15 Best American Horror Story Cast Members
12. John Carroll Lynch
Turning up as Twisty the Clown in Freak Show, formidable character actor John Carroll Lynch had perhaps the most terrifying American Horror Story debut out of every other actor on the show.
Yes, he may have been slightly shortchanged in the end, but Lynch's portrayal of Twisty remains one of the show's most iconic and unsettling performances. The mask, the mannerisms, the murder and the bizarre tragedy all make him a vision of incomparable terror and disturbing unpredictability.
Throughout his stint on the show, Lynch has made a name for himself by playing serial killers. Twisty was first, followed by real-life murderer John Wayne Gacy in Hotel and the main antagonist of 1984, Mr Jingles.
No one is better than Lynch at playing these kinds of characters. He's able to be scary, violent and darkly humorous, but also tragic and sympathetic (look no further than Twisty's backstory). Here's to hoping we get more of him before the show reaches its end in the next few years.