List of Desperate Housewives cast members

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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.

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Main cast

Characters are listed in the order they were first credited in the series.

Starring

ActorCharacterSeason
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
Teri Hatcher Susan Mayer DelfinoStarring
Felicity Huffman Lynette ScavoStarring
Marcia Cross Bree Van de Kamp Hodge WestonStarring
Eva Longoria Gabrielle Marquez Lang SolisStarring
Nicollette Sheridan Edie Britt WilliamsStarring
James Denton Mike DelfinoStarring
Steven Culp Rex Van de KampStarringGuestGuestGuest
Ricardo Antonio Chavira Carlos SolisStarring
Mark Moses Paul YoungStarringRecurringGuestStarringGuest
Brenda Strong Mary Alice YoungStarring
Andrea Bowen 1 Julie MayerStarringGuestAlso starringGuestRecurring
Jesse Metcalfe John RowlandStarringGuestRecurring
Cody Kasch Zach YoungStarringRecurringGuest
Alfre Woodard Betty ApplewhiteGuestStarring
Doug Savant Tom ScavoRecurringStarring
Richard Burgi Karl MayerRecurringStarringGuestRecurringGuest
Kyle MacLachlan Orson HodgeRecurringStarringGuestRecurring
Dana Delany Katherine MayfairStarringGuest
Neal McDonough Dave WilliamsStarring
Shawn Pyfrom Andrew Van de KampRecurringAlso starringStarringRecurring
Drea de Matteo Angie BolenStarring
Maiara Walsh Ana SolisGuestStarring
Kathryn Joosten 1 2 3 Karen McCluskey BenderGuestRecurringAlso starringStarringAlso starring
Vanessa Williams Renee Perry FaulknerStarring
Kevin Rahm 3 Lee McDermottRecurringStarringAlso starring
Tuc Watkins 3 Bob HunterRecurringStarringAlso starring
Jonathan Cake Chuck VanceRecurringStarring
Charles Mesure Ben FaulknerStarring
Madison De La Garza 3 Juanita SolisGuestRecurringAlso starringStarring

Supporting

ActorCharacterSeason
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8
Joy Lauren 4 Danielle Van de Kamp KatzRecurringAlso starringGuest
Mehcad Brooks Matthew ApplewhiteGuestAlso starring
Brent Kinsman Preston ScavoRecurringAlso starring
Max Carver Also starringRecurring
Shane Kinsman Porter ScavoRecurringAlso starring
Charlie Carver 3 Also starring
Zane Huett Parker ScavoRecurringAlso starring
Joshua Logan Moore 3 Also starring
Roger Bart 5 George WilliamsRecurringAlso starring
Harriet Sansom Harris Felicia TilmanRecurringRecurringGuest
Page Kennedy 6 Caleb ApplewhiteAlso starring
NaShawn Kearse 7 Also starring
Josh Henderson 8 Austin McCannAlso starring
Lyndsy Fonseca Dylan MayfairAlso starringGuest
Rachel Fox 4 Kayla ScavoRecurringAlso starring
Kendall ApplegatePenny ScavoAlso starring
Darcy Rose Byrnes 3 Also starring
Jeffrey Nordling 9 Nick BolenAlso starring
Beau Mirchoff 1 Danny BolenAlso starring
Mason Vale Cotton 3 M.J. DelfinoRecurringAlso starring

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