Characters by debut decade
Sitcom characters who debuted in the 2010s
The 2010s brought warm, big-hearted comedies like New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Schitt's Creek, Superstore, and The Good Place, and closed with the vampire housemates of What We Do in the Shadows in 2019.
Long-running shows kept adding faces too, so this list also includes characters who joined established casts between 2010 and 2019.
47 characters on this list.
How I Met Your Mother(1)
CBS, 2005 to 2014
The Big Bang Theory(1)
CBS, 2007 to 2019
Parks and Recreation(3)
NBC, 2009 to 2015
- Ben WyattMain castPlayed by Adam ScottThe dry, budget-slashing state auditor who arrives in Pawnee to fix its finances, slowly falls for the town and for Leslie Knope…
- Chris TraegerMain castPlayed by Rob LoweThe relentlessly upbeat, fitness-obsessed state auditor turned Pawnee city manager, who greets every person and every bit of news as if it were…
- Jean-Ralphio SapersteinSide characterPlayed by Ben SchwartzTom Haverford's loud, overconfident, sing-songing best friend, a self-proclaimed baller who rhymes, schemes, and spends money he does not have…
New Girl(6)
FOX, 2011 to 2018
- Jess DayLeadPlayed by Zooey DeschanelA bubbly, quirky teacher from Portland who moves into a Los Angeles loft with three single guys after a bad breakup and turns their lives…
- Cece ParekhMain castPlayed by Hannah SimoneJess 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…
- CoachMain castPlayed by Damon Wayans Jr.Ernie "Coach" Tagliaboo, the loud, intense former athlete who lives in the loft when Jess moves in, leaves after one episode…
- Nick MillerMain castPlayed by Jake JohnsonA grumpy, financially hopeless bartender from Chicago who shares the loft with Jess, Schmidt, and Winston and slowly falls for the new roommate he…
- SchmidtMain castPlayed by Max GreenfieldThe loft's vain, neat-freak marketing man from Long Island, Schmidt hides a lot of insecurity behind expensive products and bad pickup lines…
- Winston BishopMain castPlayed by Lamorne MorrisNick's childhood friend and the loft's prank-loving wild card, Winston comes home from pro basketball in Latvia, drifts between jobs…
Brooklyn Nine-Nine(11)
FOX, 2013 to 2021
- Jake PeraltaLeadPlayed by Andy SambergThe 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…
- Amy SantiagoMain castPlayed by Melissa FumeroThe fiercely competitive, rule-loving, binder-organizing detective of the 99th Precinct, who desperately wants Captain Holt's approval and slowly…
- Charles BoyleMain castPlayed by Joe Lo TruglioJake Peralta's devoted, eager, and endlessly enthusiastic best friend and partner, a nervous but hardworking detective and passionate foodie whose…
- Gina LinettiMain castPlayed by Chelsea PerettiThe 99th Precinct's sardonic, phone-obsessed civilian administrator and Captain Holt's assistant, a gloriously self-absorbed force of nature who is…
- Michael HitchcockMain castPlayed by Dirk BlockerThe lazy, crude, and gleefully clueless veteran detective of the 99th Precinct and Norm Scully's inseparable partner…
- Norm ScullyMain castPlayed by Joel McKinnon MillerThe sweet, sleepy, endlessly ailing veteran detective of the 99th Precinct and Hitchcock's lifelong partner…
- Raymond HoltMain castPlayed by Andre BraugherThe stoic, deadpan, fiercely principled commanding officer of Brooklyn's 99th Precinct, an openly gay Black captain who finally gets his first…
- Rosa DiazMain castPlayed by Stephanie BeatrizThe tough, intensely private, leather-jacketed detective of the 99th Precinct who terrifies nearly everyone she works with…
- Terry JeffordsMain castPlayed by Terry CrewsThe enormously muscular, yogurt-loving, deeply devoted family man who supervises the 99th Precinct's detectives…
- Doug JudySide characterPlayed by Craig RobinsonThe smooth, charming, pop-culture-loving car thief known as the Pontiac Bandit, Jake Peralta's slippery arch-nemesis who keeps escaping him and…
- Kevin CoznerSide characterPlayed by Marc Evan JacksonCaptain Holt's husband, a precise and wonderfully dry Columbia classics professor who is just as formal and private as Holt…
Schitt's Creek(7)
CBC, 2015 to 2020
- Moira RoseMain castPlayed by Catherine O'HaraThe theatrical former soap opera star of the Rose family, famous for her wigs, her baffling vocabulary, and her unshakable belief that her stay in…
- Alexis RoseMain castPlayed by Annie MurphyThe globetrotting socialite daughter of the Rose family, who trades celebrity flings and wild travel stories for a high school diploma…
- David RoseMain castPlayed by Dan LevyThe 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…
- Johnny RoseMain castPlayed by Eugene LevyThe 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…
- Patrick BrewerMain castPlayed by Noah ReidThe calm, warmhearted business partner who helps David Rose launch Rose Apothecary, falls in love with him…
- Roland SchittMain castPlayed by Chris ElliottThe pushy, oversharing mayor of Schitt's Creek, a descendant of the town's founding family who torments the Roses at first and slowly becomes…
- Stevie BuddMain castPlayed by Emily HampshireThe deadpan desk clerk at the Schitt's Creek motel, who becomes David Rose's best friend, inherits the motel…
Superstore(7)
NBC, 2015 to 2021
- Amy SosaLeadPlayed by America FerreraThe 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…
- Cheyenne ThompsonMain castPlayed by Nichole SakuraThe bubbly, gossipy Cloud 9 associate who starts the series as a pregnant high schooler, gives birth in the store, marries her boyfriend Bo…
- Dina FoxMain castPlayed by Lauren AshCloud 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…
- Garrett McNeilMain castPlayed by Colton DunnCloud 9's sarcastic, unbothered sales associate and in-store announcer, a wheelchair user who does the bare minimum, narrates the chaos over the PA…
- Glenn SturgisMain castPlayed by Mark McKinneyThe endlessly upbeat, deeply religious, and hopelessly awkward manager of Cloud 9 store 1217, who loves his employees like family and rarely knows…
- Jonah SimmsMain castPlayed by Ben FeldmanAn earnest, idealistic business school dropout who takes a job at a St. Louis Cloud 9 megastore, tries to find beauty in the aisles…
- Mateo LiwanagMain castPlayed by Nico SantosThe fiercely competitive, quick-witted Cloud 9 sales associate who starts on the same day as Jonah, gossips nonstop with Cheyenne…
The Good Place(6)
NBC, 2016 to 2020
- Eleanor ShellstropLeadPlayed by Kristen BellA 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…
- Chidi AnagonyeMain castPlayed by William Jackson HarperA kind, brilliant, and painfully indecisive ethics professor who is assigned as Eleanor's soulmate in the afterlife and agrees to teach her how to…
- JanetMain castPlayed by D'Arcy CardenThe Good Place's cheerful, all-knowing assistant, who can answer any question and produce any object on request…
- Jason MendozaMain castPlayed by Manny JacintoA sweet, impulsive, and wildly clueless amateur DJ from Jacksonville, Florida, who reaches the afterlife disguised as a silent Buddhist monk and has…
- MichaelMain castPlayed by Ted DansonThe warm, bow-tied architect who designs the Good Place neighborhood and welcomes its new residents, and who turns out to be far more complicated…
- Tahani Al-JamilMain castPlayed by Jameela JamilA glamorous, wealthy British philanthropist who name-drops constantly, hosts every party in the neighborhood…
What We Do in the Shadows(5)
FX, 2019 to 2024
- Colin RobinsonMain castPlayed by Mark ProkschThe 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…
- Guillermo de la CruzMain castPlayed by Harvey GuillénNandor's loyal, overworked human familiar, who has spent years serving the Staten Island vampires in hopes of being turned himself…
- Laszlo CravensworthMain castPlayed by Matt BerryThe gleefully debauched English vampire of the Staten Island household, Nadja's devoted husband and a lover of topiary, mad science…
- NadjaMain castPlayed by Natasia DemetriouThe seductive, sharp-tongued vampire from the Greek island of Antipaxos who rules the Staten Island household alongside her husband Laszlo…
- Nandor the RelentlessMain castPlayed by Kayvan NovakThe centuries-old former warrior who considers himself the leader of the Staten Island vampire household, a once-fearsome conqueror who is now…
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