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This is a list of recurring actors on the US television show Desperate Housewives . Every actor credited in two episodes or more is included in the article.
Characters are listed in the order they were first credited in the series.
| Actor | Character | Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | ||
| Teri Hatcher | Susan Mayer Delfino | Starring | |||||||
| Felicity Huffman | Lynette Scavo | Starring | |||||||
| Marcia Cross | Bree Van de Kamp Hodge Weston | Starring | |||||||
| Eva Longoria | Gabrielle Marquez Lang Solis | Starring | |||||||
| Nicollette Sheridan | Edie Britt Williams | Starring | |||||||
| James Denton | Mike Delfino | Starring | |||||||
| Steven Culp | Rex Van de Kamp | Starring | Guest | Guest | Guest | ||||
| Ricardo Antonio Chavira | Carlos Solis | Starring | |||||||
| Mark Moses | Paul Young | Starring | Recurring | Guest | Starring | Guest | |||
| Brenda Strong | Mary Alice Young | Starring | |||||||
| Andrea Bowen 1 | Julie Mayer | Starring | Guest | Also starring | Guest | Recurring | |||
| Jesse Metcalfe | John Rowland | Starring | Guest | Recurring | |||||
| Cody Kasch | Zach Young | Starring | Recurring | Guest | |||||
| Alfre Woodard | Betty Applewhite | Guest | Starring | ||||||
| Doug Savant | Tom Scavo | Recurring | Starring | ||||||
| Richard Burgi | Karl Mayer | Recurring | Starring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||
| Kyle MacLachlan | Orson Hodge | Recurring | Starring | Guest | Recurring | ||||
| Dana Delany | Katherine Mayfair | Starring | Guest | ||||||
| Neal McDonough | Dave Williams | Starring | |||||||
| Shawn Pyfrom | Andrew Van de Kamp | Recurring | Also starring | Starring | Recurring | ||||
| Drea de Matteo | Angie Bolen | Starring | |||||||
| Maiara Walsh | Ana Solis | Guest | Starring | ||||||
| Kathryn Joosten 1 2 3 | Karen McCluskey Bender | Guest | Recurring | Also starring | Starring | Also starring | |||
| Vanessa Williams | Renee Perry Faulkner | Starring | |||||||
| Kevin Rahm 3 | Lee McDermott | Recurring | Starring | Also starring | |||||
| Tuc Watkins 3 | Bob Hunter | Recurring | Starring | Also starring | |||||
| Jonathan Cake | Chuck Vance | Recurring | Starring | ||||||
| Charles Mesure | Ben Faulkner | Starring | |||||||
| Madison De La Garza 3 | Juanita Solis | Guest | Recurring | Also starring | Starring | ||||
| Actor | Character | Season | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | ||
| Joy Lauren 4 | Danielle Van de Kamp Katz | Recurring | Also starring | Guest | |||||
| Mehcad Brooks | Matthew Applewhite | Guest | Also starring | ||||||
| Brent Kinsman | Preston Scavo | Recurring | Also starring | ||||||
| Shane Kinsman | Porter Scavo | Recurring | Also starring | ||||||
| Zane Huett | Parker Scavo | Recurring | Also starring | ||||||
| Roger Bart 5 | George Williams | Recurring | Also starring | ||||||
| Harriet Sansom Harris | Felicia Tilman | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | |||||
| Page Kennedy 6 | Caleb Applewhite | Also starring | |||||||
| NaShawn Kearse 7 | Also starring | ||||||||
| Josh Henderson 8 | Austin McCann | Also starring | |||||||
| Lyndsy Fonseca | Dylan Mayfair | Also starring | Guest | ||||||
| Rachel Fox 4 | Kayla Scavo | Recurring | Also starring | ||||||
| Charlie Carver 3 | Porter Scavo | Also starring | |||||||
| Max Carver | Preston Scavo | Also starring | Recurring | ||||||
| Joshua Logan Moore 3 | Parker Scavo | Also starring | |||||||
| Kendall Applegate | Penny Scavo | Also starring | |||||||
| Jeffrey Nordling 9 | Nick Bolen | Also starring | |||||||
| Beau Mirchoff 1 | Danny Bolen | Also starring | |||||||
| Mason Vale Cotton 3 | M.J. Delfino | Recurring | Also starring | ||||||
| Darcy Rose Byrnes 3 | Penny Scavo | Also starring | |||||||
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