The Bear's Star-Studded Cameos: A Guide to the Show's Guest Stars (2024)

Hulu's series The Bear proved there's no such thing as too many chefs in the kitchen after two seasons ofstar-studded cameos.The show, which debuted in June 2022, explores the food industry through the lens of a talented chef named Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), who returns to Chicago to run his older brother Mikey's (Jon Bernthal) restaurant following his death.Season 1 focused on Carmy's attempts to help the sandwich shop thrive as he deals with his own grief. The initial episodes served as a jumping off point to the show's second season — which followed Carmy, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and other employees at The Beef as they opened up their new restaurant on a very tight deadline.In the middle of season 2, The Bear pivoted to a flashback Christmas episode that allowed the audience to see the unstable dynamics between various Berzatto family members such as Carmy, Natalie and Mikey's mother, Donna Berzatto, who was played by Jamie Lee Curtis.The Halloween star took to social media in June 2023 to open up up about bringing the complicated character to life."The secrets is out. We all have them. Every family. Every human being. The center of the brilliant masterpiece that is commonly referred to as @thebearfx is the story of a family secrets and the concentric circles of rage and trauma and grief and humor that revolve around, Carmen, Sugar, and Michael Berzatto," Curtis captioned an Instagram post at the time. "When I saw the first episode of the first show, last summer and Sugar asks Carmen if he had spoken to their mother, in that second I knew that I would play her. Don't ask me how. I just knew."Curtis referred to Donna as the "role of a lifetime" after joining the cast. "There's not a person alive who won't relate to what it feels like to be around someone like Donna Berzatto. I certainly have my own experiences. That's what makes the show so magnificent," she continued. "We can relate and commiserate and celebrate all of our communal survival in this thing called.... life. Thank you Chris @chrisstorer and the ENTIRE BEAR family of creative human beings and scene partners for allowing me in to let it rip!"While Curtis manifested her role on the show, Bernthal's journey was very different when it came to his pivotal appearance as Mikey. Bernthal joined the cast in season 1 after his former Punisher costar Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays Richie on the series, recommended him."They were trying to cast that role Michael for a while. And they asked us, ‘Does anyone have any ideas?’ And they asked me and I was like, ‘I don't think we should ever see him.’ Because when you talk about somebody, and hype them up so much, it's always a letdown," Moss-Bachrach told Cinema Blend in June 2023. "And then it did occur to me one day, and I was like, ‘Well, I do think Jon is such a charismatic and hilarious dude.' I was like, ‘He actually would be really great.’"Moss-Bachrach noted that it was easy to film Richie and Mikey's moments, adding, "We really enjoy working with each other. So, he was happy to come. Even without reading the script he was like, ‘Yeah, sure. I'll come I can do it. If we can make it work. We'll do it.’ It was really cool. It was awesome."Scroll down to see every star-studded cameo on The Bear so far:

Bernthal has made appearances in flashbacks as Carmy and Sugar's late brother, Mikey. He died by suicide four months before the events of the series.

McHale portrayed Carmy's former boss who verbally abused him during their time in New York. McHale briefly reprised his role in the finale for season 2 and 3.

Ringwald played a moderator at Carmy's first Al-Anon meeting in season 1.

Gordon brought the role of Carmy's childhood friend and love interest Claire to life in season 2. She returned for season 3 despite not sharing any present-day scenes with White's character.

During season 2, Poulter helped train Marcus at a bakery in Copenhagen. He appeared in Chicago during the third season — and even interacted with other employees from The Bear.

Odenkirk played Uncle Lee in the infamous season 2 Christmas episode. His contentious relationship with Mikey led to a dramatic fight between the duo.

Curtis brought the matriarchy of the Berzatto family to life in season 2. She reprised the role in the third season as Donna supported Nat when she gave birth to her first child.

Paulson played Carmy, Natalie and Mikey's cousin Michelle in the sophom*ore season.

Mulaney took on the role of Michelle's boyfriend in the second season's flashback scenes. In season 3, Mulaney once again shared the screen with White while the show offered a glimpse at the chef's time in New York City.

Jacobs played Richie's ex-wife, Tiffany, throughout seasons 2 and 3.

Ramos appeared as a restaurant worker named Jessica who assisted Richie during his time at Noma.

Colman made a surprise appearance as Chef Terry in a season 2 episode of The Bear. She reprised the role for several episodes during season 3.

Richie met Tiffany's now-fiancé, Frank, during a season 3 episode and there was even a Taylor Swift needle drop to set the mood.

The professional wrestler was introduced in the third season as Fak's brother Sammy.