American Horror Story 1984: Who is in the AHS 1984 cast?
American Horror Story season 9 (AHS: 1984) returns on September 18th - without Evan Peters. Here is every confirmed season 9 cast member so far.
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1. Who is in the AHS: 1984 cast and who do they play?
AHS: 1984 will see several new faces join the cast, with very few past season cast members returning. Emma Roberts will lead this season, alongside Billie Lourd and Cody Fern. Evan Peters will not be part of this season, revealing earlier this year that he would be “sitting this season out.” Sarah Paulson will not be starring in a main role either, but she may have a small appearance later in the season. Here’s every confirmed cast members so far…
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2. Emma Roberts plays Brooke Thompson
Emma Roberts (who previously appeared in Coven, Freak Show, Cult and Apocalypse) will be playing the lead role of Brooke, one of the young adults who comes to Camp Redwood for the summer. It’s revealed in the trailer that she was once attacked by a serial killer who climbed through her bedroom window and doesn't respond well when she hears Camp Redwood was the site of a huge massacre. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)
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3. Billie Lourd plays Montana Duke
Billie Lourd, who is returning after appearing in Cult and Apocalypse, will be playing Montana, a friend of Brooke and Xavier's who arrives at Camp Redwood for the summer. (Jean Baptiste Lacroix/Getty Images)
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4. Cody Fern plays Xavier Plympton
Cody plays Xavier, an actor and a fitness instructor who is hired to work at Camp Redwood for the summer. Cody returns to AHS after becoming a huge fan favourite thanks to his portrayal of Michael Langdon in AHS: Apocalypse. (Jean Baptiste Lacroix/Getty Images)
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5. DeRon Horton plays Ray Powell
DeRon plays Ray, another friend that Xavier brings to Camp Redwood for the summer. This is DeRon’s first season of American Horror Story, and you’ll probably recognise him as Lionel on Netflix’s Dear White People. (Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic)
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6. Gus Kenworthy plays Chet Clancy
Gus plays the role of Chet, an athlete who was disqualified from the Olympics. According to Ryan Murphy, Chet is set to be the boyfriend of Emma Roberts' character Brooke. He joins Xavier, Ray and Montana at Camp Redwood for the summer. This is the Olympic skier's first acting role. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
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7. Angelica Ross plays Nurse Rita
Angelica Ross joins the cast for her first season as Rita, a nurse at Camp Redwood who spills all the tea about the worst summer massacre that took place on this very camp site. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
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8. Leslie Grossman plays Margaret Booth
Leslie plays Margaret Booth. Margaret is in charge of Camp Redwood and reopened the site 14 years after a deadly summer massacre. in the first episodes, it's revealed that she was one of the victims of Mr Jingles' attack but managed to survive by playing dead. AHS: 1984 is Leslie's third season of AHS, following roles in Cult and Apocalypse. (CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Images)
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9. Matthew Morrison plays Trevor Kirchner
Glee's Matthew Morrison will play Trevor Kirchner. Trevor is the camp's activities director. It's also revealed that he was once in Jane Fonda's work out video but was removed due to his large penis (yes, really.) He strikes up a sexual relationship with Montana in the first episode. (Karwai Tang/WireImage)
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10. John Carroll Lynch plays Benjamin Richter/Mr Jingles
After previously playing Twisty the Clown in AHS, John Carroll Lynch returns to the series as Benjamin Richter. Benjamin is also known as Mr Jingles, a killer who was the reason for the Camp Redwood massacre in 1970. He escaped from jail in 1984 and returned to Camp Redwood upon its reopening to terrorise the counsellors. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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11. Zach Villa is playing serial killer The Night Stalker a.k.a. Richard Ramirez
Zach Villa is playing Richard Ramirez, a real life serial killer who broke into people’s homes in Los Angeles and attacked them. He was also reportedly a Satanist and was often referred to as the ‘Night Stalker’ by the media. Ramirez also makes an appearance at Devil’s Night on AHS: Hotel, played by Anthony Ruivivar. (JC Olivera/WireImage)
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12. Don Swayze plays a gas station owner
In the first episode, Don plays the role of a guy who works at the gas station that Xavier and the rest of the gang stop off at on the way to Camp Redwood. He is later killed by Mr Jingles who traps him under a car he's working on. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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13. Orla Brady plays Dr. Karen Hopple
Orla Brady plays the role of Dr. Karen Hopple, the head of the asylum that Mr Jingles breaks out of. (John Phillips/Getty Images)
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14. Tara Karsian plays Chef Bertie
Tara Karsian plays the Camp Redwood chef Chef Bertie. (FX)
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15. Leslie Jordan plays Courtney
Returning to American Horror Story for another season is Leslie Jordan, who played Courtney in episode 6. Courtney is the assistant to Margaret in her new Real Estate job. (Harmony Gerber/FilmMagic)
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16. Yvonne Zima plays Red
The Young and the Restless and ER actress Yvonne plays the role of Red, the woman who visits Richard Ramirez in prison and tells him about the Camp Redwood music festival. She appears in episode 6. (JB Lacroix/WireImage)
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17. Lily Rabe plays the Lady in White
OG Horror Story cast member Lily joins the cast as the mother of Benjamin (Mr Jingles) also known as The Lady In White. Following the death of her other son at the camp formerly known as ‘Camp Golden Star’ in 1948, she ends up haunting the grounds and terrorising the other ghosts that live there.
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18. Dylan McDermott plays Bruce, a serial killer
Dylan returns for another season of American Horror Story as Bruce, a suspicious guy who meets Donna and Brooke at a roller skating rink before hitchhiking with them to Camp Redwood.
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19. Finn Wittrock plays Bobby Richter
Fan favourite Finn Wittrock (Freak Show, Hotel, Roanoke) made his grand return in the final episode of 1984 as Bobby Richter, the grown up son of Benjamin aka Mr Jingles. Bobby arrives at Camp Redwood to look for his dad.
