14 ‘FBI’ Franchise Guest Stars You Might’ve Forgotten

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Fed up with not seeing fictional feds on CBS? You’re in luck. FBI, FBI: International, and FBI: Most Wanted are all coming back with their midseason returns on Tuesday, January 28 — at 8/7c, 9/8c, and 10/9c, respectively.

And like other Dick Wolf TV universes, the FBI franchise has a star-studded roster of guest actors — including many we bet you’ve forgotten, especially since many weren’t yet famous. Check out more than a dozen of the FBI franchise’s featured performers below.

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Sasha Alexander
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Sasha Alexander

The FBI Season 2 episode “American Idol” featured this NCIS and Rizzoli & Isles alum as presidential candidate Valerie Caldwell.

Molly Brown
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Molly Brown

This Dexter: Original Sin star appeared in FBI: International’s first-season episode “Trying to Grab Smoke,” playing murder suspect Ella Clancy.

Billy Burke
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Billy Burke

Between his gigs in Twilight and on Fire Country, Burke guest-starred in FBI’s first season, playing FBI instructor Rowan Quinn in “The Armorer’s Faith.”

Kate Burton
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Kate Burton

This Grey’s Anatomy fixture took on the role of Deputy Secretary of State Evelyn Kates in the FBISeason 6 episode “No One Left Behind.”

Amy Carlson
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Amy Carlson

Post-Blue Bloods, Carlson played “lone wolf” bounty hunter Jackie Ward in FBI Season 2 installments “Deconflict” and “Winner.”

Tawny Cypress
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Tawny Cypress

As with Burke, you can catch this Yellowjackets star in FBI Season 1’s “The Armorer’s Faith”: She plays Special Investigations Unit lead Jillian Starls.

Danielle Deadwyler
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Danielle Deadwyler

Before she was the award-winning star of Till, Deadwyler portrayed gang leader Cleo Wilkens in FBI: Most Wanted Season 1’s “Caesar.”

Colin Donnell
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Colin Donnell

Donnell, an alum of Chicago Med, guest-starred in the last two episodes of FBI: InternationalSeason 3, playing Brian Lange, a bureau liaison to the NSA.

Jen Landon
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Jen Landon

Yellowstone fans might not realize that Landon’s first major primetime role was playing Sarah Allen, girlfriend of Jess LaCroix (Julian McMahon), across FBI: Most Wanted’s second and third seasons.

Titus Makin Jr.
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Titus Makin Jr.

Makin had already started his years-long stint on The Rookie by the time he appeared as Special Agent Art Perkins in the FBI Season 1 episode “What Lies Beneath.”

Elizabeth Mitchell
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Elizabeth Mitchell

This Lost alum recurred in FBI: International’s first season, playing Angela Cassidy, the mother of Scott Forrester (Luke Kleintank).

Connie Nielsen
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Connie Nielsen

This Gladiator and Gladiator II was an original FBI cast member but ended up only appearing in the series premiere, playing FBI Special Agent in Charge Ellen Solberg.

Josh Randall
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Josh Randall

Before joining Station 19, Randall played bombing suspect Nick Frost in the FBI first-season installment “Scorched Earth.”

Amanda Warren
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Amanda Warren

This star of The Night Agent played criminal profiler Sloan Wallace in the FBI Season 2 episode “Ties That Bind.”

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