The original post: /r/television by /u/Pale-Kale-2905 on 2025-08-07 12:45:30+00:00.
I was just thinking about how in this finicky business, some actors have been able to recreate success multiple times over. Be it based on the number of years or the sheer popularity of short lived series.
Elizabeth Moss (The West Wing to Mad Men to The Handmaid’s Tale)
Julia Louis-Dryfus (Seinfeld to Veep)
Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the middle to Breaking Bad)
Michael C Hall (Six Feet Under to Dexter)
Peter Krause (Sports Night to Six Feet Under to Parenthood to 9-1-1)
Kerri Russel (Felicity to The Americans to The Diplomat)
Ted Danson (Cheers to The Good Place)
Ed O’Neill (Married…with Children to Modern Family)
Neil Patrick Harris (Dougie Houser to HIMYM)
Allison Hannigan (Buffy to HIMYM)
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars to The Good Place)
Matthew Fox (Party of Five to LOST)
Julianna Margulies (ER to The Good Wife)
Jared Padalecki (Gilmore Girls to Supernatural)
Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls to Heroes to This is Us)
Matt Czuchry( Gilmore Girls to The Good Wife to The Resident)
Emily VanCamp (Everwood to Brothers&Sisters to Revenge to The Resident)
Pedro Pascal (GOT to Narcos to Mandalorian to The last of us)
Dule Hill (The West Wing to Psych)
Nathan Fillion (Firefly to Castle to The Rookie)
Jeremy Allen White (Shameless to The Bear)
Tony Hale (Arrested Development to Veep)
Jason Bateman ( Arrested Development to Ozark)
Mary Hinkle ( Two and a half men to Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Tony Shalhoub (Wings to Monk to Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Eddie Falco (Sopranos to Nurse Jackie)
Paul Adelstien( Prison Break to Private Practice)
Eric Dane (Greys Anatomy to The Last Ship to Euphoria)
Allison Janney (The West Wing to Mom to The Diplomat)
Majority of the cast for Brothers & Sisters and Parenthood(they have had some big careers before and since and the list is getting longer than I anticipated…. Rob Lowe, Callisa Flockhart, Matthew Rhys, Sally Field, Rachel Griffith, Patricia Wettig, Lauren Graham, Mae Whitman, etc.)
Which other ones did I miss?