The seventh season of Homicide: Life on the Street aired in the United States on the NBC television network from September 25, 1998 to May 21, 1999 and contained 22 episodes. The seventh season marked the debut of characters FBI Agent Michael Giardello and Detective Rene Sheppard. Recurring character Detective Terri Stivers became a regular cast member as of season 7. The DVD box set of season 7 was released for Region 1 on June 28, 2005. The set includes all 22 season 7 episodes on six discs. During the sixth season, NBC had been considered canceling the show in the face of consistently low ratings, but a number of shocks at NBC increased Homicide's value. Among those factors were the loss of the popular series Seinfeld and the $850 million deal needed to keep ER from leaving the network. As a result, the network approved a 22-episode seventh season.

Richard BelzerJohn Munch

Reed DiamondMike Kellerman

Peter GeretyStuart Gharty

Giancarlo EspositoMichael Giardello

Clark JohnsonMeldrick Lewis

Yaphet KottoAl Giardello

Kyle SecorTim Bayliss

Jon SedaPaul Falsone

Callie ThorneLaura Ballard

Michael MicheleRene Sheppard

Toni LewisTerri Stivers

Michael OrnsteinDetective Bonaventura

Jerry OrbachLennie Briscoe

Patti D'ArbanvilleDarlene Everett

Mitchell LichtensteinAdam Ralston / David Ralston

O.L. DukeAlvin Taylor

Margo MartindaleVerna Henderson

Marianne HaganLucy Carey

Skipp SudduthAngelo Marcini

Marco St. JohnPatrick McCusker

Haviland MorrisEleanor Burke

Wallace ShawnFrank Hopper

George HearnIndependent Counsel William Dell

Brooke SmithJosephine Pitt / Young Madeline Pitt

John Benjamin HickeyDennis Kohler

Edoardo BalleriniSelwyn Wetherby

J.D. WilliamsDamon 'Casper' Kelly

Audra McDonaldTeresa Giardello

Austin PendletonDr. George Griscom

Sam WaterstonJack McCoy

Steve RyanDetective Frescher

Pat HingleWally Flynn

Dan FuttermanMarcus Hume

Marcus GiamattiBernard Abrams

Lonnie BurrStripclub Manager

Ron EldardEmmet Carey

Jessica HechtSister Mary Catherine

Clayton LeBouefCapt. George Barnfather

Jena MaloneDebbie Straub

Tom AtkinsGrenville Rollins

Rocco SistoRaphael Sykes

Amy RyanErika Cullen

Elizabeth AshleyMadeline Pitt

Gary D'AddarioLt. Jasper

Sean WhitesellDr. Eli Devilbiss

Kristin RohdeOfficer Sally Rogers

Christopher MeloniDennis Knoll

Chris GunnCraig Halpern

Ralph TabakinDr. Scheiner

Benjamin BuschLuke Ryland

Željko IvanekEd Danvers

Murphy GuyerDetective L.Z. Austin

Benjamin BrattRey Curtis

Julie NathansonKatherine Rainer

David Simon

Sharon ZimanNaomi

Michael WillisDarin Russom

Granville AdamsOfficer Jeff Westby

Irma St. PauleRosina Giardello

Delaney WilliamsJoey Grimaldi

Ellen McElduffBillie Lou Hatfield

Timothy Hayes LynchSam Straub

Jeff MandonOff. Fred Hellriegel

Walt MacPhersonRoger Gaffney

Harlee McBrideAlyssa Dyer

Beau JamesDet. Willard Higby

Sagan LewisSusan Aandahl

Richard BarlowDetective Pilsner

Seymour HorowitzMark Harlow

John BobbyBar Patron (uncredited)

David L. MarstonDave (uncredited)

Robbin Van Pelt(uncredited)

Eric Alan WendellMedical Examiner Technician (uncredited)

Basil White(uncredited)

Michael FordSergeant Fisk

Ruth Lawson Walsh

Victor BevineOfficer Sanders

Donna MarrazzoCarol Aquino

Dawn SpinellaMary Lynn Roletta

Joe PerryJoe Landrewsky

Zach CreggerDean Stamper

Phyllis SomervilleFaye Ann Ralston

Karen CarboneAngela Soames

Herb LevinsonDr. Lausanne

Maria BroomSuzanne Taylor

Carlos Juan GonzalezMax Silva

Paul MorellaLee Morganstern

Lester SpeightLemonhead Boggs

Joe UrlaJake Benedek

Carla BianchiClaudette Pinchot

Kevin J. CameronTony Barger

Patricia ColemanJury Forewoman

Olivia BirkelundMyra Seeling

Rhonda OverbyDawn Daniels

Gary WheelerHarbison

Greg WoodThomas

Suzanne GroverAngie Scales

Kris ArnoldP.J. Johnson

Vic NotoJerry Lichte

Jay SpadaroOfficer Salerno

Judy ThorntonJudy

Rico RosettiJoe Errico

Yvonne EricksonGina Straub

Kym PerfettoShannon Parker

Richard PilcherSargeant Deutch

Sarita ChoudhuryDr. Gita Kalyani

Monica TrombettaJanine Falsone

Alex WebbGlenn Nellis

Corey Parker RobinsonYates

Shiela HennesseyArlene McCusker

Chuck JeffreysDesmond Clements

Sandra Reaves-PhillipsEunetta Bryce

Kara JacksonTina Reeves

Megan MorganCarla Reeves

Justin FairPetey Rapallo

Bridget GethinsMother

William CoteOfficer Keane

David LaundraMyron Banks

David WiaterCharlie Eichhorn

Matthew BoylanKeith McCain

Leo MarksJesse Schotter

John OrofinoOfficer Hoskins

Charles Malik WhitfieldWalter Boyce

Jimmie Ray WeeksTheodore Dawkins

Tammy ArnoldCarla Bernardi

Adam GrupperNed Burks

Terry AlexanderLarry Moss

Gil DeebleRupert Dawson

Nina HodorukTina Jeffries

Brian McCarthyBrian Bailey

Willette ThompsonCoretta Williams

Paul ButlerJudge Clifford Ramsey

William AylwardEzra Greenfeld

Nat BenchleyBartender

Kathleen GoldpaughCleaning Lady

Rebecca BoydASA Gail Ingram

Melanie VeseyPatricia Weatherby

Aaron HernandezAaron

Robert M. KellyAgent Stickley

James McCauleyLt. Wennington

Jon GarciaUniform

Dave TrovatoOfficer Graul

Sarah StusekZoey Carey

Samantha BrownTonya 'Crystal' Keib

Cloie Wyatt TaylorDenice 'Neecee' Raeburn

Angel M. WainwrightShy K.

Dan MorganDeputy Watson