American Horror Story: Every Evan Peters Character Ranked Worst To Best
From Murder House to Apocalypse, which of Evan Peters' characters is the best of the best?
Evan Peters is American Horror Story royalty, appearing in more seasons as a main character than any other frequent star. He may have missed out 1984 for a well-deserved break, but as far as AHS goes, no one can really touch his range, consistency or iconic status (save perhaps Sarah Paulson, of course).
Peters has played everyone from the lovable good guy to the psychopathic bad boy, the strange serial killer to that utterly perplexing bowl-cut fella in Apocalypse. He's been charming, smarmy, evil, and just plain wrong, but also endearing, innocent and tragic.
Over the course of American Horror Story, Peters has portrayed a total of 16 characters both good and bad, and has shone in every one of his big and small roles. Unfortunately, though, his acting may be up to par, but the characters themselves aren't always at his level. Most are excellent, fully-realised creations; others are underdeveloped wastes of potential.
With that in mind, and pausing to give a quick disclaimer about SPOILERS, here are all of Evan Peters' AHS characters ranked worst to best, to get you psyched for the actor's series return in the upcoming tenth season.
11. Jeff Pfister (Apocalypse)
Jeff Pfister really is as weird as his surname and haircut suggests. A Satanist who sold his soul to the devil in hopes of gaining power, Jeff feels like nothing more than a plot device, as well as Ryan Murphy's attempt to give Peters another role after killing off his first Apocalypse character early in the season.
As far as AHS characters go, Jeff is far from bad, and was in fact bursting with potential from the first frame. But Apocalypse never digs into the character during his short tenure on the show, and all Jeff ends up being good for is rattling off some crass, self-indulgent monologues and attempting to add some humour to Apocalypse's dark tone.
There was certainly a lot of potential there, but Jeff Pfister ended up an underwhelming addition to Peters' glistening CV.