American Horror Story guest stars
1,123 actors have guest-starred in American Horror Story across 145 episodes and 13 seasons. The most-credited is Gabourey Sidibe, Queenie, Regina Ross in 21 episodes. 381 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Gabourey Sidibe | Queenie, Regina Ross | 21 |
| Jamie Brewer | Nan, Adelaide Langdon, Marjorie | 20 |
| Naomi Grossman | Pepper, Samantha Crowe | 19 |
| Erika Ervin | Amazon Eve, The Fist | 16 |
| Mare Winningham | Ms. Hazel Evers, Alicia Spencer, Rita Gayheart | 14 |
| Chaz Bono | Gary K. Longstreet, Lot Polk, Brian Wells | 13 |
| Mat Fraser | Paul the Illustrated Seal | 13 |
| Rose Siggins | Legless Suzi | 13 |
| Billy Eichner | Harrison Wilton, Brock, Mutt Nutter | 12 |
| Jyoti Amge | Ma Petite | 11 |
| Christopher Neiman | Salty | 10 |
| Danny Huston | The Axeman, Massimo Dolcefino | 10 |
| Drew Rin Varick | Toulouse | 10 |
| Grace Gummer | Penny, Margaret Alcott, Millie | 10 |
| Lennon Henry | Holden Lowe | 10 |
| Leslie Jordan | Courtney, Quentin Fleming, Cricket Marlowe | 10 |
| Christine Estabrook | Marcy | 9 |
| Jeff Hiller | Mr. Whitely | 9 |
| Matthew William Bishop | Big Daddy | 9 |
| Alexandra Breckenridge | Moira O'Hara (Young), Kaylee | 8 |
| Brian Ray Norris | Detective Mulcahey | 8 |
| DeRon Horton | Ray Powell | 8 |
| Kate Mara | Hayden McClaine | 8 |
| Riley Schmidt | Rubber Man, Orderly | 8 |
| Ashlynn Ross | Marie Jeanne LaLaurie, Myrna Austin | 7 |
American Horror Story guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 95 | Kate Mara, Alexandra Breckenridge, Bodhi Schulz, Christine Estabrook, Jamie Brewer, Kai Schulz, Matt Ross, Morris Chestnut, Riley Schmidt, Celia Finkelstein, Michael Graziadei, Azura Skye and 83 more |
| Season 2 | 117 | Fredric Lehne, Naomi Grossman, Britne Oldford, Barbara Tarbuck, Clea DuVall, Jenna Dewan, Mark Engelhardt, Gloria Laino, Mark Consuelos, Adam Levine, Casey Wyman, Joel McKinnon Miller and 105 more |
| Season 3 | 114 | Gabourey Sidibe, Jamie Brewer, Danny Huston, Josh Hamilton, Ameer Baraka, Jennifer Lynn Warren, Alexander Dreymon, Ashlynn Ross, Dana Gourrier, Raeden Greer, Scott Jefferson, John Henry and 102 more |
| Season 4 | 100 | Erika Ervin, Mat Fraser, Rose Siggins, Jyoti Amge, Christopher Neiman, Drew Rin Varick, Naomi Grossman, Grace Gummer, Celia Weston, Chrissy Metz, Major Dodson, P.J. Marshall and 88 more |
| Season 5 | 136 | Mare Winningham, Lennon Henry, Emmory McSteller, Jessica Belkin, Richard T. Jones, Shree Grace Crooks, Anton Starkman, Cannon McSteller, Lyric Lennon, Ava Acres, Helena Mattsson, Kamilla Alnes and 124 more |
| Season 6 | 93 | Marti Matulis, Chaz Bono, Saniyya Sidney, Colby French, Frederick Koehler, Susan Berger, Areana Cirina, Charles Malik Whitfield, Chelsea Alden, Estelle Hermansen, Frank Collison, Jenna Doolittle and 81 more |
| Season 7 | 102 | Chaz Bono, Billy Eichner, Colton Haynes, Cooper Dodson, Jess Allen, Johnny Gorman, Cameron Cowperthwaite, Dustin King, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Caleb Foote, Dermot Mulroney, Jorge-Luis Pallo and 90 more |
| Season 8 | 97 | Billy Eichner, Billy Porter, Gabourey Sidibe, Ash Santos, Joan Collins, Kyle Allen, B.D. Wong, Carlo Rota, Erika Ervin, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Jon Jon Briones, Jamie Brewer and 85 more |
| Season 9 | 86 | DeRon Horton, Andrew Tippie, Conor Donnally, Emma Meisel, Kat Solko, Lou Taylor Pucci, Renton Pexa, Leslie Jordan, Orla Brady, Sean Liang, Filip Alexander, Tara Karsian and 74 more |
| Season 10 | 91 | Adam Lendermon, Laurie Deziel, Pierce Cady, V Nixie, Christopher Stanley, Craig Sheffer, Graham Reese, Shane Carpenter, Alisha Soper, Briana Lane, David Brezniak, Elaine Rivkin and 79 more |
| Season 11 | 110 | Jeff Hiller, Matthew William Bishop, Brian Ray Norris, Gideon Glick, Clara McGregor, Hale Appleman, Kal Penn, Quei Tann, Taylor Bloom, Casey Thomas Brown, Chris McGinn, John Bubniak and 98 more |
| Season 12 | 58 | Juliana Canfield, Ashlie Atkinson, Debra Monk, Dominic Burgess, Reed Birney, Tavi Gevinson, Ryan Spahn, Taylor Richardson, Zo Tipp, Carmen Borla, Grace Gummer, Adan Olmeda and 46 more |
| Season 13 | 0 | — |
Guest stars you know from somewhere else
The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.
| Actor | In American Horror Story | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Virtue | Priest, Principal Johnson, Reporter #1 | 48 |
| Andy Umberger | Dr. Day | 36 |
| Fredric Lehne | Frank McCann | 34 |
| John Prosky | CEO Frank | 34 |
| Steven Culp | Brooke's Father | 34 |
| Colby French | Officer | 33 |
| John Getz | Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt | 33 |
| Frederick Koehler | Real Lot Polk | 32 |
| Dennis Cockrum | Senator Herbert Jackson | 32 |
| Lee Tergesen | Vince | 31 |
| Brian Howe | Mark Phillips | 31 |
| Todd Stashwick | Blake | 31 |
| Gary Kraus | Mack | 30 |
| Andrew Rothenberg | Mr. Potter | 29 |
| Lyn Alicia Henderson | Det. Barker | 29 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Brewer | Nan, Adelaide Langdon, Marjorie | 20 |
| Mare Winningham | Ms. Hazel Evers, Alicia Spencer, Rita Gayheart | 14 |
| Billy Eichner | Harrison Wilton, Brock, Mutt Nutter | 12 |
| Leslie Jordan | Courtney, Quentin Fleming, Cricket Marlowe | 10 |
| Robin Weigert | Real Mama Polk, Coucilwoman Martha Edwards, Cynthia Potter | 5 |
| Chaz Bono | Gary K. Longstreet, Lot Polk, Brian Wells | 13 |
| Grace Gummer | Penny, Margaret Alcott, Millie | 10 |
| John Henry | Grave Digger, Carney, Papa Legba Shadow | 4 |
| Tom Virtue | Priest, Principal Johnson, Reporter #1 | 3 |
| Gabourey Sidibe | Queenie, Regina Ross | 21 |
Shares a cast with
- American Horror Story and Criminal Minds — 169 shared actors
- American Horror Story and NCIS — 155 shared actors
- American Horror Story and The Mentalist — 143 shared actors
- American Horror Story and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — 124 shared actors
- American Horror Story and ER — 114 shared actors
- American Horror Story and NCIS: Los Angeles — 108 shared actors
- American Horror Story and Grey's Anatomy — 105 shared actors
- American Horror Story and Bones — 103 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.