Editing Prime Suspect (section)

===Supporting cast, including notable guest stars===
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* [[Tom Wilkinson]] as Peter Rawlins (series 1), Tennison's divorced live-in boyfriend
* [[Zoë Wanamaker]] as Moyra Hanson (series 1), George Marlow's common law wife
* [[Ralph Fiennes]] as Michael (series 1)
* [[John Bowe (actor)|John Bowe]] as George Marlow (series 1)
* [[Maxine Audley]] as Doris Marlow (series 1) 
* [[Colin Salmon]] as Detective Sergeant Bob Oswalde (series 2)
* [[George Harris (actor)|George Harris]] as Vernon Allen (series 2)
* [[Lloyd McGuire]] as Sergeant Calder (series 2)
* [[Peter Capaldi]] as Vera/Vernon Reynolds (series 3)
* [[Andrew Woodall]] as Detective Inspector Brian Dalton (series 3)
* [[David Thewlis]] as James Jackson (series 3)
* [[James Frain]] as Jason Baldwin (series 3), an adult child abuse victim
* [[Struan Rodger]] as Superintendent Halliday (series 3)
* [[Chris Fairbank]] as Detective Chief Inspector David Lyall (series 3)
* [[Ciarán Hinds]] as Edward Parker-Jones (series 3), the manager of a community centre
* [[Kelly Hunter]] as Jessica Smithy (series 3), a reporter
* [[Jonny Lee Miller]] as Anthony Field (series 3), an adult victim of child abuse 
* Mark Drewry as Detective Inspector Ray Hebdon (series 3)
* [[Danny Dyer]] as Martin Fletcher (series 3), a homeless street boy
* [[Jeremy Colton]] as David Driscoll (series 3)
* [[Stuart Wilson (actor)|Stuart Wilson]] as Dr Patrick Schofield (series 4), a psychologist whom Tennison consults, and then dates
* [[Anthony Daniels]] as a pathologist (series 4)
* [[Sophie Stanton]] as Detective Sergeant Christine Cromwell (series 4)
* [[Beatie Edney]] as Susan Covington (series 4), a young mother whose child is kidnapped
* [[Robert Glenister]] as Chris Hughes (series 4)
* [[Lesley Sharp]] as Anne Sutherland (series 4)
* [[Jill Baker]] as Maria Henry (series 4), a lawyer
* [[Kelly Reilly]] as Polly Henry (series 4), Maria's daughter
* [[Christopher Fulford]] as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Mitchell (series 4)
* [[Tim Woodward]] as George Marlow (series 4)
* [[Joyce Redman]] as Doris Marlow (series 4)
* [[David Ryall]] as Oscar Bream (series 2,4)
* [[Marc Warren]] as Detective Constable Andy Dyson (series 4)
* [[Steven Mackintosh]] as Clive Norton {{aka}} "The Street" (series 5)
* [[David O'Hara]] as Detective Sergeant Gerry Rankine (series 5)
* [[Marsha Thomason]] as Janice Lafferty (series 5)
* Ray Emmet Brown as Michael Johns (series 5)
* [[John McArdle]] as Detective Chief Superintendent Ballinger (series 5)
* Julia Lane as Detective Inspector Claire Devanney (series 5)
* [[Liam Cunningham]] as Robert West (series 6)
* [[Ben Miles]] as Detective Chief Inspector Simon Finch (series 6)
* [[Sam Hazeldine]] as Detective Constable David Butcher (series 6)
* [[Barnaby Kay]] as Detective Constable Michael Philips (series 6)
* [[Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė]] as Jasmina Blekic (series 6)
* [[Tanya Moodie]] as Detective Constable Lorna Grieves (series 6)
* [[Velibor Topic]] as Dusan Zigic (series 6)
* [[Oleg Menshikov]] as Milan Lukic/Dragan Yankovich (series 6)
* [[Clare Holman]] as Mrs Lukic (series 6)
* [[Frank Finlay]] as Arnold Tennison (series 6)
* [[Phoebe Nicholls]] as Shaw (series 6)
* Rad Lazar as Kasim Ibrahimovic (series 6)
* [[Gary Lewis (actor)|Gary Lewis]] as Tony Sturdy (series 7)
* [[Stephen Tompkinson]] as Sean Philips (series 7)
* [[Laura Greenwood]] as Penny Philips (series 7)
* [[Eve Best]] as Linda Philips (series 7)
* [[Brendan Coyle]] as DCS Mitchell (series 7)
* [[Robbie Gee]] as Detective Inspector Traynor (series 7)
* [[Ellie Kendrick]] as Melanie (series 7)
* Russell Mabey as Detective Inspector Cox (series 7)
* [[Carolyn Pickles]] as Pauline Hammond (series 7)
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