The Best Characters from a Ryan Murphy Show

List of the best characters from a Ryan Murphy show. This crowdranked and votable list includes cast members from top-rated television series created by or co-created by Ryan Murphy. Some of the most memorable TV characters of all time have come from the award-winning writer, director and producer of hit primetime programs including Glee, Nip/Tuck and American Horror Story. Murphy began his career as a journalist before making his television debut with The WB teen comedy-drama Popular, starring Leslie Bibb and Carly Pope as high school girls from different social cliques. In 2003, Murphy created the medical drama Nip/Tuck. The provocative and thrilling series followed two Miami plastic surgeons played by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon.

Along with frequent collaborators Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy changed primetime TV with the musical comedy series Glee. Music and high school collide on the popular show about a group of outcasts, jocks and cheerleaders in a glee club. The series launched the careers of Lea Michelle, Chris Colfer and Dianna Agron, and featured a breakout performance by Jane Lynch as the tough and sarcastic cheer coach Sue Sylvester. Murphy entered the horror genre with the miniseries American Horror Story, which was set in a murder house during its debut season and an insane asylum in its second. AHS also featured an ensemble cast led by legendary actress Jessica Lange. In 2012, Murphy co-created the half-hour comedy The New Normal, a sitcom following a gay couple trying to have a baby through a surrogate.

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