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===Guest stars===
'''Season 1'''
*[[Chelsea Peretti]] as a woman who goes on a date with Louie in the first episode,
*[[Matthew Broderick]] as himself. He is directing a remake of ''[[The Godfather]]'', and casts Louie as a police officer but ultimately is stymied by Louie's utter incompetence as an actor. From the episode "Heckler/Cop Movie".
*[[Bobby Cannavale]] as Chris. A personal trainer whose child attends the same school as Louie's children. He attempts to get Louie into shape, but ends up driving Louie to having a near-fatal heart attack. He appears in "So Old/Playdate" and "Gym".
*[[Ricky Gervais]] as Dr. Ben Mitchell, Louie's doctor, who is a sadistic practical joker but considers himself a friend to Louie nonetheless. His death is vaguely implied in Season 4. Gervais appears in "Dr. Ben/Nick" and "Gym".
*[[Megan Hilty]] as a heckler in the episode "Heckler/Cop Movie".
*[[David Patrick Kelly]] as Louie's therapist, who finds him boring and doesn't listen to him. Louie's psychologist appears in "Double Date/Mom" and "So Old/
*[[Tom Noonan]] as Dr. Haveford. A mysterious doctor brought in by Louie's Catholic school as a child who graphically describes Jesus Christ's crucifixion. He appears in the episode "God.”
*[[Stephen Root]] as Dr. Hepa. A [[Dental phobia|dentophobic]] dentist who, it is strongly implied, orally [[rape]]s a sedated Louie. He appears in "Dentist/Tarese".
'''Season 2'''
*[[F. Murray Abraham]] as Jonathan. A mysterious swinger from New Jersey in the episode "New Jersey/Airport".
*[[Dane Cook]] as himself. Cook plays a fictionalized version of himself in the episode "Oh Louie/Tickets".
*[[Joan Rivers]] as herself. Louie wanders into one of her shows, and later goes up to her room in the hotel, where she speaks to him about her career before they sleep together. She appears in the second-season episode "Joan".
*[[Eunice Anderson]] as Louie's great-aunt Ellen, whom he visits with his two daughters in the episode "Country Drive".
*[[Bob Saget]] as himself. He plays the "best friend" role of a stereotypical sitcom about Louie, as a parody of the short-lived show ''[[Lucky Louie]]''. He appears in the episode "Oh Louie/Tickets".
*[[Doug Stanhope]] as Eddie, an old friend of
*[[Keni Thomas]] as himself. A country musician who joins Louie on a [[USO]] tour in Afghanistan.
'''Season 3'''
*[[Gaby Hoffmann]] as April, Louie's girlfriend, with whom he is trying reluctantly to break up. She appears in the first episode of the season.
*[[F. Murray Abraham]] as Excelsior Szekely, Louie's Mexican uncle, who meets with him at a tea room to order Louie to go meet his estranged father. Abraham appears in the episode "Dad".
*[[Maria Bamford]] as Maria. A friend of Louie's and fellow comic. After a sexual encounter, both she and Louie contract crabs. She appears in "Daddy's Girlfriend" and "Ikea/Piano
*[[Jay Leno]] as himself. He appears in the "Late Show" arc when Louie appears on his show. He interviews Louie, and later on when Louie is offered the job of David Letterman's successor, he calls Louie and congratulates him and gives him advice.
*[[Melissa Leo]] as Laurie Brent. A friend of a fellow comic of Louie's who is at a dinner party Louie attends. They are not compatible at first, but then later they have a conversation in Laurie's truck where she pleasures him and demands he reciprocates. Leo won a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] for her performance as Laurie. She appears in the episode "Telling Jokes/Set Up".
*[[David Lynch]] as Jack Dall. A friend of the head of CBS and notable television producer. He is a brash and tough leader assigned to help coach Louie to become the next host of the Late Show. He succeeds in taking Louie from a gruff comedian to a capably suited late night show host. He appears in the "Late Show" arc. C.K. said that [[Ben Gazzara]] was the first person considered for the role, but he died the same day they considered casting him. Other performers considered included [[Jerry Lewis]], [[Al Pacino]], [[Woody Allen]], and [[Martin Scorsese]] until it was finally settled that David Lynch would play Dall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/louis-c-k-and-the-ballad-of-jack-dall/ |title=Louis C. K. and the Ballad of Jack Dall |work=The New York Times |first=Dave |last=Itzkoff |date=April 5, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706094312/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/louis-c-k-and-the-ballad-of-jack-dall/ |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Marc Maron]] as himself. An old friend of Louie's whom he hasn't spoken to in years for some unknown reason. He goes to Maron's apartment and tries to apologize, only to have Maron tell him that he came over years before and said exactly the same thing.
*[[Garry Marshall]] as Lars Tardigan. The head of CBS. He first offers Louie the role of replacing [[David Letterman]] on ''[[Late Show (CBS TV series)|The Late Show]]''.
*[[Amy Poehler]] as Debbie, Louie's sister, who tries to convince him to come spend New Year's with her and the family in Mexico. She appears in the third-season finale, “New Year's Eve".
*[[Parker Posey]] as Liz, an eccentric woman who works at a bookstore in New York. Louie falls in love with her,
*[[Paul Rudd]] as himself. He is interviewed by Louie on his trial talk show. He appears in "Late Show Part 3".
*[[Susan Sarandon]] as herself. She is interviewed by Louie on his trial talk show. She appears in "Late Show Part 3".
*[[Chloë Sevigny]] as Jeanie, Liz's replacement at the bookstore. She obsessively helps Louie in trying to find Liz, having some sort of sexual fixation with the situation, and then leaves.
*[[Robin Williams]] as Robin. When Barney, a comedy club proprietor, dies, Robin and Louie encounter each other at Barney's funeral, which no one else attended. They meet by chance later at a diner. They mention their mutual dislike of Barney, and go to a strip club that Barney used to frequent. They promise each other that whoever dies first, the other will attend their funeral. He appears in the episode "Barney/Never".
'''Season 4'''
*[[F. Murray Abraham]] appears as Louie's father in "In the Woods".
*[[Sarah Baker (actress)|Sarah Baker]] as Vanessa. A waitress at the Comedy Cellar who strikes up a friendship with Louie, but cannot accept that he likes her, as she is overweight. She appears in "So Did the Fat Lady".
*[[Eszter Balint]] as Amia. Evanka's non-English speaking niece whom Louie is trying to court. She appears in the six-part "Elevator"
*[[Ellen Burstyn]] as Evanka. A neighbor of Louie who gets stuck in an elevator in the building, and is assisted by Louie. She tells Louie that in her youth, she used to be part of a family comedy revue that would entertain Hungarian troops during the war. She appears in the six-part "Elevator"
*[[Devin Druid]] as young Louie. He appears in the two-part episode "In the Woods
*[[Victor Garber]] as Louie's lawyer. He is a friend of Jerry Seinfeld and represents Louie when he accidentally punches and badly injures an attractive young blonde woman because she was tickling him. He appears in the episode "Model".
*[[Charles Grodin]] as Dr. Bigelow. A doctor in Louie's building who has complete disregard for Louie's back problems, instead preferring "interesting diseases" such as blood illnesses. He becomes Louie's doctor after it is implied that Dr. Ben died. He appears in multiple episodes in the season, giving Louie advice on appreciating his life and bluntly noting how boring a person he is.
*[[Jeremy Renner]] as Jeff Davis. Young Louie's drug dealer, who offers him weed in exchange for scales Louie stole from his school. He appears in "In the Woods".
*[[Yvonne Strahovski]] as Blake. A wealthy socialite and supermodel who takes Louie back to her home after his ill-fated opening at the benefit. She falls in love with Louie, but after tickling him, he accidentally punches her, thus blinding her and leaving Louie to pay her $5,000 per month in damages for the rest of his life or face jail time.
*[[Skipp Sudduth]] as Mr. Hoffman, young Louie's science teacher. He appears in "In the Woods".
'''Season 5'''
*[[Celia Keenan-Bolger]] as Julianne in "Potluck".
*[[Judy Gold]] as Marina in "Potluck",
*[[Michael Rapaport]] as Lenny in "Cop Story",
*[[Jim Florentine]] as Kenny in "The Road Part 2",
In addition to these guest stars, several notable comedians have appeared in smaller roles, including [[Chris Gethard]], [[Todd Glass]], [[Ted Alexandro]], [[Amir Blumenfeld]], [[Eddie Brill]], [[Joe DeRosa (comedian)|Joe DeRosa]], [[Vernon Chatman]], [[Artie Lange]], [[Godfrey (comedian)|Godfrey]], [[Chelsea Peretti]], [[JB Smoove]], [[Dave Attell]], [[Michael Cera]], [[John Lithgow]], [[Jay Oakerson|Big Jay Oakerson]], and [[Steven Wright]]. [[Opie & Anthony]] and [[Amy Schumer]] have had voice-only guest appearances.
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