Here's the Entire Cast of Freak Show, American Horror Story's Fourth Season
American Horror Story: Hotel is in full swing, but we still haven't gotten over all the nightmares Freak Show gave us. The fourth season was recently released on DVD and it's also on Netflix, which means you may be revisiting it or checking it out for the first time. In case you're wondering who all is in the cast, we have you covered. Take a look here to see the main cast members, as well as who they play on Freak Show.
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Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates, who played the evil Madame Delphine LaLaurie on Coven, returns as Ethel Darling, the Bearded Lady.
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett, aka Coven's Marie Laveau, returns as a three-breasted woman named Desiree Dupree.
Sarah Paulson
Series regular Sarah Paulson plays conjoined twins Bette and Dot, members of the freak show.
Evan Peters
Evan Peters, who has appeared in every season of American Horror Story, plays Jimmy Darling, a boy with "lobster" hands.
Frances Conroy
Frances Conroy returns as Gloria Mott, a member of high society who has an uncomfortably codependent relationship with her son, Dandy.
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare returns as a con man and "collector of freaks."
Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts, who appears for the first time on Coven, also returns as a fake fortune teller named Maggie Esmerelda.
Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange, the queen bee of American Horror Story, plays Elsa Mars, a German expat who has taken her freak show to Jupiter, FL.
Michael Chiklis
Chiklis is one of AHS's first-timers. He plays Dell Toledo, the freak show's strongman who is married to Desiree.
Jamie Brewer
Jamie Brewer, who plays Nan in Coven, appears as a puppet on season four.
Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe appears on her second season of American Horror Story, as a girl who returns home to Jupiter to find her missing mother.
Wes Bentley
Wes Bentley appears as Edward Mordrake, inspired by the real-life legend of a man with two faces.
Finn Wittrock
Finn Wittrock joins the cast as Dandy Mott, a dangerously bored man-child who lives with his mother.
John Carroll Lynch
John Carroll Lynch (Zodiac) plays the (first) villain of Freak Show, the incredibly creepy killer clown, Twisty.
Patti LaBelle
Famed singer Patti LaBelle plays Dandy's maid and the mother of Sidibe's character.
Jyoti Amge
Jyoti Amge plays the world's smallest woman in the freak show. Fittingly, she is actually the world's smallest woman in real life, at 2 feet tall.
Matt Bomer
Matt Bomer appears in one episode as an ill-fated character.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka
Neil Patrick Harris and his husband, David Burtka, both guest star on the show. Harris plays a disturbed puppeteer, and Burtka makes a cameo on the finale.
Lily Rabe
Lily Rabe returns to the show as Sister Mary Eunice, her character from Asylum.