15 Best American Horror Story Cast Members
4. Denis O'Hare
In Murder House, Denis O'Hare played one of the season's most mysterious characters, Larry Harvey. Snivelling and conniving, he was an intriguing, unforgettable presence lurking in an equally striking season of TV.
As the show went on, it became clear that Larry was just the beginning of what O'Hare is capable of. In Coven, he played the titular coven's mute butler, Spalding, and without lines managed to craft a character who was as bizarre and he was troubling.
In Freak Show, he had a brief role as a con man (working with Emma Roberts' Maggie Esmerelda), but as it stands O'Hare's finest achievement remains his turn as Hotel's best character, Liz Taylor.
A transgender bartender who seemed to everything that was going on in the show and was maddeningly ambiguous in terms of her morals and motives, Liz is one of the best characters in the show's history without question, and Denis O'Hare's sensitive performance remains one for the ages.