List of The Comeback characters

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This is a list of characters from The Comeback .

Main characters

Valerie Cherish

Mark Berman

Mickey Deane

Jane Benson

Juna Millken

Paulie G.

Tom Peterman

Recurring

Billy Stanton

James Burrows

Gigi Alexander

Esperanza

Chris MacNess

Season One

Shayne Thomas
  • Kimberly Kevon Williams as Shayne Thomas. Shayne plays Dylan, Juna's roommate on Room and Bored. As a teenager, Shayne starred on a Disney Channel sitcom. She is a Christian who objects to the sexual content of Valerie's reality show, but overlooks the obvious sexual innuendo included within Room and Bored because she is playing a character and is not being "herself".
Jesse Wood
  • Jason Olive as Jesse Wood. Jesse plays Stitch, one of Juna's male roommates on Room and Bored. He had been turned down for several acting jobs before landing his role on the show.
Wagner Fisk
  • John H. Mayer as Wagner Fisk, Jimmy's replacement as the Room and Bored director. He and Valerie have an amicable relationship, as he directed every episode of the first season of I'm It!. Wagner is a pushover, and was the victim of domestic violence by his wife. Room and Bored is his first directing job in several years.
Francesca Berman
  • Vanessa Marano as Francesca Berman, Valerie's preteen stepdaughter. Francesca has generally tried to avoid Valerie, but becomes very eager to bond with her stepmother when in front of the reality show cameras. Francesca lives primarily with her birth mother, but on occasion stays with Mark and Valerie. She is often seen text-messaging her friends, including those in the same room. In one episode, an unsupervised Francesca throws a pool party, complete with wine and cigarettes. When Valerie discovers this, the footage shot by Jane's crew is edited to portray Valerie as an irresponsible parent.
Kaveen Kahan and Greg Narayan
  • Maulik Pancholy and Amir Talai as Kaveen Kahan and Greg Narayan, a comedy duo brought in by the network to spice up Room and Bored as Juna's foreign pen pals. Tom and Paulie G. find them hilarious, but the original cast (except for Valerie) resents their involvement. They are antagonistic with the original cast, and one remark even causes Chris to start a fight with them. They are disaffectionately known as the "beetee beetee boys" by the original cast, mocking their comedy duo routine, which plays heavily on faux-Indian accents.
Peter
Eddie

Season Two

Seth Rogen
  • Seth Rogen as a version of himself. Rogen is cast on Seeing Red as Mitch, the character based on Paulie G. Rogen's charming personality and tendency to make sarcastic remarks helps to lighten tension on set. He has shown an ability to sense when Paulie G. is being overly passive-aggressive toward Valerie, and he comes to her aid on more than one occasion in those situations.
Tyler Beck
  • Mark L. Young as Tyler Beck, Mark and Valerie's nephew, a production assistant (and general nuisance) on the documentary crew following Valerie.
Andie Tate
  • Meryl Hathaway as Andie Tate, a choreographer turned director who relieves Paulie G. as the director of some of the later Seeing Red episodes
Marianina
  • Rose Abdoo as Marianina, Valerie's secondary hairdresser, whose only job is to apply her wig.
Ron Wesson
Shayna
  • Zoe Chao as Shayna, an assistant director for Seeing Red.

Cameos

Because the show is set in modern-day Hollywood, celebrities and media personalities often play themselves in cameo appearances:

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References

  1. Coombs Marr, Zoë (June 8, 2020). "The Comeback: Lisa Kudrow is perfect in hilarious, biting and deeply meta satire". The Guardian . Retrieved October 23, 2025.