Sitcom characters A to Z

A pop-culture-obsessed film student who sees life at Greendale as a TV show, spots its tropes before anyone else, and forms one of sitcom history's great friendships with Troy Barnes.

Played by Danny Pudi · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Danny Pudi

Tim Taylor's bearded, flannel-wearing co-host on Tool Time, the calm and safety-minded friend who keeps the show from falling apart.

Played by Richard Karn · Debut 1991 · Main cast

Played by Richard Karn

The brainy, sarcastic middle Dunphy child, a straight-A overachiever who trades barbs with her siblings on her way from middle school cellist to Caltech scientist.

Played by Ariel Winter · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Ariel Winter

The globetrotting socialite daughter of the Rose family, who trades celebrity flings and wild travel stories for a high school diploma, a college degree, and her own public relations business.

Played by Annie Murphy · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Annie Murphy

The deadpan neurobiologist matched with Sheldon by a dating website, who grows from his intellectual equal and pen pal into his girlfriend, wife, and fellow Nobel laureate on The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Mayim Bialik · Debut 2010 · Main cast

Played by Mayim Bialik

The fiercely competitive, rule-loving, binder-organizing detective of the 99th Precinct, who desperately wants Captain Holt's approval and slowly falls for her rival partner, Jake Peralta.

Played by Melissa Fumero · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Melissa Fumero

The sharp, sarcastic, and overworked floor supervisor at a St. Louis Cloud 9 megastore, a young mom who has been stocking shelves for a decade and is sure tomorrow will look just like today.

Played by America Ferrera · Debut 2015 · Lead

Played by America Ferrera

The eager, a cappella-loving Cornell graduate who arrives from Dunder Mifflin Stamford, battles Dwight for Michael's approval, and later becomes the Scranton branch's regional manager.

Played by Ed Helms · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Ed Helms

The lovable, dim, endlessly enthusiastic shoeshiner and frontman of Mouse Rat, who falls into Pawnee's most famous pit in the pilot and ends up married to April Ludgate.

Played by Chris Pratt · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Chris Pratt

The prim, judgmental head of accounting and Party Planning Committee chief at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, a devout cat lover hiding a long secret romance with Dwight Schrute.

Played by Angela Kinsey · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Angela Kinsey

A level-headed Pawnee nurse whose complaint about an abandoned pit near her house kicks off the series and makes her Leslie Knope's best friend and the target of her lavish compliments.

Played by Rashida Jones · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Rashida Jones

The youngest and most driven member of the Greendale study group, a relentlessly organized overachiever rebuilding her life after a rough end to high school.

Played by Alison Brie · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Alison Brie

The deadpan, sarcastic intern turned assistant in the Pawnee Parks Department, who pretends to hate everything and everyone while quietly becoming one of the office's most loyal friends.

Played by Aubrey Plaza · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Aubrey Plaza

The leather-jacketed, motorcycle-riding mechanic known as the Fonz, the coolest guy in 1950s Milwaukee, who becomes Richie Cunningham's best friend and an honorary member of the family.

Played by Henry Winkler · Debut 1974 · Main cast

Played by Henry Winkler

The youngest Banks daughter in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a sweet, smart kid who idolizes her cousin Will and grows up on screen into an independent teenager with a singing career.

Played by Tatyana Ali · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by Tatyana Ali

Abbott Elementary's self-absorbed, social-media-obsessed principal, who got the job through blackmail but slowly, and very reluctantly, turns out to care about her school.

Played by Janelle James · Debut 2021 · Main cast

Played by Janelle James

A gentle, devoted family man and gifted surgeon from California who replaces Trapper John at the 4077th and becomes Hawkeye's best friend and partner in pranks.

Played by Mike Farrell · Debut 1975 · Main cast

Played by Mike Farrell

Abbott Elementary's dignified, deeply faithful veteran kindergarten teacher, Barbara is the school's old-school authority figure and a reluctant mother figure to the eager Janine.

Played by Sheryl Lee Ralph · Debut 2021 · Main cast

Played by Sheryl Lee Ralph

The suit-obsessed, catchphrase-spewing womanizer and self-appointed best friend to Ted, whose outrageous schemes hide a lonely, loyal heart on How I Met Your Mother.

Played by Neil Patrick Harris · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Neil Patrick Harris

Greendale's wildly unstable Spanish teacher, a theatrical, short-fused man who spends six seasons trying, in increasingly strange ways, to become part of the study group.

Played by Ken Jeong · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Ken Jeong

The dry, budget-slashing state auditor who arrives in Pawnee to fix its finances, slowly falls for the town and for Leslie Knope, and becomes one of its most devoted public servants.

Played by Adam Scott · Debut 2010 · Main cast

Played by Adam Scott

Penny's sweet-voiced, fiercely competitive coworker turned high-earning microbiologist, who marries Howard and becomes the group's most intimidating member on The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Melissa Rauch · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Melissa Rauch

The flirtatious, glamorous Southern belle who owns the Miami house, a proud widow from outside Atlanta whose endless romances, vanity, and surprisingly big heart make her the show's most fabulous troublemaker.

Played by Rue McClanahan · Debut 1985 · Main cast

Played by Rue McClanahan

Sacred Heart Hospital's crusty chief of medicine, who cares more about the budget than the patients, at least on the surface, and who battles Dr. Cox for seven seasons.

Played by Ken Jenkins · Debut 2001 · Main cast

Played by Ken Jenkins

The eldest Taylor son, a sports-minded teenager who spends his high school years chasing girls, grades, and his own independence.

Played by Zachery Ty Bryan · Debut 1991 · Main cast

Played by Zachery Ty Bryan

A passionate, self-styled activist and high school dropout who joins the Greendale study group, means well about nearly everything, and is lovingly teased by her friends for messing it up.

Played by Gillian Jacobs · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Gillian Jacobs

The youngest Bluth son, a sheltered, anxious mama's boy with years of scattered college courses and no life skills, whose closeness to his mother Lucille is one of the show's great running gags.

Played by Tony Hale · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Tony Hale

Mitchell's big-hearted, wildly theatrical partner and Lily's dad, a Missouri farm boy and former college football player who is also a trained clown named Fizbo.

Played by Eric Stonestreet · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Eric Stonestreet

The gruff but loving Chicago police officer at the head of the Winslow family, whose blood pressure rises every time his accident-prone neighbor Steve Urkel comes through the door.

Played by Reginald VelJohnson · Debut 1989 · Main cast

Played by Reginald VelJohnson

Sacred Heart Hospital's tough, caring head nurse, who looks out for the new interns like a protective mother figure and falls for surgical intern Christopher Turk.

Played by Judy Reyes · Debut 2001 · Main cast

Played by Judy Reyes

The sharp-tongued, superstitious waitress at Cheers, a hardworking single mother of a large and chaotic brood who insults nearly every customer and would still go to war for her friends.

Played by Rhea Perlman · Debut 1982 · Main cast

Played by Rhea Perlman

Will's preppy, rule-loving cousin in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a Princeton-obsessed conservative with a sweater vest, a big heart, and the most famous dance in sitcom history.

Played by Alfonso Ribeiro · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by Alfonso Ribeiro

Ross Geller's first wife, who leaves him after realizing she is a lesbian, then has his son, Ben, and raises him with her partner, Susan, in one of the most visible same-sex couples on 1990s TV.

Played by Anita Barone and Jane Sibbett · Debut 1994 · Side character

Played by Anita Barone and Jane Sibbett

Jess Day's fiercely loyal best friend since childhood, a street-smart fashion model whose on-and-off romance with Schmidt becomes one of New Girl's great love stories.

Played by Hannah Simone · Debut 2011 · Main cast

Played by Hannah Simone

The sarcastic, self-deprecating wisecracker of Friends, a commitment-phobic office worker who uses jokes as armor, shares an apartment with Joey, and eventually marries Monica Geller.

Played by Matthew Perry · Debut 1994 · Main cast

Played by Matthew Perry

Jake Peralta's devoted, eager, and endlessly enthusiastic best friend and partner, a nervous but hardworking detective and passionate foodie whose overshares regularly horrify the rest of the 99th Precinct.

Played by Joe Lo Truglio · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Joe Lo Truglio

The snobbish, Harvard-trained Boston surgeon who replaces Frank Burns in the Swamp, matches Hawkeye wit for wit, and hides real kindness under a wall of classical music and disdain.

Played by David Ogden Stiers · Debut 1977 · Main cast

Played by David Ogden Stiers

The illiterate, glue-huffing janitor and co-owner of Paddy's Pub, a chaotic dreamer who does all the bar's dirty jobs, writes strange musicals, and pines endlessly for the Waitress.

Played by Charlie Day · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Charlie Day

Larry David's patient, good-humored wife on Curb Your Enthusiasm, the calm voice of reason who spends years smoothing over his social disasters before she finally decides she has had enough.

Played by Cheryl Hines · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Cheryl Hines

The bubbly, gossipy Cloud 9 associate who starts the series as a pregnant high schooler, gives birth in the store, marries her boyfriend Bo, and surprises everyone by becoming a capable floor supervisor.

Played by Nichole Sakura · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Nichole Sakura

A kind, brilliant, and painfully indecisive ethics professor who is assigned as Eleanor's soulmate in the afterlife and agrees to teach her how to be a good person.

Played by William Jackson Harper · Debut 2016 · Main cast

Played by William Jackson Harper

The relentlessly upbeat, fitness-obsessed state auditor turned Pawnee city manager, who greets every person and every bit of news as if it were literally the best thing he has ever seen.

Played by Rob Lowe · Debut 2010 · Main cast

Played by Rob Lowe

J.D.'s confident, competitive best friend and college roommate, a surgical intern at Sacred Heart who falls for head nurse Carla Espinosa in his first days on the job.

Played by Donald Faison · Debut 2001 · Main cast

Played by Donald Faison

Jay Pritchett's tightly wound, fiercely competitive daughter and the mother of the Dunphy kids, a former wild child who works overtime to keep her family from repeating her mistakes.

Played by Julie Bowen · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Julie Bowen

The know-it-all Boston mail carrier who sits beside Norm at the Cheers bar, lives with his mother, and has a dubious fact ready for every conversation whether anyone asked or not.

Played by John Ratzenberger · Debut 1982 · Main cast

Played by John Ratzenberger

Ernie "Coach" Tagliaboo, the loud, intense former athlete who lives in the loft when Jess moves in, leaves after one episode, and returns years later as a personal trainer and gym teacher.

Played by Damon Wayans Jr. · Debut 2011 · Main cast

Played by Damon Wayans Jr.

Ted Lasso's deadpan, laconic assistant coach and longtime friend, Beard follows Ted from Kansas to London and serves as the quiet tactical mind and reality check of the Richmond bench.

Played by Brendan Hunt · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Brendan Hunt

The mild-mannered energy vampire of the Staten Island household, who feeds not on blood but on the boredom and irritation he causes with dull small talk, pedantic trivia, and endless office chatter.

Played by Mark Proksch · Debut 2019 · Main cast

Played by Mark Proksch

Jerry's wild-haired neighbor across the hall, who bursts through the door without knocking, eats Jerry's food, and lives on a string of bizarre schemes despite never holding a steady job.

Played by Michael Richards · Debut 1989 · Main cast

Played by Michael Richards

The flamboyant, costume-loving dean of Greendale Community College, who desperately wants his school to be taken seriously and has an obvious, long-running crush on Jeff Winger.

Played by Jim Rash · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Jim Rash

The mysterious, elderly quality assurance man at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, a former 1960s rocker with a foggy memory, a shady past, and a habit of saying the most alarming things in the room.

Played by Creed Bratton · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Creed Bratton

Danny Tanner's oldest daughter, the responsible big sister of Full House, who grows from a kid sharing a room with baby Michelle into a high school senior headed for college.

Played by Candace Cameron Bure · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by Candace Cameron Bure

The widowed, neat-freak San Francisco broadcaster who raises his three daughters with help from his brother-in-law Jesse and his best friend Joey, and who never met a heart-to-heart talk he did not love.

Played by Bob Saget · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by Bob Saget

The cheerful, eccentric English caregiver from Manchester whom Frasier hires to look after his father, and the woman Niles Crane spends years secretly adoring before they finally fall in love.

Played by Jane Leeves · Debut 1993 · Main cast

Played by Jane Leeves

The cool, capable warehouse foreman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton who tolerates Michael's nonsense with a straight face, plays a mean keyboard, and quietly works his way up from the loading dock.

Played by Craig Robinson · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Craig Robinson

Elaine's deadpan, on-and-off boyfriend, a square-jawed mechanic turned car salesman who paints his face for the New Jersey Devils and answers almost everything with "Yeah, that's right."

Played by Patrick Warburton · Debut 1995 · Side character

Played by Patrick Warburton

The sardonic, fashion-obsessed son of the Rose family, a former New York gallerist who opens a local goods store in Schitt's Creek and falls in love with his business partner, Patrick.

Played by Dan Levy · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Dan Levy

Ray Barone's sharp, overworked wife, who raises three kids on Long Island while her in-laws walk through her front door whenever they please and her husband ducks every hard conversation.

Played by Patricia Heaton · Debut 1996 · Main cast

Played by Patricia Heaton

Dennis's twin sister and the bartender at Paddy's Pub, a wannabe actress and comedian who is mocked constantly by the gang and proves at every turn that she is just as awful as they are.

Played by Kaitlin Olson · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Kaitlin Olson

The vain, manipulative co-owner and bartender of Paddy's Pub, Dee's twin brother, and the self-proclaimed golden god of the Gang, whose calm surface hides a deeply fragile ego.

Played by Glenn Howerton · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Glenn Howerton

The odd, quiet youngest brother for most of the series, who survives years of torment from Malcolm and Reese and grows into a musical prodigy and the family's sneakiest mastermind.

Played by Erik Per Sullivan · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Erik Per Sullivan

The brainy, high-minded graduate student who takes a waitress job at Cheers after her fiance abandons her there, then spends five seasons in a stormy romance with bartender Sam Malone.

Played by Shelley Long · Debut 1982 · Main cast

Played by Shelley Long

Cloud 9's intense, rule-obsessed assistant store manager, a security-camera-watching enforcer with a home full of pet birds and a heart she would rather nobody noticed.

Played by Lauren Ash · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Lauren Ash

The supremely confident, glamorous, and mysterious office manager of the Pawnee parks department, who loves her Mercedes, lives a life her coworkers can only guess at, and treats herself without apology.

Played by Retta · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Retta

Eric Forman's smart, tomboyish girl next door in Point Place, Wisconsin, whose on-again, off-again romance with Eric anchors That '70s Show from the pilot to the finale.

Played by Laura Prepon · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Laura Prepon

The sharp-tongued, sensible substitute teacher of the Miami household, a Brooklyn-born divorcee whose deadpan put-downs, sparring with her mother Sophia, and bitter history with ex-husband Stan anchor the show.

Played by Bea Arthur · Debut 1985 · Main cast

Played by Bea Arthur

The smooth, charming, pop-culture-loving car thief known as the Pontiac Bandit, Jake Peralta's slippery arch-nemesis who keeps escaping him and slowly becomes one of his closest friends.

Played by Craig Robinson · Debut 2014 · Side character

Played by Craig Robinson

The intense, rule-loving top salesman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, a beet farmer and self-styled survivalist who would do almost anything to become regional manager, and the favorite target of Jim's pranks.

Played by Rainn Wilson · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Rainn Wilson

Martin Crane's scene-stealing Jack Russell terrier, who moves into Frasier's apartment with his owner and spends years unnervingly staring at Frasier, much to the psychiatrist's irritation.

Played by Moose and Enzo · Debut 1993 · Side character

Played by Moose and Enzo

The Winslows' eldest child, a basketball-loving, girl-chasing slacker who constantly clashes with his police officer father before growing up and becoming a cop himself.

Played by Darius McCrary · Debut 1989 · Main cast

Played by Darius McCrary

Jerry's ex-girlfriend turned best friend, a sharp, confident, and famously blunt New Yorker who works her way through publishing jobs, bad bosses, and worse boyfriends.

Played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus

A selfish, foul-mouthed saleswoman from Arizona who wakes up in the afterlife's Good Place by apparent mistake and decides she had better learn to be a good person before anyone notices.

Played by Kristen Bell · Debut 2016 · Lead

Played by Kristen Bell

The brilliant, neurotic, wildly awkward medical intern at Sacred Heart Hospital who becomes J.D.'s closest friend, his recurring love interest, and one of the show's most improved doctors.

Played by Sarah Chalke · Debut 2001 · Main cast

Played by Sarah Chalke

The skinny, sarcastic, Star Wars-loving teenager at the center of That '70s Show, whose basement in Point Place, Wisconsin, is the hangout for his friends and his long romance with girl-next-door Donna.

Played by Topher Grace · Debut 1998 · Lead

Played by Topher Grace

The sunny, endlessly sincere receptionist who takes over Pam's desk at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, treats Michael like the dad she never had, and spends years in a sweet, bumpy romance with Andy Bernard.

Played by Ellie Kemper · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Ellie Kemper

George's shrill, melodramatic mother, who squabbles nonstop with her husband Frank, nags George about everything, and somehow still counts as the voice of reason in the Costanza house.

Played by Estelle Harris · Debut 1992 · Side character

Played by Estelle Harris

Lucy's landlady, best friend, and reluctant partner in crime, a sharp-tongued former vaudevillian who always says the scheme is a bad idea and then helps anyway.

Played by Vivian Vance · Debut 1951 · Main cast

Played by Vivian Vance

The girl-crazy foreign exchange student of That '70s Show, whose home country is never named and who spends eight seasons pining for Jackie Burkhart.

Played by Wilmer Valderrama · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Wilmer Valderrama

The rebellious eldest brother, shipped off to military school before the series begins, whose lifelong war of wills with Lois carries him from Marlin Academy to Alaska, a dude ranch, and finally an office cubicle.

Played by Christopher Kennedy Masterson · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Christopher Kennedy Masterson

Ray and Robert's blunt, grumpy father, a retired bookkeeper and Korean War veteran who parks in Ray's armchair, insults everyone in sight, and is the only Barone who is not afraid of Marie.

Played by Peter Boyle · Debut 1996 · Main cast

Played by Peter Boyle

The whiny, rule-obsessed, and famously inept surgeon of the 4077th, who carries on a not-so-secret affair with Margaret Houlihan and schemes endlessly against Hawkeye and his friends.

Played by Larry Linville · Debut 1972 · Main cast

Played by Larry Linville

George's explosive, eccentric father, a short-fused former Army cook who invented the holiday Festivus and shouts "Serenity now!" to keep his blood pressure down.

Played by John Randolph and Jerry Stiller · Debut 1993 · Side character

Played by John Randolph and Jerry Stiller

Dennis and Dee's legal father, a rich, sleazy former businessman who walks away from respectability, buys into Paddy's Pub, moves in with Charlie, and bankrolls the gang's worst ideas.

Played by Danny DeVito · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Danny DeVito

The slovenly, trucker-hat-wearing TGS staff writer who lives with his mother, loves video games and comic books, and turns out to be sharper than his writers' room antics suggest.

Played by Judah Friedlander · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Judah Friedlander

The pompous, brilliant, and endlessly fussy psychiatrist who leaves Boston and Cheers behind to host a call-in radio show in Seattle, where he shares his apartment with his blue-collar father.

Played by Kelsey Grammer · Debut 1993 · Lead

Played by Kelsey Grammer

The grumpy, penny-pinching landlord of the Ricardos' brownstone, a retired vaudeville song-and-dance man who becomes Ricky's best friend and Ethel's favorite sparring partner.

Played by William Frawley · Debut 1951 · Main cast

Played by William Frawley

Cloud 9's sarcastic, unbothered sales associate and in-store announcer, a wheelchair user who does the bare minimum, narrates the chaos over the PA, and has the driest jokes in the building.

Played by Colton Dunn · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Colton Dunn

The Banks family's dry-witted English butler in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, who serves the household with perfect manners and an even more perfect line in sarcasm.

Played by Joseph Marcell · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by Joseph Marcell

The scheming patriarch of the Bluth family and founder of the Bluth Company, whose arrest for financial crimes in the pilot sets the whole series in motion.

Played by Jeffrey Tambor · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Jeffrey Tambor

Jerry's lifelong best friend, a neurotic, cheap, endlessly scheming New Yorker whose lies, job disasters, and doomed romances make him one of the most famous losers in sitcom history.

Played by Jason Alexander · Debut 1989 · Main cast

Played by Jason Alexander

Michael Bluth's earnest, painfully awkward teenage son, who runs the family frozen banana stand and spends years quietly agonizing over a crush on his cousin Maeby.

Played by Michael Cera · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Michael Cera

The 99th Precinct's sardonic, phone-obsessed civilian administrator and Captain Holt's assistant, a gloriously self-absorbed force of nature who is far sharper than she lets anyone believe.

Played by Chelsea Peretti · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Chelsea Peretti

The endlessly upbeat, deeply religious, and hopelessly awkward manager of Cloud 9 store 1217, who loves his employees like family and rarely knows how to handle a crisis.

Played by Mark McKinney · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Mark McKinney

Jay Pritchett's passionate, fiercely loving second wife from Colombia and the mother of Manny and Joe, whose temper, mangled idioms, and big heart make her the family's most colorful force.

Played by Sofía Vergara · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Sofía Vergara

The eldest Bluth son, a vain, Segway-riding failed magician whose illusions always go wrong and whose desperate need for his father's approval fuels a lifelong rivalry with his brother Michael.

Played by Will Arnett · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Will Arnett

A buttoned-up, deadpan substitute from Baltimore who becomes Abbott's first-grade teacher, Gregory hides a big crush on Janine behind perfect posture and very particular tastes.

Played by Tyler James Williams · Debut 2021 · Main cast

Played by Tyler James Williams

Nandor's loyal, overworked human familiar, who has spent years serving the Staten Island vampires in hopes of being turned himself, only to discover he descends from the famous vampire hunter Van Helsing.

Played by Harvey Guillén · Debut 2019 · Main cast

Played by Harvey Guillén

The bleach-blond, deadpan manager of Central Perk, who serves the gang their coffee for ten seasons while quietly nursing an unrequited crush on Rachel and a grudge against Ross.

Played by James Michael Tyler · Debut 1994 · Side character

Played by James Michael Tyler

The loving, excitable, and hopelessly impulsive dad of the family, who adores his wife Lois, ducks responsibility whenever he can, and throws himself into strange new hobbies at full speed.

Played by Bryan Cranston · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Bryan Cranston

The eldest Dunphy child, a boy-crazy, fashion-obsessed teenager who grows up on screen from high school sophomore to working mom of twins over eleven seasons of Modern Family.

Played by Sarah Hyland · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Sarah Hyland

The brilliant, wisecracking chief surgeon of the 4077th MASH, who fights the Korean War with a scalpel by day and jokes, pranks, and homemade gin by night.

Played by Alan Alda · Debut 1972 · Lead

Played by Alan Alda

The eldest Banks child in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a pampered, shopping-obsessed socialite who stumbles from her father's credit cards into a surprisingly successful TV career.

Played by Karyn Parsons · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by Karyn Parsons

The warm, goofy HR representative who arrives in Scranton to replace Toby and turns out to share Michael Scott's sense of humor so completely that she becomes the love of his life.

Played by Amy Ryan · Debut 2008 · Main cast

Played by Amy Ryan

The patient, good-humored father of the Cunningham family on Happy Days, a Milwaukee hardware store owner and lodge man whose kitchen-table advice keeps Richie, Joanie, and even Fonzie on track.

Played by Tom Bosley · Debut 1974 · Main cast

Played by Tom Bosley

The wisecracking aerospace engineer with a bowl cut, tight pants, and a mother who yells from offscreen, who goes from hopeless flirt to astronaut, husband, and dad on The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Simon Helberg · Debut 2007 · Main cast

Played by Simon Helberg

Elaine's grandly eccentric boss at the J. Peterman clothing catalog, a world-traveling adventurer who narrates his own life like an old radio drama.

Played by John O'Hurley · Debut 1995 · Side character

Played by John O'Hurley

John "J.D." Dorian, the daydreaming, hug-loving doctor who narrates Scrubs as he grows from a nervous intern at Sacred Heart Hospital into a skilled physician, with best friend Turk at his side.

Played by Zach Braff · Debut 2001 · Lead

Played by Zach Braff

The slick, Republican network executive who arrives at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to retool Liz Lemon's sketch show and becomes her boss, her mentor, and, against all odds, her closest friend.

Played by Alec Baldwin · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Alec Baldwin

The spoiled, self-absorbed rich girl of That '70s Show who starts out as Kelso's demanding girlfriend and slowly grows into a loyal friend, dating Kelso, Hyde, and Fez along the way.

Played by Mila Kunis · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Mila Kunis

Abbott Elementary's earnest, endlessly enthusiastic history teacher, Jacob is Janine's most loyal ally and a well-meaning teacher who tries a little too hard to say and do the right thing.

Played by Chris Perfetti · Debut 2021 · Main cast

Played by Chris Perfetti

The brilliant but wildly immature star detective of Brooklyn's 99th Precinct, a Die Hard-quoting prankster who slowly grows up under the eye of his stone-faced new captain.

Played by Andy Samberg · Debut 2013 · Lead

Played by Andy Samberg

AFC Richmond's cocky young striker, a gifted goal scorer on loan from Manchester City, whose ego slowly gives way to teamwork and real friendship over the course of the series.

Played by Phil Dunster · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Phil Dunster

Dunder Mifflin's demanding vice president of Northeast sales and Michael Scott's boss, whose stormy on-and-off romance with Michael becomes one of the most uncomfortable relationships in The Office.

Played by Melora Hardin · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Melora Hardin

The Good Place's cheerful, all-knowing assistant, who can answer any question and produce any object on request, and who is very clear that she is not a girl and not a robot.

Played by D'Arcy Carden · Debut 2016 · Main cast

Played by D'Arcy Carden

Chandler's loud, nasal, impossible-to-shake ex-girlfriend, famous for her machine-gun laugh and her trademark greeting, who keeps turning up in the gang's lives across all ten seasons of Friends.

Played by Maggie Wheeler · Debut 1994 · Side character

Played by Maggie Wheeler

An endlessly optimistic young second-grade teacher at an underfunded Philadelphia public school, Janine is determined to fix everything for her students, even when her big ideas backfire.

Played by Quinta Brunson · Debut 2021 · Lead

Played by Quinta Brunson

Sacred Heart Hospital's nameless, scheming custodian, who declares war on J.D. over a penny jammed in a door on his first day and spends eight seasons tormenting him.

Played by Neil Flynn · Debut 2001 · Main cast

Played by Neil Flynn

A sweet, impulsive, and wildly clueless amateur DJ from Jacksonville, Florida, who reaches the afterlife disguised as a silent Buddhist monk and has no idea how he got there.

Played by Manny Jacinto · Debut 2016 · Main cast

Played by Manny Jacinto

The gruff, wealthy patriarch of the Modern Family clan, a closet company owner whose second marriage to the much younger Gloria ties the Pritchett, Dunphy, and Tucker-Pritchett households together.

Played by Ed O'Neill · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Ed O'Neill

Tom Haverford's loud, overconfident, sing-songing best friend, a self-proclaimed baller who rhymes, schemes, and spends money he does not have, and whom almost everyone in Pawnee except Tom finds exhausting.

Played by Ben Schwartz · Debut 2010 · Side character

Played by Ben Schwartz

Larry's manager and best friend, a cheerful, sneaky schemer whose affairs, cover stories, and terror of his wife Susie keep dragging Larry into one ridiculous mess after another.

Played by Jeff Garlin · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Jeff Garlin

A smooth-talking lawyer who loses his career for faking his college degree, enrolls at Greendale Community College, forms a Spanish study group to get a date, and slowly becomes a better person.

Played by Joel McHale · Debut 2009 · Lead

Played by Joel McHale

The vain, attention-starved star of The Girlie Show and Liz Lemon's longtime friend, who never stops fighting for the spotlight after Tracy Jordan joins the cast.

Played by Jane Krakowski · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Jane Krakowski

The sweet, clumsy, endlessly mocked veteran of the Pawnee parks department, whose coworkers never stop teasing him even though he quietly has the happiest life of anyone in the office.

Played by Jim O'Heir · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Jim O'Heir

The fictional version of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, a neat, observational stand-up living on the Upper West Side who serves as the calm, sarcastic center of his friends' endless petty disasters.

Played by Jerry Seinfeld · Debut 1989 · Lead

Played by Jerry Seinfeld

A bubbly, quirky teacher from Portland who moves into a Los Angeles loft with three single guys after a bad breakup and turns their lives, and her own, upside down.

Played by Zooey Deschanel · Debut 2011 · Lead

Played by Zooey Deschanel

The leather-jacketed, Elvis-loving rock musician who moves in to help his widowed brother-in-law Danny raise three nieces, and slowly trades his bachelor life for marriage, twin sons, and a house full of family.

Played by John Stamos · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by John Stamos

Tim Taylor's sensible wife and the voice of reason in the Taylor household, who keeps the family grounded while her husband chases bigger power tools.

Played by Patricia Richardson · Debut 1991 · Main cast

Played by Patricia Richardson

The laid-back, quick-witted Dunder Mifflin salesman who pranks Dwight, trades knowing looks with the documentary camera, and spends the early seasons quietly in love with receptionist Pam Beesly.

Played by John Krasinski · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by John Krasinski

Danny Tanner's goofy childhood best friend, a struggling stand-up comic with a cartoon voice for every occasion, who moves into the Tanner house and becomes a third parent to the girls.

Played by Dave Coulier · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by Dave Coulier

The sweet, food-loving, not-so-bright struggling actor of Friends, a ladies' man from a big Italian American family who lands a soap opera role and is fiercely loyal to his best friend, Chandler.

Played by Matt LeBlanc · Debut 1994 · Main cast

Played by Matt LeBlanc

The steady, well-meaning head of the Rose family, a former video store mogul who loses his fortune, moves his family into a run-down motel, and slowly builds a new business and a closer family.

Played by Eugene Levy · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Eugene Levy

An earnest, idealistic business school dropout who takes a job at a St. Louis Cloud 9 megastore, tries to find beauty in the aisles, and falls for floor supervisor Amy on his first day.

Played by Ben Feldman · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Ben Feldman

A sunny, sharp-witted model who becomes AFC Richmond's marketing whiz and later runs her own PR firm, Keeley is the emotional glue between Rebecca, Roy, Jamie, and the rest of the club.

Played by Juno Temple · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Juno Temple

The chatty, pop-culture-obsessed customer service representative at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, whose dramatic on-and-off romance with Ryan Howard is one of the office's longest-running soap operas.

Played by Mindy Kaling · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Mindy Kaling

The relentlessly cheerful NBC page from Stone Mountain, Georgia, who loves television more than anything and runs errands for the TGS staff with unsettling devotion.

Played by Jack McBrayer · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Jack McBrayer

Captain Holt's husband, a precise and wonderfully dry Columbia classics professor who is just as formal and private as Holt, and who slowly warms up to the chaos of the Nine-Nine.

Played by Marc Evan Jackson · Debut 2014 · Side character

Played by Marc Evan Jackson

The lovable, slow-talking accountant at Dunder Mifflin Scranton who loves food, plays in a Police tribute band, and turns simple tasks into disasters, most famously his spilled pot of homemade chili.

Played by Brian Baumgartner · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Brian Baumgartner

Eric Forman's cheerful, doting mother in That '70s Show, a hardworking nurse who mothers every kid in the basement and keeps her husband Red from boiling over.

Played by Debra Jo Rupp · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Debra Jo Rupp

A fictionalized version of the Seinfeld co-creator: a rich, semi-retired TV writer in Los Angeles who cannot let any social slight go and turns every tiny grievance into an epic disaster.

Played by Larry David · Debut 2000 · Lead

Played by Larry David

The gleefully debauched English vampire of the Staten Island household, Nadja's devoted husband and a lover of topiary, mad science, and anything scandalous, delivered in a booming, plummy voice.

Played by Matt Berry · Debut 2019 · Main cast

Played by Matt Berry

The smart, ambitious elder daughter of the Winslow family and the endlessly pursued object of Steve Urkel's affection, who spends years saying no before finally falling for him.

Played by Kellie Shanygne Williams · Debut 1989 · Main cast

Played by Kellie Shanygne Williams

The brash, fearless houseguest who moves in with Larry David alongside a family displaced by a hurricane, never leaves, and becomes Larry's unlikely roommate, wingman, and life coach.

Played by J. B. Smoove · Debut 2007 · Main cast

Played by J. B. Smoove

The good-natured, glasses-wearing experimental physicist who rooms with Sheldon, falls for Penny the day she moves in across the hall, and serves as the patient straight man of The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Johnny Galecki · Debut 2007 · Main cast

Played by Johnny Galecki

AFC Richmond's mild-mannered, jazz-loving director of football operations, Higgins starts as Rebecca's nervous right-hand man and grows into one of the kindest, most quietly principled people at the club.

Played by Jeremy Swift · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Jeremy Swift

The relentlessly optimistic deputy director of the Pawnee, Indiana, Parks Department, who believes local government can change lives and will work around the clock to prove it.

Played by Amy Poehler · Debut 2009 · Lead

Played by Amy Poehler

The icy, brilliant psychiatrist who becomes Frasier Crane's wife on Cheers, the mother of his son Frederick, and later his formidable ex-wife on Frasier.

Played by Bebe Neuwirth · Debut 1986 · Main cast

Played by Bebe Neuwirth

Marshall's sweet-faced, secretly scheming wife, a kindergarten teacher and aspiring painter who is the group's emotional center and its most ruthless matchmaker on How I Met Your Mother.

Played by Alyson Hannigan · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Alyson Hannigan

The glamorous, self-absorbed Bluth daughter, raised as Michael's twin, who champions trendy causes mostly for the image, stays in a hopeless marriage to Tobias, and largely neglects their daughter, Maeby.

Played by Portia de Rossi · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Portia de Rossi

The stressed, junk-food-loving head writer of the NBC sketch show TGS with Tracy Jordan, who spends her days wrangling unstable stars and a meddling boss while hunting for a life outside work.

Played by Tina Fey · Debut 2006 · Lead

Played by Tina Fey

The fierce, loud, and fiercely loving mother who runs the household, works at the Lucky Aide drugstore, and battles her destructive sons with relentless discipline and an iron refusal to ever admit she is wrong.

Played by Jane Kaczmarek · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Jane Kaczmarek

The icy, cocktail-loving matriarch of the Bluth family, a master manipulator who keeps her children competing for her approval while living as if the money never ran out.

Played by Jessica Walter · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Jessica Walter

The redheaded New York housewife who dreams of breaking into her bandleader husband's nightclub act and keeps landing in hilarious trouble with her best friend Ethel.

Played by Lucille Ball · Debut 1951 · Lead

Played by Lucille Ball

The youngest Dunphy kid and Phil's mini-me, a goofy, oddly lucky boy whose scrambled logic and schemes with his step-uncle and best friend Manny make him a fan favorite.

Played by Nolan Gould · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Nolan Gould

The self-appointed head of security at Paddy's Pub, a deeply insecure, devoutly Catholic tough guy who brags about his karate skills, worships Dennis, and spends years denying he is gay.

Played by Rob McElhenney · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Rob McElhenney

Lindsay and Tobias's shrewd, neglected daughter, a gifted teenage con artist who bluffs her way into a job as a movie studio executive while her parents barely notice.

Played by Alia Shawkat · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by Alia Shawkat

The genius middle son of a loud, broke, chaotic family, whose 165 IQ lands him in the gifted Krelboyne class and whose running commentary straight to the camera narrates the whole series.

Played by Frankie Muniz · Debut 2000 · Lead

Played by Frankie Muniz

Gloria's son and Jay's stepson, a romantic, poetry-writing old soul in a kid's body who drinks coffee, woos older girls, and teams up with his step-nephew and best friend, Luke.

Played by Rico Rodriguez · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Rico Rodriguez

The tough, by-the-book head nurse of the 4077th, nicknamed "Hot Lips," who starts as Frank Burns's ally against the surgeons and grows into one of the camp's most respected officers.

Played by Loretta Swit · Debut 1972 · Main cast

Played by Loretta Swit

Ray and Robert's devoted, meddling mother, a proud homemaker who lives across the street, rules the family with home cooking and guilt, and never stops competing with her daughter-in-law Debra.

Played by Doris Roberts · Debut 1996 · Main cast

Played by Doris Roberts

The warm, quietly spirited mother of the Cunningham family on Happy Days, known as "Mrs. C" to the gang and the only person Fonzie lets call him Arthur.

Played by Marion Ross · Debut 1974 · Main cast

Played by Marion Ross

The youngest Taylor son, a sensitive and thoughtful kid who often worries about his family and tries to find his place among his brothers.

Played by Taran Noah Smith · Debut 1991 · Main cast

Played by Taran Noah Smith

Ted's big-hearted best friend from Minnesota, a law student turned lawyer and eventually a judge, whose devotion to his college sweetheart Lily is the steadiest love story on How I Met Your Mother.

Played by Jason Segel · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Jason Segel

Frasier and Niles's down-to-earth father, a retired Seattle police detective who moves into Frasier's elegant apartment with his beat-up recliner and his dog Eddie after being shot on the job.

Played by John Mahoney · Debut 1993 · Main cast

Played by John Mahoney

The fiercely competitive, quick-witted Cloud 9 sales associate who starts on the same day as Jonah, gossips nonstop with Cheyenne, and later discovers he has unknowingly been living in the country undocumented.

Played by Nico Santos · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Nico Santos

The Toledo-born corporal who wears dresses and pulls stunt after stunt to win a psychiatric discharge from the Army, then becomes the 4077th's resourceful company clerk.

Played by Jamie Farr · Debut 1972 · Main cast

Played by Jamie Farr

A tough, wisecracking South Philly veteran teacher with a big Italian-American family and mysterious local connections, Melissa can get Abbott almost anything it needs, no questions asked.

Played by Lisa Ann Walter · Debut 2021 · Main cast

Played by Lisa Ann Walter

The hard-partying supplier relations representative at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, a frank, fearless single mom whose drinking, flings, and unlucky accidents make her the office's most unpredictable guest at any party.

Played by Kate Flannery · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Kate Flannery

The warm, bow-tied architect who designs the Good Place neighborhood and welcomes its new residents, and who turns out to be far more complicated than the kindly guide he first appears to be.

Played by Ted Danson · Debut 2016 · Main cast

Played by Ted Danson

The level-headed widowed son who has no choice but to keep his wealthy, wildly dysfunctional family together after his father is arrested, while raising his own teenage son, George Michael.

Played by Jason Bateman · Debut 2003 · Lead

Played by Jason Bateman

The lazy, crude, and gleefully clueless veteran detective of the 99th Precinct and Norm Scully's inseparable partner, a man whose career peaked decades ago and who would much rather be eating wings.

Played by Dirk Blocker · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Dirk Blocker

The handsome, hopelessly dim member of the That '70s Show gang, a lovable goofball whose pranks, falls off the water tower, and messy love life keep Point Place busy.

Played by Ashton Kutcher · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Ashton Kutcher

The well-meaning, attention-hungry regional manager of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch, who wants to be his employees' best friend far more than their boss.

Played by Steve Carell · Debut 2005 · Lead

Played by Steve Carell

The adorable youngest Tanner daughter, a baby when Full House begins, who grows into a sassy, scene-stealing grade schooler with a catchphrase for every situation and her uncles wrapped around her finger.

Played by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen

The easygoing former lawyer turned piano player who meets Phoebe Buffay on a last-minute blind date arranged by Joey and becomes the man she marries in the final season of Friends.

Played by Paul Rudd · Debut 2002 · Side character

Played by Paul Rudd

Jay's uptight, worrying lawyer son and Claire's younger brother, who with his partner Cameron raises their adopted daughter Lily in the Tucker-Pritchett corner of the family.

Played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson

The theatrical former soap opera star of the Rose family, famous for her wigs, her baffling vocabulary, and her unshakable belief that her stay in Schitt's Creek is only temporary.

Played by Catherine O'Hara · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Catherine O'Hara

The fiercely competitive, neat-freak chef whose Greenwich Village apartment is the gang's home base, and whose surprise romance with Chandler Bing becomes the steadiest love story on Friends.

Played by Courteney Cox · Debut 1994 · Main cast

Played by Courteney Cox

The seductive, sharp-tongued vampire from the Greek island of Antipaxos who rules the Staten Island household alongside her husband Laszlo, and whose ghost later takes up residence in a creepy doll made in her image.

Played by Natasia Demetriou · Debut 2019 · Main cast

Played by Natasia Demetriou

The centuries-old former warrior who considers himself the leader of the Staten Island vampire household, a once-fearsome conqueror who is now mostly sweet, lonely, and baffled by modern life.

Played by Kayvan Novak · Debut 2019 · Main cast

Played by Kayvan Novak

AFC Richmond's timid kit man, whose sharp tactical mind gets him promoted to coach, then sends him down a bitter path away from Ted before he finds his way back.

Played by Nick Mohammed · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Nick Mohammed

Jerry's smug, scheming nemesis down the hall, a mail carrier and Kramer's partner in crime whose every arrival is greeted with a frosty "Hello, Newman."

Played by Wayne Knight · Debut 1992 · Side character

Played by Wayne Knight

A grumpy, financially hopeless bartender from Chicago who shares the loft with Jess, Schmidt, and Winston and slowly falls for the new roommate he never wanted.

Played by Jake Johnson · Debut 2011 · Main cast

Played by Jake Johnson

Frasier's even fussier younger brother, a wealthy Seattle psychiatrist trapped in a strange marriage to the never-seen Maris and hopelessly in love with his father's caregiver, Daphne Moon.

Played by David Hyde Pierce · Debut 1993 · Main cast

Played by David Hyde Pierce

The beer-loving, perpetually underemployed regular who occupies the same stool at the end of the Cheers bar every day, greeted by the whole room shouting his name when he walks in.

Played by George Wendt · Debut 1982 · Main cast

Played by George Wendt

The sweet, sleepy, endlessly ailing veteran detective of the 99th Precinct and Hitchcock's lifelong partner, a gentle soul with a gift for opera and a long list of alarming medical complaints.

Played by Joel McKinnon Miller · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Joel McKinnon Miller

The smart, cultured accountant at Dunder Mifflin Scranton who serves as the office's voice of reason, often to the annoyance of coworkers who find him a know-it-all.

Played by Oscar Nunez · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Oscar Nunez

The quiet, artistic receptionist at Dunder Mifflin Scranton who grows from a shy young woman stuck in a long engagement into a confident artist, saleswoman, and Jim Halpert's partner.

Played by Jenna Fischer · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Jenna Fischer

The calm, warmhearted business partner who helps David Rose launch Rose Apothecary, falls in love with him, and becomes his fiance and then his husband over the show's final four seasons.

Played by Noah Reid · Debut 2017 · Main cast

Played by Noah Reid

The friendly, street-smart aspiring actress from Nebraska who moves in across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard, becomes the heart of their nerdy friend group, and eventually marries Leonard on The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Kaley Cuoco · Debut 2007 · Main cast

Played by Kaley Cuoco

Sacred Heart's brilliant, sarcastic attending physician, a master of the furious rant who refuses to admit he is J.D.'s mentor while quietly shaping him into a great doctor.

Played by John C. McGinley · Debut 2001 · Main cast

Played by John C. McGinley

Claire's goofy, endlessly optimistic husband and a proud self-described cool dad, a realtor and amateur magician who wants to be his kids' best friend and his father-in-law's favorite.

Played by Ty Burrell · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Ty Burrell

Will's stern, successful Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, a powerful Los Angeles lawyer turned judge who becomes the father figure Will never had.

Played by James Avery · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by James Avery

The quirky, free-spirited masseuse and singer-songwriter of Friends, who survived a rough childhood on the streets of New York with her optimism intact and writes songs like "Smelly Cat."

Played by Lisa Kudrow · Debut 1994 · Main cast

Played by Lisa Kudrow

The soft-spoken, motherly saleswoman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, Michael's old high school classmate and the proud wife of Bob Vance, who hides a sly, vengeful streak under her kindly manner.

Played by Phyllis Smith · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Phyllis Smith

A wealthy, out-of-touch moist towelette heir and the oldest member of the Greendale study group, whose tactless remarks constantly clash with his desperate wish to be liked.

Played by Chevy Chase · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Chevy Chase

The former daddy's girl who runs out on her wedding, waits tables at Central Perk, builds a career in fashion, and spends ten seasons in television's most famous on-and-off romance with Ross Geller.

Played by Jennifer Aniston · Debut 1994 · Main cast

Played by Jennifer Aniston

The shy, teddy-bear-hugging Iowa farm boy who runs the 4077th as its company clerk and somehow hears the choppers, and his commander's orders, before anyone else.

Played by Gary Burghoff · Debut 1972 · Main cast

Played by Gary Burghoff

The sweet, romantic astrophysicist from New Delhi who for six seasons cannot speak to women unless he has had a drink, and who spends the series searching for love on The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Kunal Nayyar · Debut 2007 · Main cast

Played by Kunal Nayyar

The middle Taylor son, a smart and mischievous kid who gets into trouble with his brothers and then on his own.

Played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas · Debut 1991 · Main cast

Played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas

The cheerful Bangladeshi cab and limo driver who keeps turning up to chauffeur the gang through their biggest nights, and the only recurring character to appear in all nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother.

Played by Marshall Manesh · Debut 2005 · Side character

Played by Marshall Manesh

The easygoing Long Island sportswriter at the heart of Everybody Loves Raymond, forever stuck between his frustrated wife, Debra, and the meddling parents who live right across the street.

Played by Ray Romano · Debut 1996 · Lead

Played by Ray Romano

The stoic, deadpan, fiercely principled commanding officer of Brooklyn's 99th Precinct, an openly gay Black captain who finally gets his first command and becomes a father figure to his squad.

Played by Andre Braugher · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Andre Braugher

The ambitious, increasingly neurotic corporate manager sent to run Cheers in season six, who spends years fending off Sam's advances while chasing rich men and a career that keeps falling apart.

Played by Kirstie Alley · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by Kirstie Alley

The sharp, glamorous owner of AFC Richmond, who wins the club in her divorce, hires Ted Lasso hoping he will ruin it, and instead becomes his friend and the club's fiercest champion.

Played by Hannah Waddingham · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Hannah Waddingham

Eric Forman's gruff, no-nonsense father in That '70s Show, a Navy veteran and Packers fan who threatens to put his foot in everyone's backside but quietly holds the family together.

Played by Kurtwood Smith · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Kurtwood Smith

Malcolm's older brother, a gleefully violent, not-so-bright school bully who is grounded almost constantly, yet turns out to be a genuine prodigy in the kitchen.

Played by Justin Berfield · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Justin Berfield

The handsome, mustached ophthalmologist and old friend of the Geller family who falls for Monica despite their 21-year age gap, becoming her first great love on Friends.

Played by Tom Selleck · Debut 1996 · Side character

Played by Tom Selleck

The clean-cut, freckle-faced Milwaukee teenager at the heart of Happy Days, whose dating schemes, school days, and friendship with Fonzie carry the show through the 1950s.

Played by Ron Howard · Debut 1974 · Lead

Played by Ron Howard

Lucy's charming, hot-tempered Cuban husband, a bandleader and singer at a New York nightclub who loves his wife dearly and wants her to stay far away from his act.

Played by Desi Arnaz · Debut 1951 · Main cast

Played by Desi Arnaz

Ray's towering, gloomy older brother, a New York City police officer who has spent his whole life convinced that their mother loves Raymond more.

Played by Brad Garrett · Debut 1996 · Main cast

Played by Brad Garrett

The career-driven Canadian TV journalist Ted falls for in the pilot, a scotch-drinking, gun-loving former teen pop star who becomes the gang's fifth member and later Barney's wife on How I Met Your Mother.

Played by Cobie Smulders · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Cobie Smulders

The pushy, oversharing mayor of Schitt's Creek, a descendant of the town's founding family who torments the Roses at first and slowly becomes Johnny's friend, coworker, and business partner.

Played by Chris Elliott · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Chris Elliott

The mustached, meat-loving director of Pawnee's Parks Department, a proud libertarian who believes in as little government as possible and secretly moonlights as a smooth jazz saxophonist.

Played by Nick Offerman · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Nick Offerman

The tough, intensely private, leather-jacketed detective of the 99th Precinct who terrifies nearly everyone she works with, reveals almost nothing about herself, and is fiercely loyal to the few people she lets in.

Played by Stephanie Beatriz · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Stephanie Beatriz

The sweet, trusting widow from tiny St. Olaf, Minnesota, whose long, baffling stories about her hometown and innocent misunderstandings make her the gentle heart of the Golden Girls house.

Played by Betty White · Debut 1985 · Main cast

Played by Betty White

Monica's nerdy, lovable older brother, a dinosaur-obsessed paleontologist with three divorces, two kids, and a lifelong crush on Rachel Green that drives the biggest romance on Friends.

Played by David Schwimmer · Debut 1994 · Main cast

Played by David Schwimmer

AFC Richmond's gruff, foul-mouthed veteran captain, a former star whose playing career is ending, who becomes a TV pundit, a coach, and Keeley Jones's on-and-off partner.

Played by Brett Goldstein · Debut 2020 · Main cast

Played by Brett Goldstein

The sharp, confident producer of The Dr. Frasier Crane Show at Seattle's KACL, a small-town Wisconsin native with a busy love life who becomes Frasier's closest friend outside his family.

Played by Peri Gilpin · Debut 1993 · Main cast

Played by Peri Gilpin

The temp who joins Dunder Mifflin Scranton in the very first episode and then rides a wild career of rises, falls, and reinventions, all while keeping an on-and-off romance with Kelly Kapoor.

Played by B. J. Novak · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by B. J. Novak

The charming, womanizing owner and bartender of Cheers, a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher and recovering alcoholic who runs the Boston bar where everybody knows your name.

Played by Ted Danson · Debut 1982 · Lead

Played by Ted Danson

The loft's vain, neat-freak marketing man from Long Island, Schmidt hides a lot of insecurity behind expensive products and bad pickup lines, then grows into a devoted husband and father.

Played by Max Greenfield · Debut 2011 · Main cast

Played by Max Greenfield

The brilliant, rule-bound, socially clueless theoretical physicist from Texas who shares an apartment with Leonard and turns every friendship, roommate agreement, and romance into an experiment on The Big Bang Theory.

Played by Jim Parsons · Debut 2007 · Main cast

Played by Jim Parsons

The horse-loving, plain-talking career Army colonel from Missouri who takes command of the 4077th in season four and becomes a steady father figure to the whole unit.

Played by Harry Morgan · Debut 1975 · Main cast

Played by Harry Morgan

A warm, devout, and secretly fierce divorced mother who enrolls at Greendale to start a baking business, and who mothers the study group whether or not they want it.

Played by Yvette Nicole Brown · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Yvette Nicole Brown

Dorothy's tiny, blunt, Sicilian-born mother, who moves into the Miami house after her retirement home burns down and becomes the show's sharpest wit with outrageous stories and zero-filter one-liners.

Played by Estelle Getty · Debut 1985 · Main cast

Played by Estelle Getty

Yev Kassem, the brilliant and tyrannical soup chef whose strict ordering rules and instant bans gave Seinfeld one of its most famous lines: "No soup for you!"

Played by Larry Thomas · Debut 1995 · Side character

Played by Larry Thomas

The grumpy veteran salesman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton who does his crossword through every meeting, counts the days to retirement, and lights up only for Pretzel Day.

Played by Leslie David Baker · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Leslie David Baker

The sassy, nosy middle Tanner daughter who starts Full House as a chatterbox kindergartner with a zinger for everything and grows into a junior high student learning to handle peer pressure.

Played by Jodie Sweetin · Debut 1987 · Main cast

Played by Jodie Sweetin

The suspendered, thick-glasses-wearing genius next door who was meant to be a minor guest on Family Matters, then took over the show with his nasal laugh, disastrous inventions, and endless crush on Laura Winslow.

Played by Jaleel White · Debut 1989 · Main cast

Played by Jaleel White

Eric Forman's cool, cynical best friend in That '70s Show, a sunglasses-wearing rebel who distrusts authority and ends up living with the Formans as a second son.

Played by Danny Masterson · Debut 1998 · Main cast

Played by Danny Masterson

The deadpan desk clerk at the Schitt's Creek motel, who becomes David Rose's best friend, inherits the motel, and goes into business with Johnny Rose to turn it into something special.

Played by Emily Hampshire · Debut 2015 · Main cast

Played by Emily Hampshire

The gentle, perpetually down-on-his-luck owner of the Pasadena comic book store where the guys spend their Wednesday nights, who slowly works his way from shopkeeper to genuine member of the group.

Played by Kevin Sussman · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Kevin Sussman

Jeff's loud, sharp, and fiercely suspicious wife, whose explosive, profanity-packed tirades against Larry and Jeff made her one of Curb Your Enthusiasm's most beloved and most quoted characters.

Played by Susie Essman · Debut 2000 · Main cast

Played by Susie Essman

A glamorous, wealthy British philanthropist who name-drops constantly, hosts every party in the neighborhood, and hides a lifetime of insecurity about never measuring up to her famous younger sister.

Played by Jameela Jamil · Debut 2016 · Main cast

Played by Jameela Jamil

A relentlessly kind American college football coach from Kansas who is hired to manage an English soccer club despite knowing almost nothing about the sport, and wins people over with decency and biscuits.

Played by Jason Sudeikis · Debut 2020 · Lead

Played by Jason Sudeikis

The hopelessly romantic New York architect whose years-long search for the woman he will marry is the story he tells his two teenage kids across all nine seasons of How I Met Your Mother.

Played by Josh Radnor · Debut 2005 · Lead

Played by Josh Radnor

The enormously muscular, yogurt-loving, deeply devoted family man who supervises the 99th Precinct's detectives, a gentle giant who talks about himself in the third person and keeps the squad in line.

Played by Terry Crews · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Terry Crews

The grunting, power-tool-loving host of the cable show Tool Time, whose own home repairs keep going wrong in suburban Detroit.

Played by Tim Allen · Debut 1991 · Lead

Played by Tim Allen

Lindsay's oblivious husband and Maeby's father, a former psychiatrist who lost his license and now chases an acting career with boundless confidence, no talent, and a steady stream of accidental double meanings.

Played by David Cross · Debut 2003 · Main cast

Played by David Cross

The mild-mannered, sad-eyed human resources representative at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, whose only crime is enforcing the rules, which is more than enough to make him Michael Scott's sworn enemy.

Played by Paul Lieberstein · Debut 2005 · Main cast

Played by Paul Lieberstein

The slick, swag-obsessed administrator in the Pawnee Parks Department, who dreams of building a business empire and launches one flashy venture after another.

Played by Aziz Ansari · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Aziz Ansari

The unpredictable, conspiracy-minded movie star whom Jack Donaghy forces onto Liz Lemon's sketch show, turning it into TGS with Tracy Jordan and turning her workweek into chaos.

Played by Tracy Morgan · Debut 2006 · Main cast

Played by Tracy Morgan

The title character of How I Met Your Mother, a warm, funny, ukulele-playing musician with a yellow umbrella who finally meets Ted after eight seasons of hints and becomes his wife.

Played by Cristin Milioti · Debut 2013 · Main cast

Played by Cristin Milioti

A former high school star quarterback who loses his scholarship, lands at Greendale, and trades his jock image for a joyfully nerdy friendship with Abed Nadir.

Played by Donald Glover · Debut 2009 · Main cast

Played by Donald Glover

Will's loving, principled Aunt Viv in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, an educator and mother of four who defends her nephew and keeps her famously stubborn husband in check.

Played by Janet Hubert and Daphne Maxwell Reid · Debut 1990 · Main cast

Played by Janet Hubert and Daphne Maxwell Reid

The nameless coffee shop waitress Charlie has loved since the first episode, a recovering alcoholic who wants nothing to do with him, pines for Dennis instead, and keeps getting dragged into the gang's messes.

Played by Mary Elizabeth Ellis · Debut 2005 · Side character

Played by Mary Elizabeth Ellis

The wisecracking West Philadelphia teenager who is sent to live with his rich aunt and uncle in Bel-Air, turning their mansion upside down while finding a second family.

Played by Will Smith · Debut 1990 · Lead

Played by Will Smith

The Taylors' wise, mysterious neighbor, whose face is hidden behind the backyard fence for almost the entire run of Home Improvement.

Played by Earl Hindman · Debut 1991 · Main cast

Played by Earl Hindman

Nick's childhood friend and the loft's prank-loving wild card, Winston comes home from pro basketball in Latvia, drifts between jobs, and finds his calling as an LAPD cop.

Played by Lamorne Morris · Debut 2011 · Main cast

Played by Lamorne Morris

The sweet, gullible farm boy from Hanover, Indiana, who comes to Boston to meet his pen pal Coach and ends up behind the Cheers bar as its second bartender.

Played by Woody Harrelson · Debut 1985 · Main cast

Played by Woody Harrelson