American Horror Story

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
  • Cesar Davila-Irizarry
  • Charlie Clouser
  • Mac Quayle
Composers
  • James S. Levine
  • Mac Quayle
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes132 (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
Cinematography
  • Christopher Baffa (pilot)
  • Michael Goi (s. 1–5)
  • Gavin Kelly (s. 6–9)
Editors
  • Bradley Buecker
  • Doc Crotzer
  • Adam Penn
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time37–73 minutes[2]
Production companies
Budget
Original release
NetworkFX
ReleaseOctober 5, 2011 (2011-10-05) 
present

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

Main

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

Main

Recurring

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

Main

Recurring

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

Main

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

Main

Recurring

Guest

Main

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

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

Guest

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

Guest

Main

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

Main

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

Main

Recurring

Guest

Main

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)
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