List of American Horror Story cast members

The American Horror Story cast changes each season but has included over 55 main actors across 12 seasons. Being an anthology series, many actors come and go across the seasons in both new and/or returning roles. Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe have appeared in the most seasons with 9 appearances each. Naomi Grossman's character, Pepper, from Asylum was the first to reappear in a different season, Freak Show. Gabourey Sidibe's character, Queenie, who first appeared in Coven was the first character to appear in 3 or more seasons after reappearing in Hotel and Apocalypse. The only other character to do so is Billie Dean Howard, portrayed by Sarah Paulson who appeared in Murder House, Hotel, and Apocalypse. The series has cast many pop culture celebrities, TV personalities, singers, supermodels, or sports stars including Adam Levine, Stevie Nicks, Patti LaBelle, Lady Gaga, Naomi Campbell, Trixie Mattel, Rick Springfield, Gus Kenworthy, Eureka, Kaia Gerber, and Kim Kardashian.

Cast members and characters

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in each season.

A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.
A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.
A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.
A light gray cell indicates the actor is a co-starring cast member.
A dark gray cell indicates the actor has not participated in the respective season.

Portrayer	Capacity and character per season
	Murder House	Asylum	Coven	Freak Show	Hotel	Roanoke	Cult	Apocalypse	1984	Double Feature	NYC	Delicate
	2011	2012–2013	2013–2014	2014–2015	2015–2016	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023–2024
Starring [edit]
Connie Britton	Vivien Harmon							Vivien Harmon
Dylan McDermott	Dr. Ben Harmon	Johnny Morgan^U						Dr. Ben Harmon	Bruce
Evan Peters	Tate Langdon	Kit Walker	Kyle Spencer	Jimmy Darling	James Patrick March	Rory Monahan^[a]	Kai Anderson^[b]	Malcolm Gallant^[c] Jeff Pfister Tate Langdon James Patrick March		Austin Sommers
Taissa Farmiga	Violet Harmon		Zoe Benson			Sophie Green		Zoe Benson Violet Harmon
Denis O'Hare	Larry Harvey		Otis Spalding Van Wirt^[d]	Stanley	Liz Taylor	William van Henderson^[e]				Holden Vaughn	Henry Grant	Dr. Andrew Hill
Jessica Lange	Constance Langdon	Sister Jude Martin	Fiona Goode	Elsa Mars				Constance Langdon
Zachary Quinto	Chad Warwick	Dr. Oliver Thredson									Sam Jones	Zachary Quinto^[f]^U
Joseph Fiennes		Msgr. Timothy Howard
Sarah Paulson	Billie Dean Howard	Lana Winters	Cordelia Goode	Bette and Dot Tattler	Sally McKenna Billie Dean Howard	Audrey Tindall^[g] Lana Winters	Ally Mayfair-Richards Susan Atkins	Ms. Wilhemina Venable Cordelia Goode Billie Dean Howard		Tuberculosis Karen Mamie Eisenhower
Lily Rabe	Nora Montgomery	Sister Mary Eunice McKee	Misty Day	Sister Mary Eunice McKee	Aileen Wuornos	Shelby Miller		Misty Day	Lavinia Richter	Doris Gardner Amelia Earhart
Lizzie Brocheré		Grace Bertrand
James Cromwell		Dr. Arthur Arden
Frances Conroy	Moira O'Hara	Shachath	Myrtle Snow	Gloria Mott		Denise Monroe^[h]	Bebe Babbitt	Myrtle Snow Moira O'Hara		Belle Noir^[i]
Emma Roberts			Madison Montgomery	Maggie Esmerelda			Serena Belinda	Madison Montgomery	Brooke Thompson			Anna Victoria Alcott
Kathy Bates			Delphine LaLaurie	Ethel Darling	Iris	Agnes Mary Winstead^[j]		Ms. Miriam Mead Delphine LaLaurie
Michael Chiklis				Wendell "Dell" Toledo
Finn Wittrock				Dandy Mott	Tristan Duffy Rudolph Valentino	Jether Polk			Bobby Richter II	Harry Gardner
Angela Bassett			Marie Laveau	Desiree Dupree	Ramona Royale	Monet Tumusiime^[k]		Marie Laveau
Wes Bentley				Edward Mordrake	Det. John Lowe	Dylan Conrad^[l]
Matt Bomer				Andy	Donovan	Crack'd Narrator^U^V
Chloë Sevigny		Shelley			Dr. Alex Lowe
Cheyenne Jackson					Will Drake	Sidney Aaron James	Dr. Vincent Anderson^[m]	John Henry Moore
Lady Gaga					Elizabeth Johnson / The Countess	Scáthach
Cuba Gooding Jr.						Dominic Banks^[n]
André Holland						Matt Miller
Billie Lourd							Winter Anderson Linda Kasabian	Mallory	Montana Duke	Dr. Leslie 'Lark' Feldman	Dr. Hannah Wells	Ashley
Alison Pill							Ivy Mayfair-Richards
Adina Porter	Sally Freeman					Lee Harris	Beverly Hope	Dinah Stevens		Chief Burleson
Leslie Grossman							Meadow Wilton Patricia Krenwinkel	Coco St. Pierre Vanderbilt	Margaret Booth	Ursula Khan Calico	Barbara Read	Ashleigh
Cody Fern								Michael Langdon	Xavier Plympton	Valiant Thor
Matthew Morrison									Trevor Kirchner
Gus Kenworthy									Chet Clancy
John Carroll Lynch				Twisty the Clown	John Wayne Gacy		Twisty the Clown		Benjamin Richter
Angelica Ross									Dr. Donna Chambers^[o]	The Chemist Theta
Zach Villa									Richard Ramirez
Macaulay Culkin										Mickey
Ryan Kiera Armstrong										Alma Gardner
Neal McDonough										Dwight Eisenhower
Kaia Gerber										Kendall Carr
Nico Greetham										Cal Cambon
Isaac Cole Powell										Troy Lord	Theo Graves
Rachel Hilson										Jamie Howard
Rebecca Dayan										Maria Wycoff	Alana Delarue
Russell Tovey											Det. Patrick Read
Joe Mantello											Gino Barelli
Charlie Carver											Adam Carpenter
Sandra Bernhard								Hannah			Fran
Patti LuPone			Joan Ramsey								Kathy Pizazz
Matt Czuchry												Dexter Harding Jr.
Kim Kardashian												Siobhan Corbyn
Annabelle Dexter-Jones												Sonia Shawcross Adeline Harding
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez												Nicolette Smith
Cara Delevingne												Ivy Ehrenreich
Julie White												Ms. Mavis Preecher
Maaz Ali												Kamal Aman
Special Guest Stars [edit]
Kate Mara	Hayden McClaine
Eric Stonestreet	Derek
Charles S. Dutton	Detective Granger
Ian McShane		Leigh Emerson
Gabourey Sidibe			Queenie	Regina Ross	Queenie			Queenie
Danny Huston			The Axeman	Massimo Dolcefino
Stevie Nicks			Stevie Nicks					Stevie Nicks
Celia Weston				Lillian Hemmings
Neil Patrick Harris				Chester Creb
Mare Winningham			Alicia Spencer	Rita Gayheart	Miss. Hazel Evers		Sally Keffler
Naomi Campbell					Claudia Bankson
Billy Eichner							Harrison Wilton Tex Watson	Brock Mutt Nutter
Lena Dunham							Valerie Solanas
Joan Collins								Evie Gallant Bubbles McGee
Notable Recurring, Guest, & Co-Starring [edit]
Alexandra Breckenridge	Young Moira O'Hara		Kaylee
Christine Estabrook	Marcy				Marcy
Jamie Brewer	Adelaide Langdon		Nan	Marjorie			Hedda	Nan
Ben Woolf	Infantata			Meep the Geek
Michael Graziadei	Travis Wanderley
Rosa Salazar	Maria
Matt Ross	Dr. Charles Montgomery				Dr. Charles Montgomery
Eric Close	Hugo Langdon
Teddy Sears	Patrick
Brando Eaton	Kyle Greenwell
Ashley Rickards	Chloe Stapleton
Morris Chestnut	Luke Maxcy
Rebecca Wisocky	Lorraine Harvey
Tanya Clarke	Marla McClaine								Lorraine Richter
Mena Suvari	Elizabeth Short							Elizabeth Short
Anthony Ruivivar	Miguel Ramos				Richard Ramirez
Adam Levine		Leo Morrison
Jenna Dewan		Teresa Morrison
Clea DuVall		Wendy Peyser
Mark Consuelos		Spivey
Britne Oldford		Alma Walker
Fredric Lehne		Frank McCann
Robin Weigert		Cynthia Potter				Mama Polk				Martha Edwards
John Aylward		Father Malachi
Barbara Tarbuck		Mother Superior Claudia
Franka Potente		Charlotte Brown
Mark Margolis		Sam Goodman
Naomi Grossman		Pepper		Pepper				Samantha Crowe
Robin Bartlett		Dr. Miranda Crump	Cecily Pembroke
Josh Hamilton			Hank Foxx
Christine Ebersole			Anna-Leigh Leighton
Alexander Dreymon			Luke Ramsey
Riley Voelkel			Young Fiona Goode
Leslie Jordan			Quentin Fleming			Ashley Gilbert^[p]			Courtney
Grace Gummer			Millie	Penny								Margaret Alcott
Michael Cristofer			Harrison Renard
Mike Colter			David
Lance Reddick			Papa Legba					Papa Legba
Skyler Samuels				Bonnie Lipton
Patti LaBelle				Dora Ross
Lee Tergesen				Vince
Heather Langenkamp				Tupperware Party Housewife^U
Chrissy Metz				Ima 'Barbara' Wiggles
Malcolm-Jamal Warner				Angus T. Jefferson
Angela Sarafyan				Alice
David Burtka				Michael Beck
Max Greenfield					Gabriel
Richard T. Jones					Det. Andrew Hahn
Helena Mattson					Agnetha
Mädchen Amick					Mrs. Ellison
Seth Gabel					Jeffrey Dahmer
Darren Criss					Justin
Jessica Lu					Bronwyn
Charles Melton					Mr. Wu
Alexandra Daddario					Natacha Rambova
Henry G. Sanders		Willie			Mr. Royale
Josh Braaten					Douglas Pryor
Alanna Ubach					Jo
Charles Malik Whitfield						Noah Davies^[q]
Colby French						Wilson Fisher^[r]
Chaz Bono						Brian Wells^[s]	Gary K. Longstreet
John Pyper-Ferguson						Billy Ford^[t]
Doris Kearns Goodwin						Doris Kearns Goodwin^[u]
Jon Bass						Milo Briggs
Jacob Artist						Todd Connors
Brian Howe						DA Mark Phillips
Danielle Macdonald						Bristol Windows
Emma Bell						Tracy Logan
James Morosini						Bob Kinnaman	R.J.
Colton Haynes							Det. Jack Samuels
Jorge-Luis Pallo							Pedro Morales
Zack Ward							Roger
Dermot Mulroney							Bob Thompson
Laura Allen							Rosie
Dot-Marie Jones							Butchy May			Trooper Jan Remy
Rick Springfield							Pastor Charles
Cameron Cowperthwaite							Speedwagon
Kyle Allen								Timothy Campbell
Ash Santos								Emily Campbell
Erika Ervin				Amazon Eve				The Fist
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman								Andre Stevens
Jon Jon Briones								Ariel Augustus
Billy Porter								Behold Chablis
BD Wong								Baldwin Pennypacker
Wayne Pére			Mr. Kingery					Mr. Kingery
Carlo Rota								Anton LaVey
Harriet Sansom Harris								Madelyn
Dominic Burgess								Phil				Hamish Moss
DeRon Horton									Ray Powell
Orla Brady									Dr. Karen Hopple
Lou Taylor Pucci									Jonas Shevoore
Tara Karsian									Chef Bertie
Mitch Pileggi									Art
Don Swayze									Roy
Steven Culp									Mr. Thompson
Dreama Walker									Nurse Rita
Yvonne Zima									Red
Spencer Novich										Vlad
Eureka O'Hara										Crystal DeCanter
Christopher Stanley										Sherman Adams
Craig Sheffer										Richard Nixon
Mike Vogel										John F. Kennedy
Bryce Johnson										Neil Armstrong
Vincent Foster					Truck Driver					Henry Kissinger
Briana Lane									Jess	Dr. Richards
Jeff Hiller											Gideon Whitely
Kyle Beltran											Morris
Quei Tann											Lita
Clara McGregor											KK
Kal Penn											Mac Marzara
Hale Appleman											Daniel Kanowicz
Gideon Glick											Cameron Deitrich
Andy Cohen												Andy Cohen
Juliana Canfield												Talia Thompson
Tavi Gevinson												Cora
Taylor Richardson												Babette Eno
Ashlie Atkinson												Susan Pratt
Debra Monk												Virginia Harding
Sophie von Haselberg												Mary I
Taylor Schilling												Taylor Schilling^[v]^U
Reed Birney												Dexter Harding Sr.
Hamish Linklater												Hamish Linklater^[w]^U

^ Rory Monahan is an actor who portrayed Edward Phillipe Mott in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Peters' also portrayed Andy Warhol, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh, Jim Jones, and Jesus in Kai's storytelling, and Charles Manson in Kai's hallucinations.
^ the character's first name was revealed by Ryan Murphy via an online encounter with fans after the Apocalypse season had aired. During the season he was simply known as "Mr. Gallant".
^ Throughout the Coven season the character was only known as 'Spalding', with his full name retroactively revealed in the first episode of the second season of American Horror Stories.
^ William van Henderson is an actor who portrayed Dr. Elias Cunningham in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Quinto made a cameo appearance as himself presenting at a fictional version of The Gotham Awards. This marked the first time a cast member has appeared as both characters and themselves across the series.
^ Audrey Tindall is an actress who portrayed Lily Rabe’s character, Shelby Miller, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Denise Monroe is an actress who portrayed Robin Weigert’s character, Mama Polk, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Sarah Cunningham is the character's real name with Belle Noir used as a pseudonym for her writing.
^ Agnes Mary Winstead is an actress who portrayed Thomasin White (The Butcher) in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Monet Tumusiime is an actress who portrayed Adina Porter’s character, Lee Harris, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Dylan Conrad is an actor who portrayed Ambrose White in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Jackson's character sometimes went by the name Dr. Rudy Vincent to hide his surname and association with his brother, Kai Anderson.
^ Dominic Banks is an actor who portrayed André Holland’s character, Matt Miller, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Ross' character was known as Nurse Rita during promotion, which was revealed to be a stolen identity the character was using throughout the first half of the season.
^ Jordan's character also portrayed Cricket Marlowe in My Roanoke Nightmare (a fictional documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Noah Davies is an actor who portrayed Mason Harris in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Wilson Fisher is an actor who portrayed Officer Connell in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Brian Wells is an actor who portrayed Lot Polk in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Billy Ford is an actor who portrayed Anthony Cage in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Goodwin portrayed a fictional version of herself in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).
^ Schilling made a cameo appearance as herself presenting at a fictional version of the Golden Globe Awards.
^ Linklater made a cameo appearance as himself presenting at a fictional version of the Academy Awards.

References

[1] Rory Monahan is an actor who portrayed Edward Phillipe Mott in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[2] Peters' also portrayed Andy Warhol, Marshall Applewhite, David Koresh, Jim Jones, and Jesus in Kai's storytelling, and Charles Manson in Kai's hallucinations.

[3] the character's first name was revealed by Ryan Murphy via an online encounter with fans after the Apocalypse season had aired. During the season he was simply known as "Mr. Gallant".

[4] Throughout the Coven season the character was only known as 'Spalding', with his full name retroactively revealed in the first episode of the second season of American Horror Stories.

[5] William van Henderson is an actor who portrayed Dr. Elias Cunningham in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[6] Quinto made a cameo appearance as himself presenting at a fictional version of The Gotham Awards. This marked the first time a cast member has appeared as both characters and themselves across the series.

[7] Audrey Tindall is an actress who portrayed Lily Rabe’s character, Shelby Miller, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[8] Denise Monroe is an actress who portrayed Robin Weigert’s character, Mama Polk, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[9] Sarah Cunningham is the character's real name with Belle Noir used as a pseudonym for her writing.

[10] Agnes Mary Winstead is an actress who portrayed Thomasin White (The Butcher) in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[11] Monet Tumusiime is an actress who portrayed Adina Porter’s character, Lee Harris, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[12] Dylan Conrad is an actor who portrayed Ambrose White in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[13] Jackson's character sometimes went by the name Dr. Rudy Vincent to hide his surname and association with his brother, Kai Anderson.

[14] Dominic Banks is an actor who portrayed André Holland’s character, Matt Miller, in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[15] Ross' character was known as Nurse Rita during promotion, which was revealed to be a stolen identity the character was using throughout the first half of the season.

[16] Jordan's character also portrayed Cricket Marlowe in My Roanoke Nightmare (a fictional documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[17] Noah Davies is an actor who portrayed Mason Harris in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[18] Wilson Fisher is an actor who portrayed Officer Connell in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[19] Brian Wells is an actor who portrayed Lot Polk in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[20] Billy Ford is an actor who portrayed Anthony Cage in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[21] Goodwin portrayed a fictional version of herself in My Roanoke Nightmare (a documentary series within the Roanoke season).

[22] Schilling made a cameo appearance as herself presenting at a fictional version of the Golden Globe Awards.

[23] Linklater made a cameo appearance as himself presenting at a fictional version of the Academy Awards.

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