11 of the Most Unexpected Supernatural Guest Stars

More than a few famous faces have turned up over the course of Supernatural’s 12 seasons, often as the monster of the week, sometimes as a terrified victim, more rarely as a new ally to the Winchesters.
By Alyssa Smith
October 02, 2017 at 01:00 PM EDT

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1. DEE WALLACE Mildred Baker

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Scream queen Wallace (The Stepford Wives, Cujo, E.T.) played the worldly-wise Mildred, who was savvy enough to see right through the Winchesters’ cover (“You two are too cute to be FBI agents”). She helped them defeat the ban- shee haunting her home.

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2. RICK SPRINGFIELDVince Vincente/Lucifer

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Lucifer entered another vessel in season 12: musician and actor Rick Springfield (“Jessie’s Girl”). Springfield rocked a guitar in his multi-episode arc, parodying himself as a washed-up star reuniting his band Ladyheart. (That’s when we learned Dean is not a fan of ’80s hair metal.)

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3. GARY COLE Brad Redding

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The Office Space and Veep star shows up on a movie set as the boys look into a murder. The hotshot studio executive is short-lived (death by ghost). But at least one element of the character was grounded in truth: Every note he gives the film’s director is something the CW told the Supernatural makers at some point. (Why are ghosts afraid of salt?)

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4. BARRY BOSTWICK Jay

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Bostwick (Spin City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show) stars as a has-been magician who suddenly gets his groove back in the season 4 episode “Criss Angel Is a Douchebag.”

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5. JULIE BENZLayla Rourke

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Benz was the first Buffy veteran to appear on Supernatural. The memorable season 1 episode “Faith” also introduced the monstrous Reapers—and included a pitch-perfect moment featuring Blue Öyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper.”

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6. PARIS HILTONLeshii

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It’s been a while since 2005’s House of Wax, but when Hilton reunites with her former costar Padalecki, it’s worth the wait. She’s a Leshii, a shape-shifting god that takes on the form of any object of worship.

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7-8. JAMES MARSTER S
& CHARISMA CARPENTERDon and Maggie Stark

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Buffy alums Marsters and Carpenter share the screen as a married (but feuding) pair of witches. Naturally the boys get stuck in the middle.

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9. LINDA BLAIRDetective Diana Ballard 

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Sam and Dean are rounded up as suspects in a homicide investigation, but the detective on the case, film legend Blair (The Exorcist), begins to think they aren’t actually the killers. When she’s proven right — and 
the Winchesters save her life — she lets them go.
“Did she look familiar to you?” asks Dean. “For some reason I could really go for some pea soup.”

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10. MERCEDES McNABLucy

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Poor, doomed Lucy. McNab (yet another Buffy actor) riffs on her former role
on Joss Whedon’s series, playing a woman who has been unknowingly turned into a vampire.

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11. NICOLE
 'SNOOKI' POLIZZIDemon

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“What’s a Snooki?” asks Sam in season 6. The MTV reality star nonchalantly appears after the boys summon a crossroads demon. Actually, she says, “it’s Nicole now.”

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Want More on Supernatural?

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Entertainment Weekly’s The Ultimate Guide to Supernatural, celebrating all 12 seasons of the show’s run and a sneak peek at what’s next for the boys in Season 13, is on sale now. Buy it here.

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