American Horror Story

American Horror Story
Genre	Horror Anthology Supernatural horror Erotic thriller[1]
Created by	Ryan Murphy Brad Falchuk
Starring	List of cast members
Theme music composer	Cesar Davila-Irizarry Charlie Clouser Mac Quayle
Composers	James S. Levine Mac Quayle
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	132 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Ryan Murphy Brad Falchuk Dante Di Loreto Tim Minear James Wong Jennifer Salt Bradley Buecker Alexis Martin Woodall Crystal Liu Adam Penn John J. Gray
Producers	Alexis Martin Woodall (s. 1–3) Patrick McKee Robert M. Williams Jr. Ned Martel
Production locations	Los Angeles, California (s. 1–2, 5–6, 8-10) New Orleans, Louisiana (s. 3–4, 8) Santa Clarita, California (s. 6, 9) Orange, California (s. 7) Burbank, California (s. 8)
Cinematography	Christopher Baffa (pilot) Michael Goi (s. 1–5) Gavin Kelly (s. 6–9)
Editors	Bradley Buecker Doc Crotzer Adam Penn
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	37–73 minutes[2]
Production companies	20th Television[a] Ryan Murphy Television Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision
Budget	$39+ million (s. 5)[3][b] $33+ million (s. 6)[3][b] $31+ million (s. 7)[3][b] $37+ million (s. 8)[3][b] $43+ million (s. 9) [3][b] $48+ million (s. 10)[3][b]
Original release
Network	FX
Release	October 5, 2011 (2011-10-05) – present

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

About

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 vampires and ghosts live.
• 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

Murder House (2011)

Main

• Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon
• Dylan McDermott as Dr. Ben Harmon
• Evan Peters as Tate Langdon
• Taissa Farmiga as Violet Harmon
• Denis O'Hare as Larry Harvey
• Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon

Recurring

• 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

• Charles S. Dutton as Detective Grenger
• Eric Stonestreet as Derek
• Adina Porter as Sally Freeman
• Eric Close as Hugo Langdon
• Brando Eaton as Kyle
• Alexander Nimetz as Amir
• Ashley Rickards as Chloe
• Alessandra Torresani as Stephanie
• Mena Suvari as Elizabeth Short
• Ben Woolf as Thaddeus Montgomery

Asylum (2012–2013)

Main

• Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson
• Joseph Fiennes as Monsignor Timothy Howard
• Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters
• Evan Peters as Kit Walker
• Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice McKee
• Lizzie Brocheré as Grace Bertrand
• James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden
• Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin

Recurring

• Chloë Sevigny as Shelley
• Naomi Grossman as Pepper
• Fredric Lehne as Frank McCan
• Britne Oldford as Alma Walker
• Mark Consuelos as Spivey
• Jenna Dewan as Teresa Morrison
• Adam Levine as Leo Morrison
• Clea DuVall as Wendy Peyser
• Frances Conroy as Angel of Death
• Dylan McDermott as Johnny Thredson
• Barbara Tarbuck as Mother Superior Claudia

Guest

• 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)

Main

• Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode
• Taissa Farmiga as Zoe Benson
• Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow
• Evan Peters as Kyle Spencer
• Lily Rabe as Misty Day
• Emma Roberts as Madison Montgomery
• Denis O'Hare as Spalding
• Kathy Bates as Delphine Lalaurie
• Jessica Lange as Fiona Goode

Recurring

• Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau
• Gabourey Sidibe as Queenie
• Jamie Brewer as Nan
• Danny Huston as The Axeman
• Josh Hamilton as Hank Renard
• Patti LuPone as Joan Ramsey
• Alexander Dreymon as Luke Ramsey
• Lance Reddick as Papa Legba
• Michael Cristofer as Harrison Renard
• Leslie Jordan as Quentin Fleming
• Robin Bartlett as Cecily Pembroke
• Ameer Baraka as Bastien the Minotaur

Guest

• 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)

Main

• Sarah Paulson as Bette and Dot Tattler
• Evan Peters as Jimmy Darling
• Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo
• Frances Conroy as Gloria Mott
• Denis O'Hare as Stanley
• Emma Roberts as Miss Esmerelda
• Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott
• Angela Bassett as Desiree Dupree
• Kathy Bates as Ethel Darling
• Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars

Recurring

• 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

• Neil Patrick Harris as Chester Creb
• Matt Bomer as Andy
• Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice McKee
• Jamie Brewer as Marjorie
• Mare Winningham as Rita Gayheart
• Matthew Glave as Larry Gayheart
• Jerry Leggio as Dr. Bonham
• Angela Sarafyan as Alice
• David Burtka as Michael Beck

Hotel (2015–2016)

Main

• Kathy Bates as Iris
• Sarah Paulson as Sally McKenna
• Evan Peters as James Patrick March
• Wes Bentley as Detective John Lowe
• Matt Bomer as Donovan
• Chloë Sevigny as Dr. Alex Lowe
• Denis O'Hare as Liz Taylor
• Cheyenne Jackson as Will Drake
• Angela Bassett as Ramona Royale
• Lady Gaga as Elizabeth Johnson

Recurring

• Mare Winningham as Hazel Evers
• Finn Wittrock as Tristan Duffy and Rudolph Valentino
• Richard T. John as Detective Andrew Hahn
• Lennon Henry as Holden Lowe
• Shree Crooks as Scarlett Lowe
• Lyric Lennon as Lachlan Drake
• Max Greenfield as Gabriel
• Christine Estabrook as Marcy
• Mädchen Amick as Mrs. Ellison
• Helena Mattsson as Agneta
• Kamilla Alnes as Vendela
• Alexandra Daddario as Natacha Rambova

Guest

• Lily Rabe as Aileen Wuornos
• John Carroll Lynch as John Wayne Gacy
• Anthony Ruivivar as Richard Ramirez
• Seth Gabel as Jeffrey Dahmer
• Naomi Campbell as Claudia Bankson
• Gabourey Sidibe as Queenie
• Darren Criss as Justin
• Jessica Lu as Bronwyn
• Roxana Brusso as Dr. Kohan
• Matt Ross as Dr. Charles Montgomery
• Charles Melton as Mr. Wu

Roanoke (2016)

Main

• Kathy Bates as the Butcher / Agnes
• Sarah Paulson as Shelby Miller / Audrey Tindall
• Cuba Gooding Jr. as Matt Miller / Dominic Banks
• Lily Rabe as Shelby Miller
• André Holland as Matt Miller
• Denis O'Hare as Dr. Elias Cunningham / William van Henderson
• Wes Bentley as Ambrose White / Dylan
• Evan Peters as Edward Philippe Mott / Rory
• Cheyenne Jackson as Sidney Aaron James
• Angela Bassett as Lee Harris / Monet Tumusiime

Recurring

• 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

• 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)

Main

• 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

• Adina Porter as Beverly Hope
• Colton Haynes as Jack Samuels
• Billy Eichner as Harrison Wilton
• Leslie Grossman as Meadow Wilton
• Chaz Bono as Gary Longstreet
• Frances Conroy as Bebe Babbitt
• Cooper Dodson as Oz Mayfair-Richards
• Dermot Mulroney as Bob Thompson

Guest

• Emma Roberts as Serena Belinda
• Lena Dunham as Valerie Solanas
• Mare Winningham as Sally Keffler
• John Carroll Lynch as Twisty the Clown
• Jamie Brewer as Hedda
• Dot Jones as Butchy May
• Tim Kang as Tom Chang
• Jorge Pallo as Pedro Morales
• Rachel Roberts as Sharon Tate
• Annie Ilonzeh as Erika

Apocalypse (2018)

Main

• 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

• Frances Conroy as Myrtle Snow
• Gabourey Sidibe as Queenie
• Taissa Farmiga as Zoe Benson and Violet Harmon
• Billy Eichner as Brock and Mutt
• Joan Collins as Evie Gallant and Bubbles McGee
• Kyle Allen as Timothy Campbell
• Ash Santos as Emily Campbell
• Jeffrey Bower-Chapman as Andre Stevens
• Billy Porter as Behold Chablis
• Jon Jon Briones as Ariel Augustus
• BD Wong as Baldwin Pennypacker
• Erika Ervin as The Fist

Guest

• Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon
• Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon
• Dylan McDermott as Dr. Ben Harmon
• Lily Rabe as Misty Day
• Jamie Brewer as Nan
• Angela Bassett as Marie Laveau
• Stevie Nicks as herself
• Lance Reddick as Papa Legba
• Chad Buchanan as Stu
• Carlo Rota as Anthon LaVey
• Naomi Grossman as Samantha Crowe
• Sandra Bernhard as Hannah
• Mark Ivanir as Nicholas II of Russia
• Emilia Ares as Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia

1984 (2019)

Main

• 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

• 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

• 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)

Main

• Sarah Paulson as Karen
• Evan Peters as Austin Sommers
• Lily Rabe as Doris Gardner
• Finn Wittrock as Harry Gardner
• Frances Conroy as Belle Noir
• Billie Lourd as Lark
• Leslie Grossman as Ursula Khan
• Adina Porter as Chief Burleson
• Angelica Ross as the Chemist
• Macaulay Culkin as Mickey
• Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Alma Gardner

Recurring

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

Guest

• 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)

Main

• Sarah Paulson as Mamie Eisenhower
• Lily Rabe as Amelia Earhart
• Leslie Grossman as Calico
• Angelica Ross as Theta
• Neal McDonough as Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Kaia Gerber as Kendall Carr
• Nico Greetham as Cal Cambon
• Isaac Cole Powell as Troy Lord
• Rachel Hilson as Jamie Howard
• Rebecca Dayan as Maria Wycoff

Recurring

• Cody Fern as Valiant Thor
• Mike Vogel as John F. Kennedy
• Craig Sheffer as Richard Nixon
• Christopher Stanley as Sherman Adams
• Alisha Soper as Marilyn Monroe

Guest

• Len Cordova as Steve Jobs
• John Sanders as Buzz Aldrin
• Bryce Johnson as Neil Armstrong

NYC (2022)

Main

• Russell Tovey as Patrick Read
• Joe Mantello as Gino Barelli
• Billie Lourd as Dr. Hannah Wells
• Denis O'Hare as Henry Grant
• Charlie Carver as Adam Carpenter
• Leslie Grossman as Barbara Read
• Sandra Bernhard as Fran
• Isaac Cole Powell as Theo Graves
• Zachary Quinto as Sam
• Patti LuPone as Kathy Pizazz

Recurring

• 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

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

References

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. "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)