Main •
Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman (1998–2018; 2024–2025). Initially referred as Sr. Inspector Pradyuman in the first few episodes after which he got a promotion to ACP in episode "The Case of the Thief Within – I" and had been referred to ACP Pradyuman since. In "CID Par Grahan – II" , it was revealed that his full name is ACP Pradyuman Naik Satam. •
Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks "Freddy" (1998–2018). He first appeared in episode "Kissa Raat Ke Shikhar Ka – I", but his role as Sub-Inspector started in episode "The Case of the Third Man – I" where he was initially referred as Sub Inspector Prince/Michael/Joseph but referred as Fredricks from episode "The Case of the Last Five Minutes – I". •
Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya (1998–2018; 2024–2025). He first appeared in episode "
The Case of the Anonymous Threats – I" as Sub Inspector Daya. He is referred to as Senior Inspector Daya in later episodes. •
Narendra Gupta as Dr. R. P. Salunkhe (1998–2003, 2005, 2007–2018; 2024–2025). He made his debut in the episode "
The Case of the Incomplete Letter", where he was initially referred to as Dr. Verma but referred to as Dr. Salunkhe from episode "
The Case of the Burnt Letter – I". •
Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet (1998; 1999–2018; 2024–2025). He first appeared as character named 'Paresh', who stole ACP's gun in episode "
The Case of the Stolen Gun". His role as Inspector Abhijeet started in the episode "
The Case of the Stolen Dynamite – I". •
Shraddha Musale as Dr. Tarika (2007–2018; 2025). Her debut episode was "The Don's Final Revenge". She re-entered in Season-2 through the episode
"Death in the Jungle". •
Ansha Sayed as Inspector Purvi (2006-2008; 2011–2018; 2024–2025); she was first seen in episodic roles—as Chanda in
"Case of the Double Identity", Khushi in
"Case of the Bomb Robbery", Pallavi in
"7 Days to Die", and Pamela in
"The Gift". Her first episode as Sub-Inspector Purvi was
Kissa Paagal Ashiq Kaa. •
Hrishikesh Pandey as Sr Inspector Sachin (2010–2016; 2025). He first appeared in episode "
Khooni Deewar" under the alias Siddharth, but is later revealed to be an undercover cop and is introduced by ACP as Inspector Sachin in episode "
Maut ka Aashirwad". He was last seen in episode "
Bank Robbery". He re-entered season 2 through the episode "Gilheri Rakshas". Also in CID Special Bureau, he played the role of Inspector Abhimanyu. •
Ajay Nagrath as Inspector Pankaj (2012–2018; 2024–2025); He made his debut in the episode
"CID Par Grahan – III" •
Janvi Chheda as Inspector Shreya (2012–2016; 2018; 2025); She made her debut in episode
"Raaz Sar Aur Haath Ka" where she was introduced along with Sub-Inspector Vineet. She was last seen in episode
"Maut Ka Hathoda". She returned as an Intelligence Bureau Inspector in episode
"CID 20 Saal Baad". She returns in Season 2 through the episode
"ACP Pradyuman tricks CID".
Recurring • Afshan Khan as Sub-Inspector Mridula (1998). She first appeared in episode "
Case of the Thief Within – I". •
Ashutosh Gowariker as Sr. Inspector Virendra (1998–1999). He first appeared in episode "
The Case of the Thief Within – I". His last episode in the show was episode "
The Case of Missing Fugitive – II". He was transferred. •
Ashwini Kalsekar as Sub-Inspector Asha (1998–2004). She first appeared in the episode "
The Case of Second Statement – I". Her last episode was episode "
Case of the Dazed Man – II". • Manoj Verma as Sub Inspector Vikram Shinde/Sub Inspector Sawant (1998). He first appeared in episode "
Case of the Poison - I". • Kaushal Kapoor as Sub Inspector Shailesh Kumar (1998) • Ramdas Jadhav as Sub Inspector Rajan/Sub Inspector Rodriguez (1998) • Narendra Sachar as Sub Inspector (1998) • Nasir Sheikh as Sub Inspector (1998) • Dhananjay Mandrekar as Sub-Inspector Sudhakar (1998–2005). He appeared as Sub Inspector Bhonsle in starting episodes but after episode 35 he was referred as Sub Inspector Sudhakar. He was last seen in "
The Case of the Stolen Ring – I". •
Vaquar Shaikh as Inspector Jeet (1998). He appeared in episode "
The Case of the Contract Killer" • Sanjay Shemkalyanee as Sub-Inspector Desai (1998) • Dilip Kulkarni as DCP Dipankar Deshmukh (1998–2005). He was first seen in episode
"The Thief Within - I" and was last seen in
"The Case of the Invisible Bullet- II". •
Sanjeev Seth as Sub-Inspector Sanjeev (1998). He first appeared in episode "
The Case of the Anonymous Threats – I". Additionally, he also appeared as a case victim named Sanjeev in episode "
The Case of The Red Cloth – I". • Anuj Gupta as Sub Inspector Vivek •
Tushar Dalvi as Inspector Jayant (1999). He first appeared in "
The Case of Cross Connection – I". He was last seen in "
The Case Of Stolen Dynamite – ll". •
Manav Gohil as Inspector Daksh (2004–2005) His first episode as a cop was "
The Case of the Flashing Light – I". His last episode was "
Trail in London – II". He was killed by Nakul. •
Smita Bansal as Inspector Aditi (2004–2005) Her first episode was "
The Case of the Haunted Building – I". Her last episode was "
Mad Bomber – II". She died in the episode. •
Surendra Pal as DCP (2005). His first episode was "
The Case of the Killer Lake – l". He was last seen in episode "
Face Off – lll". •
Kavita Kaushik as Sub-Inspector Anushka (2005–2006). She appeared in episodes "Trail in London" (all parts) as a Central Intelligence Sub-Inspector who secretly helps ACP Pradyuman. She enters CID in episode "Poison In The Nail – l". Her last episode was "Secret of the Code No. 571E1115". •
Sai Deodhar as Sub-Inspector Priyanka (2005) Her first episode was "
Case of the Dead Waiter – I". Her last episode was "
Trail in London – lll" •
Rajeev Khandelwal as ACP Prithviraj (2005, 2008) He appeared as the ACP in episodes: "
Face Off – lll & lV" and "
Trail in London" (all parts) when ACP Pradyuman was in London for the investigation. He was also in the episode "
The Case of the Missing Bride" as himself. •
B. P. Singh as DCP Shamsher Singh Chitrole (2005; 2012–2016). His first appearance was as DIG Shamsher Singh in the episode "
Face Off-lll". After a long time he appears as DCP Shamsher Singh Chitrole, the senior of the CID team in "
Kissa Daya Aur Lapata Bacche Ka" He is an egoistic man who is also quite funny sometimes. He was a friend of ACP Pradyuman in college. He was last seen in
"Karo Ya Maro" series. • Vivek Mashru as Inspector Vivek (2006–2012). His first episode was "
The Case of the Killer Eyes". He was last seen in episode "
Rahasyamay Bullet – III". •
Amar Upadhyay as Inspector Rishi (2006). He appeared as an inspector in episode "Murder in the Safety Vault". He joined the CID in that episode when he came to Mumbai for spend holidays. He was also seen as a supporting character named Harry in episode "Return of the Clown". •
Alka Verma as Sub-Inspector Muskaan (2006–2007). Her first episode was episode "Red Rose Killer". "The Case of Inspector Daya's Abduction" was her last episode. She was transferred. •
Megha Gupta as Sub-Inspector Devyana (2007–2008) Her first episode was "The Don's Final Revenge" and she played her character till episode 492 "Mystery Of A Train Passenger". But then she was not seen again for 11 consecutive episodes and officially her last episode was "Bhoot Bangala". • Parinita Seth as Sub-Inspector Kaveri (2008). She first appeared as Shreya in episode "The Great Diamond Robbery" and as Rohini in episode "The Curse of the Rose Queen", but as a cop her first appearance was in Episode "Khoon Bhari Holi", recruited by ACP Pradyuman through interview. In Episode 524 she was revealed to have gone for a Special Training in Delhi. But she made a comeback in episode "Triangular Bullet's Mystery". Her last episode was "Khooni Goli Ka Rahasya". •
Jimmy Nanda as Sub-Inspector Lavanya (2008–2009) She was first seen spying on the CID team in episode "
Khoon Bhari Holi". She was revealed as the new CID officer in episode "
Katil Kaun Dohri Uljhan". She was last seen in episode "
Students Mass Murderer". •
Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Sub-Inspector Tasha Kumar (2009–2010). She first appeared as an episodic character named Nathalia in episode "
Qaatil Dank". Her first episode as a CID cop was episode "
Anjaan Laash". Her final appearance was the episode "
Khatre Mein Tasha" in which she dies. •
Jasveer Kaur as Sub-Inspector Kajal Kumar (2010–2012); she was first seen in
"The Case of the Dangerous Virus", then as a contract killer in the episode
"The Case of the Mysterious Gift", and as a drug seller in the episode
"The Case of the Talking Parrot". Her first episode as a cop was "Maut Ka Aashirwad"; her last episode was
"Khoon Ka Deewana". •
Abhay Shukla as Inspector Nikhil (2011–2016); his first appearance was as a reporter in
"Traitors in CID", then as security guard Ishaan in the episode
"Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai", and as a shopkeeper in
"Bhutiya Ladki Ka Raaz". He also played a negative role under his own name, Abhay, in the episode
"AKAKR Part-9". His first episode as a CID sub-inspector was
"Qatl Ka Raaz Mare Hue Qatil Ke Paas"; he was last seen in the episode
"Raaz Machli Ka"as a Inspector . •
Deepak Shirke as EX-ACP Digvijay (2012–2013); He was brought into CID by DCP Chitrole as the new ACP in place of Pradyuman in episodes:
"CID Par Grahan – II, III, IV". It was later revealed that he had committed a crime long ago and was suspended by DCP Chitrole . •
Tarun Khanna as Inspector Suraj (2012–2013); He first appeared as a supporting character named Rohan in episode
"Gawah Bana Shikaar" and as Rajveer in
"Case of the Hotel Murder Mystery". His first episode as a cop was
"CID Par Grahan – III". He was last seen in episode
"Raaz Haddiyo Ki Crockery Ka" • Neha Gadoria as Trainee Officer Roma (2012); Her first episode was
"Khoon Khabri Ka". She died in episode
"Khatre Mein CID Officer – II" due to being kidnapped and excessive blood loss •
Maninder Singh as Inspector Dushyant Hemraj (2014); His first episode was
"Bus Hijack – I". His last episode was
"Kulhaadi Ka Raaz" •
Gaurav Khanna as Senior Inspector Kavin (2014); His first episode was
"Bus Hijack – II". His last episode was
"Band Kamre Mein Laash". • Tanya Abrol as Sub-Inspector Jaywanti Shinde (2014–2016); Her first episode was
"Action Jackson". She was last seen in episode
"Bank Robbery" •
Sparsh Khanchandani as Shreya, Abhijeet's mute adoptive daughter (2009; 2014; 2024-2025). She was initially seen in "Nanhi Gavah", later in the episodes "Innocent in Danger Part 1 & 2". Reintroduced in Season 2's "Sniper Rifle Murderer" and is a recurring character. Reprises her role from Season 1. •
KK Goswami as Dhenchu (2013–2014; 2016–2018; 2024); He is an informer introduced by DCP Chitrole in episode
"CID Ke Chhote Fans" of CID Chhote Heroes. • Bhavesh Balchandani as Jimmy(2018). He died in the episode
"Rahasmayi Hatyar - 1". •
Yagya Bhasin as Arjun (2018); Nakul's son, ACP Pradyuman's grandson (2018) •
Saumya Saraswat as Sub-Inspector Avni (2024–2026) She was initially seen in the episode
"Sniper Rifle Murderer". •
Priyasha Bhardwaj as Inspector Bhoomi (2025) She was initially seen in the episode "
Ticket to Heaven ". • Lekha Prajapati as Sub-Inspector Kritika (2025) She was initially seen in the episode "
Ticket to Heaven". • Devender Chaudhary as DIG Pratap (2025) He was initially seen in the episode
"Mechanical Trap".
Guest • Shashi Kiran as Librarian (1998) • Sahil Chaddha as Ajay Sethia (1998) • Sanjay Swaraj as Prakash Kapoor, Lalit (1998) Puneet (2014) Abhay (2016) •
Milind Gawali as Sailesh (1998), Alok (1999), Devdhar (1999), Anupam (2002), Kuber (2003), Shyaman (2004) • Girish Sonar as Tipnis (1998), Reporter Raghu (1999) •
Mohan Gokhale as Suvarna (1998), Kavi (1999) •
Achyut Potdar as Kundan Seth (1998) •
Akhilendra Mishra as Mr. Chitnis (1998) • Shailendra Srivastav as Kidnapper (1998) Sudhir (1999) Paresh (2002) Kimu And Bacchu (2003) Security Guard (2006) Chotu (2009) Shera (2012) Vidhaan (2013) Mannu (2014) Gang Leader (2015) Balbir (2016) Adv Jayant (2017) •
Anant Jog as Adv. Jagtap, Shashank (1998), Chandresh (2006) •
Nagesh Bhonsle as Jeeva (1998) Babulal (1999) Gangaram (2000) Kalia (2007) krakota (2018) •
Madan Jain as Naveen Kumar (1999) •
Daya Shankar Pandey as Hariah Kidnaper (1999) as Thief Baala (2004) •
Pavan Malhotra as Jeevan/kailash (1999), Ramesh (2001), Mahesh (2001), Satish (2002), Robin (2007) •
Rajesh Khera as Jagdish (1999), Mangal (2000), Dushyant (2000), Dr Alok (2001), Badshah (2001), Johnny (2002), Kedar (2002), Rajiv (2004), Film Director (2004), Dance Choreographer (2004), Jaan (2006), Vishwajeet (2006) •
Ravi Jhankal as Nagesh (1998), Kamalkant (1999), Kishore lal (1999), Kumar (1999), Dr. Brijendra (real) (2001), Moti (2002), ACP's friend (2004), Dr. Vikas (2006), Virendra (2010) •
Akshay Anand as Bharat Saxena (1999), Rajeev (2004) •
Aman Verma as Anuj (1998) Akash (1999) Johnny (2006) • Pradeep Kabra as Babu • Madan • Amardeep • Amrish • Ashok • Balwant's Employee • Birju • Deenbandhu's Employee • Dinesh • Don's Goon • Draco • Drug Seller • Duhikanda • Goon • Jabban • Jackie • Katarpatia • Kedar • Kedar's Driver • Makarand • Nimesh • Pantu Nishana • Pirate DVD Seller's Employee • Poacher • Pradeep • Prakash • Prateek • Shera • Subbu (2000-2018) •
Manav Kaul as Neeraj (2000), Vikrant's brother (2000), Kantora (2003), Suraj (2006). •
Shrivallabh Vyas as CBI Officer Shamsher (2000), Baldev (2001), Dr. Sahil (2001), DIG Baldev Raj (2002), Retd. Judge Raja Rao (2005), Lalchand (2007), Mr.Trout (2007), Jeevan Das (2007) •
Manoj Joshi as Ranjan (2000), Drug lord (2000), Mahesh (2002), Dr Kanu (2002) •
Aasif Sheikh as Varun Episodes : "The Case of the Mysterious Truck PART I-II" (2005 ), as Raghav Episode : "Paheli Laash Ke Tukdon Ki" (2009) •
Adi Irani as Deepak (2001), Radio Manager Raman (2006), Tejpal (2016) •
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Alex (2001) •
Prem Chopra as Raj (2001) •
Om Puri as Sunder alias ACP Jose Santos in episode "The Case of the Counterfeit Cop".(2001) •
Sanjay Mishra as Rajesh (2001) •
Kashmera Shah as Kinnari (2001) •
Milind Gunaji as Johnny (2001) •
Sarita Joshi as Advocate Suhasini (2001) •
Sanjay Batra as Vinay (2001) •
Mushtaq Khan as Bacchu (2001) •
Madhukar Toradmal as Business man Gupta, victim's father •
Dinesh Hingoo as Builder Chunnilal (2001) •
Gufi Paintal as Chander (2001) •
Viju Khote as Judge (2002), Deaf man (2006) •
Bhagyashree as Nupur (2001) •
Shishir Sharma as Dr Kumar, Arjun , Prakash (1998), Shailesh, Parmod (1998) •
Arif Zakaria as Chandan (2002) • Deepak Qazir as Taxi Driver (2000) •
Zakir Hussain as Kishor Bus Driver (2004) •
Satyajit Sharma as Sectary (2004) •
Kapil Dev as himself in episode "Howzzat?" (2003) •
Sudhir as Dr Kailash / Jinjaar/ Mr. Eliott (2003) •
Ananya Khare as Shilpa (2002), Sunita (2004) •
Rajesh Khattar as Pramod (2000), Rajesh (2006) •
Bhairavi Raichura as Reshma (2005) •
Abhijeet Sawant as himself (2005) •
Makarand Deshpande as Director Man Eater (2005) •
Rajat Kapoor as Tanuj (2005) •
Yashpal Sharma as Madhu (1998) Nanhe (2002) Baba (2005) •
Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Subbu (2005) •
Baba Sehgal as himself (2006) •
Mandira Bedi as Reshma (2001), Sagarika (2005) •
Bharat Kapoor as Sudhakar (1998) and Intelligence Officer Raman Kapoor (2002) •
Kunika as Rakhi (2001) •
Rajiv Paul as Jeevan (2000) •
Murli Sharma as Giri (2000), Govinda (2004), Contract killer(2006), Dr O (2007) •
Shahbaz Khan as Karan (2006), Don (2007) •
Kanwarjit Paintal as mute man (2006) •
Lilliput as Blind Man (2006) •
Deepshikha Nagpal as Lavanya Dineja a Tarot Card Reader Ep: Maut Ka Saudagar, Vyoma, Sudeep's Wife, Ep430:The Invisible Eye Witness (2006) •
Shilpa Shinde as Sheetal in "The Case of Mysterious Shadows" (2006) •
Vishal Kotian as RJ Sunny (2006) •
Melissa Pais as Alice in episode: Murder in FM 97.1 (2006) •
Mihir Mishra as Keni Raj in "Body in the Suitcase". (2006) •
Dalljiet Kaur as Reshma/Neha in "Body in the Suitcase" (2006), Sreeja in "The Invisible Eye Witness" (2006), Julie / Sandhya in "Hand in the Fish" (2006), Poonam in "Aatank" (2006). •
Narayani Shastri as Sunanda, Abhijeet's Friend Parthav's Wife in "The Mysterious Gift". (2006) •
Salman Khan as himself (2009) Khooni Piracy Racket in (Episode 583) and (2014) Salman Ki Kick in (Episode 1107 and 1108) •
R. Madhavan as himself (2009) Mystery Code Murders in (Episode 556) •
Avantika Shetty as Mansi(2009) in Students Mass Murder, as Ruhi(2009) in Bhoola bhatka •
Sajid Khan as himself (2009) •
Mahek Chahal as herself (2009) •
Rituraj Singh as Deven, Hiten (2009) •
Inder Kumar as himself (2009) •
Sarfaraz Khan as himself (2009) •
Yami Gautam as Ananya (2010) (episode 642, "Girl in Coffin") •
Lavanya Tripathi as Sakshi in the case 'Maut ka Ashirvad' (Episode 619) (2010) • Nikhil Guha Roy as Vijay (2009), Aman (2009), Anuj (2010), Sid (2011), Nitin (2011), Kunal (2012), Rishi (2013), Dr. Harshit (2013), Arun (2013), Hardik (2014), Sarthak, Randhir, Sundar and Vikram. He also appeared in "Maut ka Ashirwad" (2010) and "Aakhri Chunauti" (2010) as Sub-Inspector Kajal's brother Rahul Kumar. •
Mahesh Manjrekar as H.D. (Herpes Dongara) (2010) He acted as a dangerous criminal who kidnapped all the CID officers and forensic experts and left India. Later in episode 664 Abhijeet shot him and he died. •
Dino Morea as Nitin (2010), himself (2011) •
Emraan Hashmi as himself (2010), Director Abraham (2011) and Raghuram "Raghu" Rathore aka
Mr. X (2015). •
Sonalika Prasad as Sheela in "Jhagdalu Aurat" (2015). •
Prachi Desai as herself (2010). •
Shah Rukh Khan as himself in Episode 1316 (Hotel Red Star) (2015) •
Ajay Devgn as
Singham in CID Mein Singham (2014),
Action Jackson (Episode 1162). •
Sushant Singh Rajput as
Byomkesh Bakshi (2015) •
Anand Tiwari as
Ajit Kumar Bandhopadhyay (2015) (2016) •
John Abraham as Rocky Handsome (2016) •
Abbas–Mustan as themselves (2017) •
Kiara Advani as herself (2017) •
Tigmanshu Dhulia as Barbosa, Leader of The Eye Gang (2018; 2025) • Kumar Kanchan Ghosh as Harshvardhan from Home Ministry (2024) •
Parth Samthaan as ACP Ayushmaan (2025). He was initially seen in the episode
"Purze". He was last seen in the episode "
Accident or Murder" • Aarushi Thakkar as Neena (2025) •
Jaideep Ahlawat as Rajan Aulakh (2025) •
Kunal Kapoor as Vikram Patel (2025) •
Anil Chaudhary (umpire) as a member of the Golden Eye Gang (2025) •
Sanjay Narvekar as Superintendent Omkar Sawant (2025). He was initially seen in the episode "
Omkar Sawant Joins The Team". He is nicknamed "SOS". He is last seen in the episode "
Double Agent Daya " • Aniruddh Roy as Chessmaster (2025) • Lakshya Handa as Dhruv (2025)
CID: Special Bureau cast (2004–2006) •
Anup Soni as ACP Ajatshatru •
Salil Ankola as Sr. Inspector Akshay •
Nimai Bali as Sr. Inspector Pratap •
Hrishikesh Pandey as Inspector Abhimanyu • Sushmita Daan as Inspector Jasmine Prakash •
Manasi Varma as Inspector Tejali Krutia •
Sharad Kelkar as Inspector Jehan • Mahi as Inspector Gargi • Mugdha Godbole as Inspector Akanksha • Amita Chandekar as Inspector Ashwini • Sachin Sharma as Inspector Samar •
Kushal Punjabi as Inspector Kushal •
Ravindra Mankani as Dr. Bharadwaj •
Shweta Kawatra as Dr. Niyati Pradhan •
Dilip Joshi as Bob • unknown as Ishika, A.C.P. Ajatshatru's adopted daughter •
Yash Tonk as Billa, Ishika's biological father •
Manav Kaul as Yashwant
CID 111 – The Inheritance •
Kay Kay Menon as Vinod Sagar •
Rajendranath Zutshi as Johnson •
Avinash Wadhawan as Kishore •
Kruttika Desai as Ketki •
Mukesh Rawal as Vishwanath • Kunal Tavri as Kapil • Seema Pandey as Sharmila • Swati Anand as Susheela • Sharmilee Raj as Reena • Swati Mitra as Loveleen • Jaydutt Vyas as Bhargav • Shahid Khan as Raghu • Tirthesh Thakkar • Mayur Bhavsar • Akshay Dhond child artist • Rohit tailor in various roles. ==Episodes==