wieland - 4 episodes
 * Jim Abele as Ralph Burton - 3 episodes
 * Al Sapienza as Paul Koplin - 3 episodes
 * Kevin Dillon as Lonnie McRae - 3 episodes
 * Glenn Morshower as Agent Aaron Pierce - 3 episodes

Season 3

 * Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian - 24 episodes
 * DB Woodside as Wayne Palmer - 24 episodes
 * Zachary Quinto as Adam Kaufman - 23 episodes
 * Paul Schulze as Ryan Chappelle - 14 episodes
 * Jesse Borrego as Gael Ortega - 14 episodes
 * Vincent Laresca as Hector Salazar - 12 episodes
 * Joaquim de Almeida as Ramon Salazar - 12 episodes
 * Vanessa Ferlito as Claudia - 11 episodes
 * Penny Johnson Jerald as Sherry Palmer - 10 episodes
 * Paul Blackthorne as Stephen Saunders - 10 episodes
 * Greg Ellis as Michael Amador - 9 episodes
 * Glenn Morshower as Agent Aaron Pierce - 9 episodes
 * Wendy Crewson as Dr. Anne Packard - 8 episodes
 * Gina Torres as Julia Milliken - 7 episodes
 * Geoff Pierson as Senator John Keeler - 6 episodes
 * Christina Chang as Sunny Macer - 6 episodes
 * Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers - 6 episodes
 * Riley Smith as Kyle Singer - 6 episodes
 * Jamie McShane as Gerry Whitehorn - 6 episodes
 * Lothaire Bluteau as Marcus Alvers - 5 episodes
 * Andrea Thompson as Nicole Duncan - 5 episodes
 * Agnes Bruckner as Linda - 5 episodes
 * Josh Cruze as Oriol - 5 episodes
 * Alexandra Lydon as Jane Saunders - 5 episodes
 * Julian Rodriguez as Sergio - 5 episodes
 * Albert Hall as Alan Milliken - 4 episodes
 * Joe D'Angerio as Osterlind - 4 episodes
 * Doug Savant as Craig Phillips - 4 episodes
 * Lucinda Jenney as Helen Singer - 4 episodes
 * Carlos Gomez as Luis Annicon - 3 episodes
 * Daniel Dae Kim as Agent Tom Baker - 3 episodes
 * Maria del Mar as Rachel Forrester - 3 episodes
 * Conor O'Farrell as Ted Packard - 3 episodes

Season 4

 * Louis Lombardi as Edgar Stiles - 24 episodes
 * Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida - 18 episodes
 * Arnold Vosloo as Habib Marwan - 17 episodes
 * Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian - 16 episodes
 * Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler - 13 episodes
 * Geoff Pierson as President John Keeler - 13 episodes
 * Jonathan Ahdout as Behrooz Araz - 12 episodes
 * Shohreh Aghdashloo as Dina Araz - 12 episodes
 * Nestor Serrano as Navi Araz - 10 episodes
 * James Morrison as Bill Buchanan - 10 episodes
 * James Frain as Paul Raines - 10 episodes
 * Cameron Bancroft as Lee Castle - 9 episodes
 * Gregory Itzin as Vice President/President Charles Logan - 9 episodes
 * Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick - 8 episodes
 * Logan Marshall-Green as Richard Heller - 7 episodes
 * Aisha Tyler as Marianne Taylor - 7 episodes
 * Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer - 6 episodes
 * Thomas Vincent Kelly as Dr. Marc Besson - 5 episodes
 * John Allen Nelson as Walt Cummings - 5 episodes
 * Angela Goethals as Maya Driscoll - 5 episodes
 * Anil Kumar as Kalil Hasan - 5 episodes
 * Tony Plana as Omar - 5 episodes
 * Ned Vaughn as Mitch Anderson - 4 episodes
 * Leighton Meester as Debbie Pendleton - 4 episodes
 * Robert Cicchini as Howard Bern - 3 episodes
 * Mia Kirshner as Mandy - 3 episodes
 * Lukas Haas as Andrew Paige - 3 episodes

Season 5

 * Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick - 21 episodes
 * Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce - 15 episodes
 * Jayne Atkinson as Karen Hayes - 12 episodes
 * Julian Sands as Vladimir Bierko - 11 episodes
 * Peter Weller as Christopher Henderson - 11 episodes
 * Sandrine Holt as Evelyn Martin - 10 episodes
 * Sean Astin as Lynn McGill - 10 episodes
 * Stephen Spinella as Miles Papazian - 10 episodes
 * John Allen Nelson as Walt Cummings - 7 episodes
 * DB Woodside as Wayne Palmer - 7 episodes
 * Robert Maffia as Andrei - 6 episodes
 * Mark Sheppard as Ivan Erwich - 6 episodes
 * Ray Wise as Vice President Hal Gardner - 6 episodes
 * Brady Corbet as Derek Huxley - 6 episodes
 * Connie Britton as Diane Huxley - 6 episodes
 * Geraint Wyn Davies as James Nathanson - 6 episodes
 * Nick Jameson as Yuri Suvarov - 6 episodes
 * Jonah Lotan as Spenser Wolff - 6 episodes
 * Tracy Howe as Justin Adams - 5 episodes
 * Paul McCrane as Graem Bauer - 5 episodes
 * Anita Finlay as Wendy Brown - 5 episodes
 * Kate Mara as Shari Rothenberg - 5 episodes
 * Kathleen Gati as Anya Suvarov - 5 episodes
 * Jenny Levine as Valerie Harris - 4 episodes
 * Alex Kuznetsov as Ostroff - 4 episodes
 * Danielle Burgio as Carrie Bendis - 3 episodes
 * David Dayan Fisher as Anton Beresch - 3 episodes
 * Martin Papazian as Rick Burke - 3 episodes
 * William Devane as James Heller - 3 episodes
 * Penny Balfour as Jenny McGill - 3 episodes
 * Stana Katic as Collette Stenger - 3 episodes

Multiple seasons
These characters recurred in multiple seasons. Not counted are any episodes that featured the character as a series regular.


 * Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick - 59 episodes (1,2,4,5)
 * Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida - 41 episodes (1,4)
 * Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian - 40 episodes (3,4)
 * Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce - 39 episodes (1,2,3,4,5,6)
 * Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler - 38 episodes (2,4,5)
 * Penny Johnson Jerald as Sherry Palmer - 32 episodes (1,3)
 * DB Woodside as Wayne Palmer - 31 episodes (3,5)
 * Paul Schulze as Ryan Chappelle - 24 episodes (1,2,3)
 * Geoff Pierson as John Keeler - 18 episodes (3,4)
 * Gregory Itzin as Charles Logan - 13 episodes (4,6)
 * Vicellous Shannon as Keith Palmer - 13 episodes (1,2)
 * Tzi Ma as Cheng Zhi - 12 episodes (4,5,6)
 * Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers - 12 episodes (2,3)
 * Nick Jameson as Yuri Suvarov - 12 episodes (5,6)
 * Daniel Dae Kim as Agent Tom Baker - 11 episodes (2,3)
 * Paul McCrane as Graem Bauer - 11 episodes (5,6)
 * John Allen Nelson as Walt Cummings - 11 episodes (4,5)
 * Thomas Vincent Kelly as Dr. Marc Besson - 8 episodes (4,5)
 * Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer - 8 episodes (4,5)
 * Alan Dale as Vice President Jim Prescott - 8 episodes (2,3)
 * Mia Kirshner as Mandy - 7 episodes (1,2,4)
 * William Devane as James Heller - 5 episodes (5,6)
 * Matt Salinger as Mark Kanar - 2 episodes (3,4)