A list of some actors and actresses who appeared in American Horror Story and its spin-off, American Horror Stories.
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First appeared in Murder House
The following actors first appeared in the 2011 season Murder House:
- Amir Arison (Murder House)
- Alexandra Breckenridge (Murder House, Coven)
- Jamie Brewer (Murder House, Coven, Freak Show, Cult, Apocalypse)
- Connie Britton (Murder House, Apocalypse)
- W. Earl Brown (Murder House)
- Kaylee Bryant (Murder House)
- Morris Chestnut (Murder House)
- Eric Close (Murder House)
- Abbie Cobb (Murder House)
- Frances Conroy (Murder House, Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse)
- Charles S. Dutton (Murder House)
- Brando Eaton (Murder House)
- Taissa Farmiga (Murder House, Coven, Roanoke, Apocalypse)
- Tom Gallop (Murder House)
- Eve Gordon (Murder House)
- April Grace (Murder House)
- Saginaw Grant (Murder House)
- Michael Graziadei (Murder House)
- Jamie Harris (Murder House)
- David Anthony Higgins (Murder House)
- Ava Kolker (Murder House)
- Jessica Lange (Murder House, Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Apocalypse)
- Scott Lawrence (Murder House)
- Kate Mara (Murder House)
- Denis O'Hare (Murder House, Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke)
- Heather Olt (Murder House, Cult)
- Sarah Paulson (Murder House, Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse)
- Kathleen Rose Perkins (Murder House)
- Evan Peters (Murder House, Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse)
- Adina Porter (Murder House, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse)
- Linda Porter (Murder House)
- Drew Powell (Murder House)
- Zachary Quinto (Murder House, Asylum)
- Lily Rabe (Murder House, Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke, Apocalypse, 1984)
- Derek Richardson (Murder House)
- Ashley Rickards (Murder House)
- Geoffrey Rivas (Murder House)
- Matt Ross (Murder House, Hotel)
- Anthony Ruivivar (Murder House, Hotel)
- Rosa Salazar (Murder House)
- Teddy Sears (Murder House)
- Azura Skye (Murder House)
- Eric Stonestreet (Murder House)
- Mena Suvari (Murder House, Apocalypse)
- Mageina Tovah (Murder House)
- David Ury (Murder House)
- Lisa Vidal (Murder House)
- Shelby Young (Murder House)
First appeared in Asylum
The following actors first appeared in the 2012 — 2013 season Asylum:
- John Aylward (Asylum)
- Bob Bancroft (Asylum)
- Robin Bartlett (Asylum, Coven)
- Lizzie Brocheré (Asylum)
- Camille Chen (Asylum)
- David Chisum (Asylum)
- Jack Conley (Asylum)
- Mark Consuelos (Asylum)
- Parker Croft (Asylum)
- James Cromwell (Asylum)
- Ian Anthony Dale (Asylum)
- Bella Dayne (Asylum)
- Jenna Dewan (Asylum)
- Michael Duisenberg (Asylum)
- Clea DuVall (Asylum)
- Joe Egender (Asylum)
- Joseph Fiennes (Asylum)
- Devon Graye (Asylum)
- Mary-Pat Green (Asylum)
- Naomi Grossman (Asylum, Freak Show, Apocalypse)
- Nikki Hahn (Asylum)
- Lara Harris (Asylum)
- Lily Knight (Asylum)
- Fredric Lehne (Asylum)
- Adam Levine (Asylum)
- Deirdre Lovejoy (Asylum)
- William Mapother (Asylum)
- Mark Margolis (Asylum)
- Chris McGarry (Asylum)
- Ian McShane (Asylum)
- Rebecca Metz (Asylum)
- John Pleshette (Asylum)
- Franka Potente (Asylum)
- Al Pugliese (Asylum, Hotel)
- Cole Sand (Asylum)
- Henry G. Sanders (Asylum, Hotel)
- Kelly Schumann (Asylum)
- Joan Severance (Asylum)
- Chloë Sevigny (Asylum, Hotel)
- Barbara Tarbuck (Asylum)
- Tom Virtue (Asylum, Hotel, 1984)
- Gwynyth Walsh (Asylum)
- Robin Weigert (Asylum, Roanoke)
- Cheyenne Wilbur (Asylum)
First appeared in Coven
The following actors first appeared in the 2013 — 2014 season Coven:
- Ameer Baraka (Coven)
- Angela Bassett (Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke, Apocalypse)
- Kathy Bates (Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke, Apocalypse)
- Tony Bentley (Coven, Freak Show)
- Mike Colter (Coven)
- Michael Cristofer (Coven)
- Grey Damon (Coven)
- James DuMont (Coven, Freak Show)
- Arabella Field (Coven)
- Jim Gleason (Coven)
- Dana Gourrier (Coven)
- Lara Grice (Coven, Freak Show)
- Grace Gummer (Coven, Freak Show)
- Josh Hamilton (Coven)
- Danny Huston (Coven, Freak Show)
- Leslie Jordan (Coven, 1984)
- Lyndsay Kimball (Coven)
- Patti LuPone (Coven)
- Stevie Nicks (Coven, Apocalypse)
- Wayne Pere (Coven, Apocalypse)
- Lance Reddick (Coven, Apocalypse)
- Dane Rhodes (Coven, Freak Show)
- Emma Roberts (Coven, Freak Show, Cult, Apocalypse, 1984)
- Gabourey Sidibe (Coven, Freak Show, Hotel, Apocalypse)
- Kyle Secor (Coven)
- Tonea Stewart (Coven)
First appeared in Freak Show
The following actors first appeared in the 2014 — 2015 season Freak Show:
- Wes Bentley (Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke)
- Matt Bomer (Freak Show, Hotel)
- David Burtka (Freak Show)
- Michael Chiklis (Freak Show)
- Major Dodson (Freak Show)
- J. D. Evermore (Freak Show)
- Edward Gelhaus (Freak Show)
- Matthew Glave (Freak Show)
- Neil Patrick Harris (Freak Show)
- Heather Langenkamp (Freak Show)
- Jerry Leggio (Freak Show)
- John Carroll Lynch (Freak Show, Hotel, Cult, 1984)
- P.J. Marshall (Freak Show)
- Chrissy Metz (Freak Show)
- Christopher Neiman (Freak Show)
- Skyler Samuels (Freak Show)
- Angela Sarafyan (Freak Show)
- Lee Tergesen (Freak Show)
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Freak Show)
- Finn Wittrock (Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke, 1984)
First appeared in Hotel
The following actors first appeared in the 2015 — 2016 season Hotel:
- Ava Acres (Hotel)
- Kamilla Alnes (Hotel)
- Mädchen Amick (Hotel)
- Kristen Ariza (Hotel)
- Chasty Ballesteros (Hotel)
- Thomas Barbusca (Hotel)
- Joseph Barone (Hotel)
- Lola Blanc (Hotel)
- Josh Braaten (Hotel)
- Naomi Campbell (Hotel)
- Darren Criss (Hotel)
- Alexandra Daddario (Hotel)
- Kevin Fry (Hotel)
- Seth Gabel (Hotel)
- Lady Gaga (Hotel, Roanoke)
- Marla Gibbs (Hotel)
- Max Greenfield (Hotel)
- Cheyenne Jackson (Hotel, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse)
- Robert Knepper (Hotel)
- Jessica Lu (Hotel)
- Mouzam Makkar (Hotel)
- Helena Mattsson (Hotel)
- Charles Melton (Hotel)
- David Naughton (Hotel)
- Josh Pence (Hotel)
- Lindsay Pulsipher (Hotel)
- Maz Siam (Hotel)
- Drew Snyder (Hotel)
- Anton Starkman (Hotel)
First appeared in Roanoke
The following actors first appeared in the 2016 season Roanoke:
- Chelsea Alden (Roanoke)
- Jacob Artist (Roanoke)
- Betsy Baker (Roanoke)
- Jon Bass (Roanoke)
- Chaz Bono (Roanoke, Cult)
- Larry Cedar (Roanoke)
- Frank Collison (Roanoke)
- Colby French (Roanoke)
- Cuba Gooding Jr. (Roanoke)
- Doris Kearns Goodwin (Roanoke)
- Andre Holland (Roanoke)
- Frederick Koehler (Roanoke)
- Shannon Lucio (Roanoke)
- Danielle Macdonald (Roanoke)
- Marti Matulis (Roanoke)
- William R. Moses (Roanoke)
- John Prosky (Roanoke)
- John Pyper-Ferguson (Roanoke)
- Irene Roseen (Roanoke, Apocalypse)
- Henderson Wade (Roanoke)
- Charles Malik Whitfield (Roanoke)
First appeared in Cult
The following actors first appeared in the 2017 season Cult:
- J. Grant Albrecht (Cult)
- Laura Allen (Cult)
- Charlene Amoia: (Cult)
- Steve Bannos (Cult)
- Dennis Cockrum (Cult)
- Mark Consuelos (Cult)
- Rafael de la Fuente (Cult)
- Cooper Dodson (Cult)
- Lena Dunham (Cult)
- Billy Eichner (Cult, Apocalypse)
- Leslie Grossman (Cult, Apocalypse, 1984, Double Feature)
- Colton Haynes (Cult)
- Annie Ilonzeh (Cult)
- Liz Jenkins (Cult)
- Dot Marie Jones (Cult)
- Tim Kang (Cult)
- Nanrisa Lee (Cult)
- Billie Lourd (Cult, Apocalypse, 1984)
- Ron Melendez {Cult)
- Alison Pill (Cult)
- Zack Ward (Cult)
- Sarah Yarkin (Cult)
First appeared in Apocalypse
The following actors first appeared in the 2018 season Apocalypse:
- David Atkinson (Apocalypse)
- Sandra Bernhard (Apocalypse, New York City)
- Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (Apocalypse)
- Jon Jon Briones (Apocalypse)
- Dominic Burgess (Apocalypse)
- Kai Caster (Apocalypse)
- Joan Collins (Apocalypse)
- Cody Fern (Apocalypse, 1984)
- John Getz: (Apocalypse)
- Dina Meyer (Apocalypse)
- Carlo Rota (Apocalypse)
- Travis Schuldt (Apocalypse)
- Lauren Stamile (Apocalypse)
- Troy Winbush (Apocalypse)
- B.D. Wong (Apocalypse)
First appeared in 1984
The following actors first appeared in the 2019 season 1984:
- Stefanie Black (1984)
- Orla Brady (1984)
- Steven Culp (1984)
- DeRon Horton (1984)
- Tara Karsian (1984)
- Gus Kenworthy (1984)
- Briana Lane (1984, Double Feature)
- Matthew Morrison (1984)
- Mitch Pileggi (1984)
- Lou Taylor Pucci (1984)
- Angelica Ross (1984)
- Tim Russ (1984)
- Don Swayze (1984)
- Zach Tinker (1984)
- Zach Villa (1984)
First appeared in Double Feature
The following actors first appeared in Double Feature:
- Maxwell Caulfield (Double Feature)
- Len Cordova (Double Feature)
- Macaulay Culkin (Double Feature)
- Rebecca Dayan (Double Feature, American Horror Stories)
- Rachel Hilson (Double Feature)
- Samuel Hunt (Double Feature)
- Bryce Johnson (Double Feature)
- Karl Makinen (Double Feature)
- Neal McDonough (Double Feature)
- Eric Nenninger (Double Feature)
- Matt Nolan (Double Feature)
- Jim Ortlieb (Double Feature)
- Benjamin Papac (Double Feature)
- Isaac Cole Powell (Double Feature)
- Alisha Soper (Double Feature)
- Christopher Stanley (Double Feature)
First appeared in American Horror Stories
The following actors first appeared in American Horror Stories:
- Madison Bailey
- Nicolas Bechtel
- Jarrod Crawford
- Gavin Creel
- Dane DiLiegro
- Jeff Doucette
- Virginia Gardner
- Kaia Gerber note
- Nico Greetham note
- Adam Hagenbuch
- Paris Jackson
- Taneka Johnson
- Britt Lower
- Abraham Luna
- Sierra McCormick
- Ronen Rubinstein
- Michael B. Silver
- Addison Timlin
- Danny Trejo
- Jessika Van
- Harrison Xu
- Davee Youngblood
First Appeared in NYC
Foreign Dubs
European French
- Éric Herson-Macarel: Monsignor Timothy Howard in American Horror Story: Asylum.