An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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American Horror Story (2011)
Top Billed Cast
View all![Evan Peters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/otP7SyCqBhOJuMwVh7DOTBj3CG1.jpg)
Evan Peters
Kit Walker (13 episodes)Kyle Spencer (13 episodes)Tate Langdon (13 episodes)Jimmy Darling (13 episodes)James Patrick March (12 episodes)Kai Anderson (11 episodes)Mr. Gallant/ Jeff Pfister / Tate Langdon / James Patrick March (10 episodes)Austin Sommers (Red Tide) (10 episodes)Rory Manahan / Edward Philippe Mott (10 episodes)Austin Sommers (5 episodes)
![Sarah Paulson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/n2pcyP6jp1YNo4TFVYS5vyZ2M2s.jpg)
Sarah Paulson
Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard (23 episodes)Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler (13 episodes)Lana Winters (13 episodes)Sally McKenna / Billie Dean Howard (12 episodes)Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins (11 episodes)Audrey Tindall / Shelby Miller / Lana Winters (10 episodes)Tuberculosis Karen (Red Tide) / Mamie Eisenhower (Death Valley) (10 episodes)
![Denis O'Hare](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/zMim5sdMnyd2GFfPd9Jh59Vcog3.jpg)
Denis O'Hare
Spalding (13 episodes)Stanley (13 episodes)Larry Harvey (12 episodes)Liz Taylor (12 episodes)Elias Cunningham (10 episodes)Henry (10 episodes)Dr. Andrew Hill (9 episodes)Holden Vaughn (4 episodes)
![Kathy Bates](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/qZRTzTjV4OC1Ii9a0n8QBS9zMOd.jpg)
Kathy Bates
Delphine LaLaurie (13 episodes)Ethel Darling (13 episodes)Iris (12 episodes)Agnes Mary Winstead / Thomasin 'The Butcher' White (10 episodes)Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie (10 episodes)
![Emma Roberts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/uywAcH9PkPgEF1tOBlNPqeqhVZL.jpg)
Emma Roberts
Madison Montgomery (23 episodes)Maggie Esmerelda (13 episodes)Brooke Thompson (9 episodes)Anna Victoria Alcott (9 episodes)Serena Belinda (1 episode)
![Billie Lourd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/1u8bZL6ZXu5iDbPO3Z0Spetyt34.jpg)
Billie Lourd
Winter Anderson / Linda Kasabian (11 episodes)Dr. Lark Feldman (Red Tide) (10 episodes)Hannah Wells (10 episodes)Mallory (10 episodes)Montana Duke (9 episodes)Ashley (3 episodes)Leslie 'Lark' Feldman (2 episodes)
![Lily Rabe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/u54mVF2vcjymvLhyImxzInq4Y3o.jpg)
Lily Rabe
Misty Day (15 episodes)Sister Mary Eunice McKee (14 episodes)Shelby Miller (10 episodes)Doris Gardner (Red Tide) / Amelia Earhart (Death Valley) (10 episodes)Lavinia Richter (3 episodes)Aileen Wuornos (2 episodes)
![Frances Conroy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/aJRQAkO24L6bH8qkkE5Iv1nA3gf.jpg)
Frances Conroy
Myrtle Snow (17 episodes)Gloria Mott (13 episodes)Belle Noir (Red Tide) (10 episodes)Belle Noir / Sarah Cunningham (6 episodes)Angel of Death (5 episodes)Bebe Babbitt (2 episodes)Mama Polk (1 episode)
![Jessica Lange](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w276_and_h350_face/kXkqaKWbAFaF3uYf8BXRoXZMxaZ.jpg)
Jessica Lange
Constance Langdon (14 episodes)Fiona Goode (13 episodes)Sister Jude Martin (13 episodes)Elsa Mars (13 episodes)
Media
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