American Horror Story/Multiple Seasons Actors

American Horror Story actors portray different roles in each self-contained season

American Horror Story tells a separate story each season. The format does however allow actors to return for multiple seasons, playing different roles.

This table includes every actor to have appeared on at least two seasons of the show, sorted by their number of appearances. For seasons in which the actor appear as a part of the main cast, this is noted in bold, while the seasons during which the actor was only credited as a guest star are noted in italics.

Actor	Season One: Murder House	Season Two: Asylum	Season Three: Coven	Season Four: Freak Show	Season Five: Hotel	Total
Jessica Lange	11 (Constance Langdon)	13 (Jude Martin)	13 (Fiona Goode)	13 (Elsa Mars)	TBC	50
Evan Peters	12 (Tate Langdon)	13 (Kit Walker)	11 (Kyle Spencer)	13 (Jimmy Darling)	(James March)	49
Sarah Paulson	3 (Billie Dean Howard)	13 (Lana Winters)	13 (Cordelia Foxx)	12 (Dot & Bette Tattler)	(Sally)	41
Frances Conroy	11 (Moira O'Hara)	5 (Shachath)	9 (Myrtle Snow)	8 (Gloria Mott)	TBC	33
Denis O'Hare	8 (Larry Harvey)	-	10 (Spalding)	10 (Stanley)	(Liz Taylor)	28
Lily Rabe	7 (Nora Montgomery)	10 (Mary Eunice McKee)	10 (Misty Day)	1 (Mary Eunice McKee)	(Aileen Wournos)	28
Taissa Farmiga	11 (Violet Harmon)	-	13 (Zoe Benson)	-	TBC	24
Angela Bassett	-	-	12 (Marie Laveau)	11 (Desiree Dupree)	(Ramona Royale)	23
Emma Roberts	-	-	13 (Madison Montgomery)	10 (Maggie Esmerelda)	TBC	23
Kathy Bates	-	-	10 (Delphine LaLaurie)	10 (Ethel Darling)	(Iris)	20
Jamie Brewer	7 (Adelaide Langdon)	-	9 (Nan)	2 (Marjorie)	TBC	18
Dylan McDermott	12 (Ben Harmon)	5 (Johnny Morgan)	-	-	TBC	17
Zachary Quinto	4 (Chad Warwick)	12 (Oliver Thredson)	-	-	TBC	16
Naomi Grossman	-	6 (Pepper)	-	10 (Pepper)	TBC	16
Gabourey Sidibe	-	-	12 (Queenie)	3 (Regina Ross)	TBC	15
Danny Huston	-	-	7 (The Axeman)	3 (Massimo Dolcefino)	TBC	10
Alexandra Breckenridge	6 (young Moira O'Hara)	-	2 (Kaylee)	-	TBC	8
Grace Gummer	-	-	1 (Millie)	6 (Penny)	TBC	7
Ashlynn Ross	-	-	5 (Marie Jeanne LaLaurie)	2 (Myrna Austin)	TBC	7
James DuMont	-	-	2 (Dr. Morrison)	3 (Detective Foster)	TBC	5
Ben Woolf	2 (Thaddeus Montgomery)	-	-	3 (Meep)	TBC	5
Robin Bartlett	-	1 (Miranda Crump)	3 (Cecily Pembroke)	-	TBC	4
Tony Bentley	-	-	1 (Governor Roman)	2 (Mr. Hanley)	TBC	3
Lucy Faust	-	-	1 (Mercy)	2 (Joanne Miller)	TBC	3
Judd Lormand	-	-	1 (paramedic)	2 (Officer Doyle)	TBC	3
Ramona Tyler	-	-	1 (Aimee Roman)	2 (Mildred Bachman)	TBC	3
Mariana Vicente	-	-	1 (Gwen)	2 (Carol)	TBC	3
Lyle Brocato	-	-	1 (Dr. Wilson)	1 (George Mills)	TBC	2
Molly Conarro	-	-	1 (Winnifred)	1 (nurse)	TBC	2
John Cromwell	-	1 (young Arthur Arden)	-	1 (young Arthur Arden)	TBC	2
Lara Grice	-	-	1 (female tourist)	1 (Avon lady)	TBC	2
Thomas Francis Murphy	-	-	1 (Claude)	1 (Mr. Haddonfield)	TBC	2
Dane Rhodes	-	-	1 (Teddy Bear)	1 (Detective Bunch)	TBC	2
Bill Martin Williams	-	-	1 (Dennis Ramsay)	1 (store manager)	TBC	2
Mare Winningham	-	-	1 (Alicia Spencer)	1 (Rita Gayheart)	(Miss Evers)	2