American television actors

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.

24 (2001 – 2010, 2014)

• Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Cole Ortiz
• Dennis Hopper as Victor Drazen
• Lou Diamond Phillips as Mark DeSalvo

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

Breaking Bad (2008 - 2013)

• Bryan Cranston as Walter White
• Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman

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
• Roger Rees as Robin Colcord

Deadwood

• Timothy Olyphant as Seth Bullock
• Ian McShane as Al Swearengen
• Molly Parker as Alma Garret
• Jim Beaver as Whitney Ellsworth
• W. Earl Brown as Dan Dority
• Dayton Callie as Charlie Utter
• Kim Dickens as Joanie Stubbs (loosely based on Dora DuFran)
• Brad Dourif as Doc Cochran (based on Lyman F. Babcock)
• Anna Gunn as Martha Bullock
• John Hawkes as Sol Star
• Jeffrey Jones as A. W. Merrick
• Paula Malcomson as Trixie (based on various prostitutes named "Tricksies")
• Leon Rippy as Tom Nuttall (based on Billy Nuttall)
• William Sanderson as E. B. Farnum
• Robin Weigert as Calamity Jane
• Sean Bridgers as Johnny Burns
• Garret Dillahunt as Francis Wolcott (based on L. D. Kellogg)
• Titus Welliver as Silas Adams
• Brent Sexton as Harry Manning
• Powers Boothe as Cy Tolliver (based on Tom Miller)
• Keith Carradine as Wild Bill Hickok
• Bree Seanna Wall as Sofia Metz
• Josh Eriksson as William Bullock (loosely based on Douglas Kislingbury)

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

Entourage (2004-2011)

• Kevin Conolly as Eric Murphy
• Adrian Grenier as Vincent 'Vinnie' Chase
• Kevin Dillon as Johnny 'Drama' Chase
• Jerry Ferrara as Turtle
• Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold
• Debi Mazar as Shauna Roberts
• Perrey Reeves as Melissa Gold
• Rex Lee as Lloyd
• Rhys Coiro as Billy Walsh
• Emmanuelle Chriqui as Sloan McQuewick
• Beverly D'Angelo as Barbara 'Babs' Miller
• Constance Zimmer as Dana Gordon
• Scott Caan as Scott Lavin

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

Full House (1987–1995)

• John Stamos as Jesse Katsopolis
• Dave Coulier as Joey Gladstone
• Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. Tanner
• Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner
• Bob Saget as Danny Tanner
• Mary-Kate Olsen as Michelle Tanner
• Ashley Olsen as Michelle Tanner
• Lori Loughlin as Becky Katsopolis
• Andrea Laura Barber as Kimmy Gibbler

Gilligan's Island (1963 - 1967)

• Bob Denver as First Mate Gilligan
• Alan Hale Jr as The Skipper/Captain Jonas Grumby
• Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III
• Natalie Schafer as Eunice Lovelle Wentworth Howell
• Tina Louise as Ginger Grant
• Russell Johnson is Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D
• Dawn Wells is Mary Ann Summers

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
• 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

How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)

• Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby
• Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen
• Cobie Smulders as Robin Sherbatsky
• Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
• Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin
• Cristin Milioti as Tracy McConnell

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

Lost (2004 – 2010)

• Matthew Fox as Jack Shephard
• Evangeline Lilly as Kate Austen
• Jorge Garcia as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
• Josh Holloway as James "Sawyer" Ford
• Terry O'Quinn as John Locke/Man in Black
• Naveen Andrews as Sayid Jarrah
• Daniel Dae Kim as Jin-Soo Kwon
• Yunjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon
• Emilie de Ravin as Claire Littleton
• Dominic Monaghan as Charlie Pace
• Harold Perrineau as Michael Dawson
• Malcolm David Kelley as Walt Lloyd
• Maggie Grace as Shannon Rutherford
• Ian Somerhalder as Boone Carlyle
• Katey Sagal as Helen Norwood

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

MacGyver (1985 – 1992)

• Richard Dean Anderson as Angus MacGyver
• Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton
• Bruce McGill as Jack Dalton
• Michael Des Barres as Murdoc
• Teri Hatcher as Penny Parker

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
• Estelle Harris as Estelle 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

Will & Grace (1998 - 2006)

• Eric McCormack as Will Truman
• Debra Messing as Grace Adler
• Megan Mullally as Karen Walker
• Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland