For television actors of all nationalities, please see Entertainment industry people.

American television actors are actors from the United States who perform on television. Television is one of the major mass media of the United States. Ninety-nine percent of American households have at least one television and the majority of households have more than one. As a whole, the television networks of the United States are the largest and most syndicated in the world.

List of actors by television program

For a complete list, see: American television actors Project Profiles.

Arrested Development (2003 – 2006)

• Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth
• Portia de Rossi as Lindsay Fünke
• Will Arnett as George Oscar "Gob" Bluth II
• Michael Cera as George Michael Bluth
• Alia Shawkat as Mae "Maeby" Fünke
• Tony Hale as Byron "Buster" Bluth
• David Cross as Tobias Fünke
• Jeffrey Tambor as George Bluth Sr.
• Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth

Cheers (1982 – 1993)

• Ted Danson as Sam Malone
• Shelley Long as Diane Chambers
• Nicholas Colasanto as Ernie "Coach" Pantusso
• Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli
• George Wendt as Norm Peterson
• John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin
• Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane
• Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd
• Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith Sternin
• Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe

The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961 – 1966)

• Dick Van Dyke as Robert Simpson "Rob" Petrie
• Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie (née Meehan)
• Morey Amsterdam as Maurice "Buddy" Sorrell
• Rose Marie as Sally Rogers
• Larry Mathews as Richard Rosebud "Ritchie" Petrie

Friends (1994 – 2004)

• Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green
• Courteney Cox as Monica Geller
• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay
• Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani
• Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing
• David Schwimmer as Ross Geller

Happy Days (1974 – 1984)

• Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham
• Marion Ross as Marion "Mrs. C". Cunningham
• Tom Bosley as Howard "Mr. C". Cunningham
• Erin Moran as Joanie Cunningham
• Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
• Anson Williams as Warren "Potsie" Weber
• Donny Most as Ralph Malph
• Noriyuki "Pat" Morita as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi
• Al Molinaro as Al Delvecchio
• Cathy Silvers as Jenny Piccolo
• Ted McGinley as Roger Phillips
• Lynda Goodfriend as Lori Beth Allen Cunningham

I Love Lucy (1951 – 1957)

• Lucille Ball as Lucille Esmeralda "Lucy" McGillicuddy Ricardo
• Desi Arnaz as Enrique Alberto "Ricky" Ricardo
• Vivian Vance as Ethel Mae Roberta Louise Potter Mertz
• William Frawley as Frederick "Fred" Hobart Mertz
• Keith Thibodeaux as Enrique Alberto "Little Ricky" Ricardo IV

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-)

• Glenn Howerton as Dennis Reynolds
• Kaitlin Olson as Deandra 'Sweet Dee' Reynolds
• Rob McElhenney as Ronald "Mac" McDonald
• Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly
• Danny DeVito as Frank Reynolds

The League (2009 – )

• Mark Duplass as Peter "Pete" Eckhart
• Stephen Rannazzisi as Kevin MacArthur
• Nick Kroll as Rodney Ruxin
• Paul Scheer as Dr. Andre Nowzick
• Jon Lajoie as Taco MacArthur
• Katie Aselton as Jenny MacArthur

M*A*S*H (1972 – 1983)

• Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
• Loretta Swit as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
• Jamie Farr as Maxwell Q. Klinger
• William Christopher as John Patrick Francis Mulcahy
• Wayne Rogers as John Francis Xavier "Trapper" McIntyre
• McLean Stevenson as Henry Braymore Blake
• Larry Linville as Franklin Marion "Frank" Burns
• Gary Burghoff as Walter Eugene "Radar" O’Reilly
• Mike Farrell as B. J. Hunnicutt
• Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg) as Sherman Tecumseh Potter
• David Ogden Stiers as Charles Emerson Winchester III

Married... with Children (1987 – 1997)

• Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy
• David Faustino as Bud Bundy
• Christina Applegate as Kelly Bundy
• Katey Sagal as Peggy Bundy
• Amanda Bearse as Marcy Rhoades-D'Arcy
• Ted McGinley as Jefferson D'Arcy
• David Garrison as Steve Rhoades

Roseanne (1988 – 1997)

• Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner
• Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris
• Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner
• John Goodman as Dan Conner
• Sara Gilbert (born Sara Rebecca Abeles) as Darlene Conner-Healy
• Lecy Goranson as Becky Conner-Healy
• Johnny Galecki as David Healy
• Glenn Quinn as Mark Healy
• Estelle Parsons as Beverly Harris
• Natalie West as Crystal Anderson-Conner
• Martin Mull as Leon Carp
• Michael O'Keefe as Fred Harris
• Sandra Bernhard as Nancy Bartlett

Seinfeld (1989 – 1998)

• Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld
• Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes
• Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan) as George Costanza

Star Trek (1966 – 1969)

• William Shatner as James T. Kirk
• Leonard Nimoy as Spock
• DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
• James Doohan as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
• Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
• George Takei as Hikaru Sulu
• Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994)

• Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard
• Jonathan Frakes as William Riker
• LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge
• Denise Crosby as Tasha Yar
• Michael Dorn as Worf
• Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
• Diana Muldaur as Dr. Katherine Pulaski
• Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi
• Brent Spiner as Data
• Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

• Nana Visitor as Kira Nerys
• René Auberjonois as Odo
• Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir
• Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax
• Armin Shimerman as Quark

Taxi (1978 – 1983)

• Judd Hirsch as Alex Rieger
• Jeff Conaway as Robert "Bobby" Wheeler
• Danny DeVito as Louie De Palma
• Marilu Henner as Elaine O'Connor Nardo
• Tony Danza as Anthony Mark "Tony" Banta
• Christopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski
• Andy Kaufman as Latka Gravas
• Carol Kane Simka Dahblitz-Gravas
• Randall Carver as John Burns