Criminal Minds And Sons Of Anarchy Share More Stars Than You Probably Know

Fans in the "Sons of Anarchy" subreddit have noticed how many actors on the show also starred on "Criminal Minds." u/Horror_Lobster9717 initiated one thread, writing that as many as 10 to 15 actors might be shared between the two shows. Interestingly, u/ICameBack4uSaul had the same observation several years earlier, which emphasizes just how many fans of both programs are noticing the substantial number of actors that have starred on the two TV shows at some point in their run.

So which actors do the two shows have in common? One notable actor is "The X-Files" alum Mitch Pileggi, who only starred in one episode of "Criminal Minds" in 2008 but had a 13-episode run as Ernest Darby, a street gang leader in "Sons of Anarchy." Harold Perrineau also had roles on both shows. in "Criminal Minds," he had a short run as former FBI agent Calvin Shaw, and in "Sons of Anarchy," he played the notable villain Damon Pope.

It certainly isn't limited to those actors, though. IMDb also shows an additional slew of actors who had roles in both programs, including Michael Beach, Dendrie Taylor, Timothy V. Murphy, Rachel Miner, Johnny Lewis, Niko Nicotera, Marcos A. Ferraez, Andy McPhee, Dimitri Diatchenko, David Rees Snell, Chad Lindberg, Jeff Kober, Michael Shamus Wiles, Eileen Grubba, and Billy Brown. All in all, this covers 17 shared actors between "Sons of Anarchy" and "Criminal Minds." 

Fans speculate that when two TV shows have large overlaps between actors, it is likely due to the shows sharing casting agencies. As u/GreyFox-AFCA pointed out, "Sons of Anarchy" also shares some of the same actors that appear on Amazon Studios' "Bosch." With this knowledge, it'll be interesting to see if any of the same actors that appear in "Mayans M.C." end up in the "Criminal Minds" revival.