Blythe Duff as WPC/DC/DS/DI Jackie Reid (1990–2010) Colin McCredie as DC Stuart Fraser (1995–2010) John Michie as DI Robbie Ross (1998–2010) Alex Norton as DCI Matt Burke (2002–2010) Robert Robertson as Pathologist Dr Stephen Andrews (1983–2001) Harriet Buchan as Jean Taggart (1983–1995) Other Tom Watson as Superintendent Robert Murray (1983–1985) Gavin Brown as Sgt Blackman (1983–1985) Patricia Ross as DS/Sgt Laura Campbell (1987–1988) Anthony Cochrane as Dr Colin Crawford (1987–1993) Leigh Biagi as Alison Taggart (1988–1993) Gray O'Brien as DC Rob Gibson (1993–1995) Yasmin Marley as WPC Heather McIntyre (1999–2001) Brian Cowan as DCS Brian Holmes (2000–2005) Lesley Harcourt as Pathologist Dr Gemma Kerr (2003–2005) Michael MacKenzie as Pathologist Dr Magnus Baird (2005–2008) Katrina Bryan as Pathologist Dr Ellis Sinclair (2008–2010) Alan McHugh as Assistant Chief Constable Strathairn (2008–10) Davood Ghadami as Pathologist Duncan Clark (2010) Siobhan Redmond as Chief Supt. Karen Campbell (2010) Anneika Rose as DC/DS Mita Rahim (2010) Guest appearances Actors appearing on Taggart episodes over the years include: Dave Anderson (Episodes: Knife-Edge, Instruments of Justice, Ghost Rider & Compensation) Lucy Akhurst Paul Barber (Episode: Football Crazy) Johnny Beattie (Episode: Evil Eye) Isla Blair (Episodes: Murder in Season & Hellfire) David Bradley Susan Brown Mark Bonnar (Episodes: An Eye for an Eye & Ends of Justice) Billy Boyd (Episode: Dead Man's Chest) Ewen Bremner (Episode: Love Knot) Tam Dean Burn (Episodes: Double Exposure, The Ties That Bind & Bad Medicine) Brian Capron (Episode: A Fistful of Chips) Robert Carlyle (Episode: Hostile Witness) Tom Chadbon Jimmy Chisholm (Episode: Puppet on a String) Pandora Clifford Ian Colquhoun (Episode: Point of Light) George A. Cooper James Cosmo (Episode: Dead Giveaway) Annette Crosbie (Episode: Funeral Rites) David Crellin Alan Cumming (Episode: Death Call) Henry Ian Cusick (Episode: Fatal Inheritance) Jake D'Arcy (Episode: Dead Ringer) Iain de Caestecker Kate Dickie (Episode: Penthouse and Pavement) Barbara Dickson (Episode: Legends) Reece Dinsdale (Episode: Bad Medicine) Ron Donachie (Episodes: Funeral Rites, Death Benefits, Dead Reckoning, Falling in Love & Law) Duncan Duff (Episode: Hostile Witness) John Duttine (Episode: Devil's Advocate) Norman Eshley (Episode: Death Comes Softly) James Faulkner Fish (Episode: Skin Deep) Hugh Fraser (Episode: Gingerbread) Laura Fraser (Episode: Devil's Advocate) Ronald Fraser (Episode: Violent Delights) Vincent Friell (Episodes: Killer, Funeral Rites, Secrets & Bloodlines) Frank Gallagher (Episodes: Death Comes Softly & Fire, Burn) Jill Gascoine (Episode: Evil Eye) Alexandra Gilbreath Iain Glen (Episode: Knife-Edge) Julian Glover (Episode: Black Orchid) Michelle Gomez Hannah Gordon (Episode: