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American Horror Story

American anthology horror television series

American Horror Story is an original FX American horror anthology series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

American Horror Story
The title written in a distinctive font, white on black
Genre
Created by
StarringList of cast members
Theme music composer
Composer(s)
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes128 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alexis Martin Woodall (s. 1–3)
  • Patrick McKee
  • Robert M. Williams Jr.
  • Ned Martel
Production location(s)
Cinematography
  • Christopher Baffa (pilot)
  • Michael Goi (s. 1–5)
  • Gavin Kelly (s. 6–9)
Editor(s)
  • Bradley Buecker
  • Doc Crotzer
  • Adam Penn
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time37–73 minutes[2]
Production company(s)
Distributor
Budget
Release
Original networkFX
Original releaseOctober 5, 2011 (2011-10-05) –
present
Other websites
Website

About change

Every season is a new story about something different.

  • Season 1 (2011) was called Murder House. It was about a family that moves into a haunted house.
  • Season 2 (2012-2013) was called Asylum. It was about the inmates at an asylum.
  • Season 3 (2013-2014) was called Coven. It was about a group of witches.
  • Season 4 (2014-2015) was called Freak Show. It was about one of the last freak shows left in America.
  • Season 5 (2015-2016) was called Hotel. It was about a hotel where they live vampires and ghosts.
  • Season 6 (2016) was called Roanoke. It was about a documentary based on real events that happened to a couple in North Carolina.
  • Season 7 (2017) was called Cult. It is about the election and a clown's cult.
  • Season 8 (2018) was called Apocalypse. It was about the apocalypse and the story of the antichrist.
  • Season 9 (2019) is called 1984. It was about a camp and a mysterious serial killer.
  • Season 10 (2020) it doesn't have a name yet, neither a debut date. It has the following cast confirmed: Kathy Bates, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Evan Peters, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe, Angelica Ross, Finn Wittrock and the newcomer Macaulay Culkin.

Cast and characters change

Murder House (2011) change

Main change

Recurring change

  • Frances Conroy as old Moira O'Hara
  • Alexandra Breckenridge as young Moira O'Hara
  • Kate Mara as Hayden McClain
  • Lily Rabe as Nora Montgomery
  • Matt Ross as Dr. Charles Montgomery
  • Jamie Brewer as Adelaide Langdon
  • Morris Chestnut as Luke
  • Zachary Quinto as Chad Warwick
  • Christine Estabrook as Marcy
  • Teddy Sears as Patrick
  • Sarah Paulson as Billie Dean Howard
  • Shelby Young as Leah
  • Bodhi Schulz as Troy
  • Kai Schulz as Bryan
  • Michael Graziadei as Travis
  • Celia Finkelstein as Nurse Gladys
  • Rosa Salazar as Nurse Maria
  • Sam Kinsey as Beau Langdon
  • Rebecca Wisocky as Lorraine Harvey

Guest change

Asylum (2012–2013) change

Main change

Recurring change

Guest change

  • Ian McShane as Leigh Emerson
  • Joe Egender as Billy Marshall
  • Franka Potente as Anne Frank
  • Devon Graye as Jed Potter
  • Robin Weigert as Cynthia Potter
  • Robin Bartlett as Miranda Crump
  • Jill Marie Jones as Pandora

Coven (2013–2014) change

Main change

Recurring change

Guest change

  • Stevie Nicks as herself
  • Mare Winningham as Alicia Spencer
  • Alexandra Breckenridge as Kaylee
  • Ian Anthony Dale as Dr. David Zhong
  • Grace Gummer as Millie
  • Riley Voelkel as young Fiona Goode
  • Michelle Page as young Myrtle Snow

Freak Show (2014–2015) change

Main change

Recurring change

  • Naomi Grossman as Pepper
  • Erika Ervin as Amazon Eve
  • Jyoti Amge as Ma Petite
  • Mat Fraser as Paul
  • Rose Siggins as Suzi
  • Drew Rin Varick as Toulouse
  • Christopher Neiman as Salty
  • John Carroll Lynch as Twisty the Clown
  • Grace Gummer as Penny
  • Skyler Samuels as Bonnie Lipton
  • Wes Bentley as Edward Mordrake
  • Celia Weston as Lillian Hemmings
  • Danny Huston as Massimo Dolcefino
  • Chrissy Metz as Barbara
  • Malcolm-Jamal Warren as Angus T. Jefferson
  • Patti Labelle as Dora Ross
  • Gabourey Sidibe as Regina Ross

Guest change

Hotel (2015–2016) change

Main change

Recurring change

Guest change

Roanoke (2016) change

Main change

Recurring change

  • Adina Porter as Lee Harris
  • Lady Gaga as Scathach
  • Leslie Jordan as Cricket Marlowe
  • Chaz Bono as Lot Polk / Brian Wells
  • Maya Rose Berko as Nurse Miranda Jane
  • Kristen Rakes as Nurse Bridget Jane
  • Charles Malik Whitfield as Mason Harris
  • Robin Weigert as Mama Polk
  • Frederick Koehler as Lot Polk
  • Finn Wittrock as Jether Polk

Guest change

  • Frances Conroy as Mama Polk
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin as herself
  • Trixie Mattel as herself
  • Shannon Lucio as Diana Cross
  • Taissa Farmiga as Sophie Green
  • Jacob Artist as Todd Allan Connors
  • Jon Bass as Milo
  • Emma Bell as Tracy Logan

Cult (2017) change

Main change

  • Sarah Paulson as Ally Mayfair-Richards
  • Evan Peters as Kai Anderson
  • Cheyenne Jackson as Dr. Rudy Vincent Anderson
  • Billie Lourd as Winter Anderson
  • Alison Pill as Ivy Mayfair-Richards

Recurring change

Guest change

Apocalypse (2018) change

Main change

  • Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode and Wilhemina Venable
  • Evan Peters as Mr. Gallant and Jeff Pfister
  • Adina Porter as Dinah Stevens
  • Billie Lourd as Mallory
  • Leslie Grossman as Coco St. Pierre
  • Cody Fern as Michael Langdon
  • Emma Roberts as Madison Montgomery
  • Cheyenne Jackson as John Henry Moore
  • Kathy Bates as Miriam Mead

Recurring change

Guest change

1984 (2019) change

Main change

  • Emma Roberts as Brooke Thompson
  • Billie Lourd as Montana Duke
  • Leslie Grossman as Margaret Booth
  • Cody Fern as Xavier Plympton
  • Matthew Morrison as Trevor Kirchner
  • Gus Kenworthy as Chet Clancy
  • John Carroll Lynch as Benjamin Richter
  • Angelica Ross as Donna Chambers
  • Zach Villa as Richard Ramirez

Recurring change

  • DeRon Horton as Ray Powell
  • Orla Brady ad Dr. Karen Hopple
  • Lou Taylor Pucci as Jonah Shevoore
  • Tara Karsian as Chef Bertie
  • Dylan McDermott as Bruce
  • Lily Rabe as Lavinia Richter
  • Leslie Jordan as Courtney

Guest change

  • Finn Wittrock as Bobby Richter
  • Mitch Pileggi as Art
  • Don Swayze as Roy
  • Todd Stashwick as Blake
  • Spencer Neville as Joey Cavanaugh
  • Zach Tinker as Sam Duke
  • Tim Russ as David Chambers
  • Dreama Walker as Rita
  • Tanya Clarke as Lorraine Richter

Double Feature - Red Tide (2021) change

Main change

Recurring change

  • Denis O'Hare as Holden Vaughn
  • Robin Weigert as Martha
  • Kayla Blake as Doctor Jordan

Guest change

  • Dot Jones as Trooper Jan Remy
  • Blake Shields as Tony
  • Jim Ortlieb as Ray Cunningham
  • Eureka O'Hara as Crystal DeCanter

Double Feature - Death Valley (2021) change

Main change

Recurring change

Guest change

NYC (2022) change

Main change

Recurring change

  • Rebecca Dayan as Alana
  • Clara McGregor as KK
  • Quei Tann as Lita
  • Jeff Hiller as Mr. Whitley
  • Kyle Beltran as Morris
  • Matthew William Bishop as Big Daddy
  • Kal Penn as Chief Mac Marzara

Notes change

  1. ↑ Known as 20th Century Fox Television from 2011 to 2020
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 This amount represents the total qualified expenditures for the California Film & Television Tax Credit and excludes other non-qualifying costs.

References change

  1. ↑ Droesch, Paul. "American Horror Story (2011)". Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ "American Horror Story 6 Seasons 2011". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "2019 Television Report" (PDF). FilmL.A.: 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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