Main Living •
Rose McIver as Samantha "Sam" Arondekar, a freelance journalist who, after an accident that leaves her
clinically dead for three minutes, revives with the ability to see, hear, and interact with ghosts. She is loosely based on Alison Cooper from the
original British series. •
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Jayanth "Jay" Arondekar, Samantha's husband and a chef with many typically geek-like interests such as comic books, sci-fi films like
Star Wars movies, video games,
Dungeons & Dragons, and the movie
Shawshank Redemption. He often attempts to communicate with the ghosts despite being unable to see or hear them, and founds his own restaurant in an abandoned barn on the Woodstone mansion property in the fourth season. who died of
dysentery at age 35 in 1777 two weeks after the
siege of Fort Ticonderoga, and has been largely forgotten by history, making him immensely jealous of the more famous
Alexander Hamilton, with whom he became rivals over a neck ruffle they both coveted. The second season reveals that she sold out a more popular singer named Clara Brown to the police in order to get a chance to shine on stage. Solving her murder is a key plot arc of the second season, and is done as part of Sam's true crime podcast. She enjoys singing, being in the spotlight, and gossip. Her humming can be heard by the living. Flower goes missing in the third season, causing her friends to mistakenly believe she has moved on to the afterlife, but she is rescued towards the season's end. •
Richie Moriarty as Peter "Pete" Martino, a friendly and polite but socially awkward, Italian American travel agent and leader of a uniformed youth group called the Pinecone Troopers, Discovering this power increases his confidence and causes Alberta to become interested in him, leading to their first kiss in the season 4 finale and the official start of a relationship in the following season. He is based on Pat Butcher in the original British series. •
Asher Grodman as Trevor Lefkowitz, a wealthy, womanizing, hard-partying, Jewish stockbroker He is loosely based on Sir Humphrey Bone in the British version; however, unlike Humphrey, whose head is always present in each appearance, Crash's head goes missing in the pilot episode when Thorfinn accidentally knocks it off his neck. Only his body (played by Matt Keyes) appears until his head is recovered in "Ghost Father of the Bride." • The
cholera victim ghosts (also called basement ghosts): an indeterminate number of ghosts (a dozen or so) who died in a
pest house that used to be on the property during a 19th-century cholera outbreak and whose bodies were buried together in a pit. Although they can go upstairs if they wish, their sickly appearances disturb the upstairs ghosts, so they spend all their time in the basement—watching the water heater for hours or even days at a time (the water heater is treated by the basement ghosts as a major source of entertainment). They can all give non-contagious symptoms of cholera for 24 hours to any living person they walk through. They are based on the
plague ghosts in the British version, and most share first names with their actors. •
Betsy Sodaro as Nancy, a brash, obnoxious (though usually cheerful)
Albany native. Unlike most of the basement ghosts, she spends significant amounts of time both upstairs and downstairs, though she lives in the basement. • Stuart Fink as Cholera Victim Stuart •
Arthur Holden as Cholera Victim Creepy Dirk. When the ghosts decide to elect a representative to petition Sam rather than make requests individually, Creepy Dirk wins after Isaac's attempt to garner their support for his candidacy. He briefly holds the position until Sam rejects the arrangement. • Cody Crain as Cholera Victim Cody •
Nigel Downer as Cholera Victim Nigel—not to be confused with Nigel Chessum (below). • Cat Lemieux as Cholera Victim Catherine •
Tyler Alvarez as Cholera Victim Ralph, a teen who starts a relationship with Stephanie the prom ghost, only to move on to the afterlife. • John Ambrose as Cholera Victim "Trunk", an immensely strong champion in the cholera ghosts' fight club. • The British Revolutionary ghosts: three ghosts who died in the Revolutionary War and occupy the shed on the property that used to be a barracks, as was agreed upon with Isaac after the war ended. They keep mostly to themselves and come up to the main house to redraw the borderlines every few years. • John Hartman as Lieutenant Colonel Nigel Chessum, the leader of the trio, whom Isaac accidentally shot. They have had secret romantic feelings for one another since they were alive, and they begin a relationship at the end of the first season. • Chad Andrews (season 1) and Steven Yaffee (season 3–present) as Baxter, Nigel's subordinate who plays a fife. • Christian Daoust as Jenkins, Nigel's subordinate who possesses a musket. He and Nigel had a physical relationship before Nigel and Isaac started dating, and they "liaison" once more when Isaac and Nigel go "on a respite". •
Matt Walsh as Elias Woodstone, Hetty's husband, who died from suffocation in a vault that no ghosts can enter or exit. He has the power to make people sexually aroused when he walks through them. After he rants about becoming a permanent nuisance and refusing to change himself, he becomes bound to
Hell. He briefly returns in the second season, but, believing he cannot change his behavior, voluntarily recommits himself to Hell. As a reward, he is promoted some time before the fourth season to a demon who collects souls for the
Devil, administers torture, and can physically reincarnate, appearing as his usual self in modern business attire. •
Odessa A'zion as Stephanie, a senior high school student who was murdered on her prom night by a chainsaw killer in 1987. She sleeps in the attic for months at a time, as extended sleep periods are common for ghosts who die in their teen years, and wakes up around the day of her prom night each year (although is also liable to be awakened by visitors to the attic). She often tries to seduce Trevor due to being chronologically close to his age, but he rebuffs her advances since she still appears age 17. •
Crystle Lightning as Shiki, a Lenape woman on whom Sasappis had a crush in life. As a ghost, she is bound to the land occupied by the publishing office of the Ulster County Review magazine, so Sam and Jay attempt to help her establish a long-distance relationship with Sass which she ends up initially rejecting during season 1. Later returning in season 4 with an interest after having learned Sassapis had been the one to place a deer outside her wigwam showing his affection for her in life. Sassapis ultimately opts to not pursue her instead focusing on his chance for a relationship with Joan. •
Lindsey Broad as Judy, Henry Farnsby's deceased mother, who now haunts their home. • Christian Jadah as Bjorn, Thorfinn's son, who married a Danish woman and had three children, travelled to find his father, and now haunts the Farnsbys' property, having died at about the same age as Thor. Sam helps him reconnect with his father by having them shout to each other through the windows. • Louis Labonville as Young Bjorn. •
Nichole Sakura as Jessica (season 2), a permanently drunk ghost who died in a car crash while
driving under the influence of alcohol and is now bound to a small perimeter around her former car, enabling her to travel more freely than other ghosts can. She has a brief relationship with Sass when Freddy, who bought Jessica's car, begins working as an assistant at the manor. •
Caroline Aaron as Carol (guest seasons 1–2 and 5, recurring seasons 3–4), Pete's widow, who cheated on him with his best friend Jerry when he was alive. She becomes a new ghost on the Woodstone property in the third season after fatally choking on a doughnut hole. She becomes engaged to Baxter in the third-season finale. She moves onto the afterlife in the fifth-season premiere after being willing to go to Hell in place of Pete and Jay to save their souls. Like all ghosts named Carol, her ghost power makes her a "Christmas Carol" as which she can grant wishes that are declared on Christmas. •
Tara Spencer-Nairn as Young Carol (season 1) •
Allegra Edwards as Donna (seasons 3–4), a ghost Pete sleeps with in
St. Lucia, who is popularly believed to have murdered her husband Gerald in 1982 and fled to the island before dying when an early cell phone struck her on the head. Pete is able to clear her name by interviewing her former neighbor, who witnessed his wife Linda kill Gerald but kept it a secret. •
Mary Holland as Patience (seasons 4–5), a mentally unstable, stridently moralistic Puritan ghost banished from her colony for being too Puritanical. She died of blood-letting; fell down a hole with Thor, Sass, and Isaac at some point in the 1890s; and remains stranded in the dirt until she finds a way back into the house in the present. As a result of her mental state, she often shouts her own name when feeling intense emotions. Her ghost power allows her to make walls bleed and write short messages with the blood. • Taylor Ortega as Joan (seasons 4-5), a screenwriter from the Golden Age of Hollywood and one of the first women to pursue a career in this field, whom Pete introduces to Sasappis as a new romantic partner. She died during the 1940s with a flask of whiskey that other ghosts are able to drink briefly before it returns to the flask. Like Pete, she can leave her home property but has enough experience doing so that she can roam for at least a year without ill effect. •
Chris Eckert as George, a Puritan ghost in the Farnsby estate who is now open about his homosexuality due to failing to reach the afterlife.
Living • Tristan D. Lalla as Mark, a construction worker involved in renovating Woodstone Manor for Sam and Jay. They finally tell him the truth about the ghosts in Season 5. •
Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll as Todd Pearlman, an obsessive fan of Alberta's who operates a "museum" dedicated to her out of his mother's garage. •
Ravi Patel as Lewis, an editor for
Ulster County Review who publishes Sam's articles. •
Punam Patel as Bela, Jay's sister who is lured on social media by Trevor. Sam tells her the truth about her talking to ghosts, and while Bela is at first skeptical, Sam is able to convince her with the help of the ghosts. In the second season, she begins dating her coworker Eric. •
Mark Linn-Baker and
Kathryn Greenwood as Henry and Margaret Farnsby, Sam and Jay's
swinger neighbors and owners of a rival B&B, who promise to support their permit applications for their renovations. Their house is also haunted by a collection of ghosts from across history, including Henry's mother. They are based on Barclay Beg-Chetwynde and his wife Bunny in the British version. •
Eddie Shin as Dr. Park, a therapist for whom Sam translates Thorfinn's psychological problems. •
Punkie Johnson and
Carolyn Taylor as June and Ally, Sam and Jay's neighbors who run an organic farm called "Cover Crop Farms". • Mike Lane as Freddy (season 2, guest season 5), a deliveryman hired as an assistant at the Arondekars' B&B. •
Jessie Ennis as Kelsey Foster, a con artist who claims to be Sam's cousin and David Woodstone's daughter. •
Joy Osmanski as Sharon, a publisher who agrees to publish Isaac's autobiography, but only as a young adult vampire novel. •
Dustin Ybarra as Gabe (seasons 4–5), a
cannabis-loving chef at Jay's restaurant.
Guests • Tacey Adams as Sophie Brimble (née Woodstone), Sam's great aunt and Hetty's great-granddaughter, from whom Sam inherits Woodstone Manor. Upon dying in the series' first scene, she briefly appears a transparent ghost over her corpse before abruptly moving on to the afterlife. •
Rachael Harris as Sheryl, Sam's mother, who she sees as a ghost at the restaurant where she died. After she and Sam make peace with each other, she moves on to the afterlife. Her belches, which smell of shrimp, can be smelled by the living. • Jamie Mayers as Winky, a 12-year-old paper boy who was trampled to death by a horse and now haunts the
Ulster County Review office with Shiki. • Gregory Zaragoza as Naxasi, Sass's father, who tried to convince him not to be a storyteller. •
Rob Huebel as Ari, one of Trevor's former coworkers from Lehman Brothers who comes to the mansion to purchase a timepiece found on Elias's remains. • Blair Penner as young Ari • Mercedes Morris as Clara Brown, a lounge singer and bootlegger whose illegal activities Alberta reported so she could steal a gig from her. •
Drew Tarver as Micah, a charismatic cult leader who attempts to manipulate Jay into joining his group so they can move into the mansion. • Hannah Rose May as Molly, an Irish maid with whom Elias had sex when they were alive. She is brought back from the afterlife briefly through a seance, and explains to Hetty that Elias coerced her. •
Dallas Goldtooth as Bob, a
Lenape man from the Hudson Valley Lenape Culture Center. He corrects the information Sass has given the group about the ancient tree on their land and teaches them about
land acknowledgements, and Sass admires his work. • Kelly Craig as Olga, Thorfinn's wife and Bjorn's mother. •
Mathew Baynton as an actor starring in a reconstruction of Pete's death. •
Rose Abdoo as Paula, the producer of "Dumb Deaths". •
Dana Gourrier as Jennifer, a woman who was one of Pete's scout troops that witnessed his death. •
Kaliko Kauahi as a liquor license inspector. •
Neil Crone as
Benjamin Franklin, an American
Founding Father and
Freemason, with whom Isaac tried to build a good reputation so he could join the society. •
Andrew Leeds as Eric, Bela's friend, whom she starts dating in the second season. • Hillary Anne Matthews as Beatrice, Isaac's wife, who knew about his sexuality but cared deeply for him regardless. •
Chip Zien as Lenny Lefkowitz, Trevor's father who attends Trevor's memorial at Woodstone Manor. •
Laraine Newman as Esther Lefkowitz, Trevor's mother who attends Trevor's memorial at Woodstone Manor. •
Tara Reid as herself attending Trevor's memorial at Woodstone Manor. • Ashley D. Kelley as Alicia, a lawyer and a descendant of Alberta, who is inspired by her ancestor's work to pursue singing. • David Baby as Jerry, Carol's current husband and Pete's former best friend. • Asia Martin as Theresa, Alberta's sister. • Brooks Brantly as Earl, Alberta's bootlegger boyfriend. • Daniel Rindress-Kay as Thomas Woodstone, Hetty's son and Earl's secret boyfriend, who planted a poisoned whiskey bottle for Alberta to drink when Earl left him for her. •
Jeremy Luke as
Al Capone, a famous
Chicago crime boss, who almost committed suicide with the poisoned whiskey Alberta ultimately drank. • Brian Cook as David Woodstone, Sam's uncle, Sophie's son, and Trevor's former coworker, who dumped Trevor's body into a lake before dying of an aneurysm in the depressing
strip club that he now haunts. • Al Connors as Schmitty, another ghost at the strip club who died from eating ill-prepared sushi. •
Holly Gauthier-Frankel as Laura, Pete's daughter. She has a son named after her father. • Emily Mitchell as Young Laura. •
Douglas Sills as Samuel, Hetty's father, who discouraged her from marrying an artist due to his painting her with her ankle exposed. •
Jon Glaser as Jeremy Lefkowitz, Trevor's brother, who refused to take over their father's business. • David Kohlsmith as Young Jeremy. •
Lamorne Morris as Saul Henry, a poltergeist and former
Negro league baseball player who visits the manor using a guest as his host and starts a brief relationship with Alberta. As a non-traditional ghost, he can travel anywhere by binding himself to different human hosts in near range if he concentrates hard enough. He speculates that his power is a result of his tendency to become overly attached to people in life. •
Geoffrey Owens as Gene, a new guest at Woodstone to whom Saul is tethered. •
Deniz Akdeniz as Chris, an Australian male stripper and part-time DJ hired to perform a lap dance, unknowingly for Isaac, causing Isaac to become attracted to him. He becomes another ghost at Woodstone when his parachute fails during a stunt for Alicia's bachelorette party and he fatally crashes through the roof of Jay's restaurant, and he and Nigel end up competing for his affections. He can use his parachute to fly beyond the ghost boundaries of the property. • Irene White and
Adrian Martinez as Gloria and Mike, a ghost couple Pete meets in a DealMart superstore. They were trampled to death in a 2005
Black Friday sale, and Gloria is now stuck carrying a box containing the TV she tried to buy. •
Marc-André Boulanger as the Butcher Ghost, the leader of a violent ghost gang that becomes active in the Hudson Valley DealMart after business hours, who was fatally struck in the head with a meat cleaver. •
Dean Norris as Frank, Sam's father. •
Melinda McGraw as Diane, Frank's new girlfriend. •
Matty Cardarople as Jamie, an Internet personality with a video series themed around detonating objects. • Gardiner Millar as Duffy, a
Vietnam veteran ghost who haunts his former house, now owned by Jamie. •
Connor Ratliff as Scott Morgan, the director of the Hudson Valley Players. •
Samantha Boscarino as Marisa, an actress in the Hudson Valley Players in whom Sass becomes romantically interested. • Hayden Finkelshtain as William, an assessor of historical artifacts. •
Sakina Jaffrey as Champa Arondekar, Jay's mother, who immigrated from India to America with her husband Mahesh. •
Bernard White as Mahesh Arondekar, Jay's father and Champa's husband. •
Paul Wight as Gorm, a Viking ghost haunting a historic Norwegian village, now a tourism destination, who belonged to Thorfinn's tribe and died after being shot in the abdomen with an arrow. •
Lenny Venito as Anthony, the head of a local
mafia branch and Carol's nephew, whose family used Pete's travel agency as a front for laundering its profits. •
Nat Faxon as
Alexander Hamilton, an American Founding Father with whom Isaac became rivals over a neck ruffle they both sought to buy. The series' depiction of Hamilton is historically inaccurate: he appears as a middle-aged man in the year 1776 and is involved in an early draft of the
Declaration of Independence, whereas the real Hamilton was only age 19 or 21 that year and had nothing to do with the document. • Asif Ali as Sunil, Jay's cousin. • Peter New as Janis, a Latvian ghost hunting expert skilled in maintaining and upgrading equipment designed to capture and eviscerate ghosts. • Richie Keen as Adam Pinkus, Trevor's former coworker, who worked as a junior associate at Lehman Brothers, and to whom Trevor lent his pants and boxers after he was hazed by Ari and David Woodstone. Keen also directed multiple episodes of the series. • Robert Bazzocchi as young Pinkus •
Gideon Adlon as Abby Pinkus, Trevor's biological daughter, born to his once-girlfriend Laurie Goldstein, who later married Pinkus before she died. In the fifth season, she begins working as a waitress at Jay's restaurant and Sam and Jay tell her the truth about the ghosts, including Trevor. • Kyle Gatehouse as Richard, Donna's former neighbor, who died with a
Walkman that only plays the album
Purple Rain and witnessed his wife Linda murder Donna's husband Gerald. •
Justin Kirk as Tad, the mayor of Hudson Valley and Stephanie's prom date from the night of her murder, who was knocked unconscious while trying to stop her killer and uses his attempt at heroism to bolster his image. Kirk co-starred on the TV series
Weeds, and his appearance on
Ghosts marked the 20th episode of the fourth season with a
420-theme. • Stephanie Belding as Melanie del Vecchio, Tad's wife and Stephanie's former friend. •
Ben Feldman as Kyle Rosenblatt, another man who can see ghosts after colliding with a bird while riding a roller coaster. • Farhang Ghajar as Amunhotep, an immensely powerful 3,000-year-old Egyptian ghost who was accidentally bound to his mummified corpse, which was brought to the Woodstone mansion by Elias and Hetty in 1890. He can cause ancient curses, which include weather manipulation, spontaneously creating swarms of locusts and rats, and controlling his mummy to kill a target. •
Larry Wilmore as Walker Storm, a national news reporter who interviews Sam about Isaac's novel. • Myles Anthony-Douglas as David, Mark's son. • Will Greenberg as Bruce/Jason, the leader of Flower's former cult, still leading an indeterminate number of them as ghosts after they died together of carbon monoxide poisoning in an underground bunker on Woodstone's property. After being exposed as a fraud, he admits his real name is Jason, and the other hippie ghosts banish him to wander in the dirt underneath the property. He is rescued a month later by the basement ghosts and Isaac but now thanks Flower for freeing him from the lies. ==Episodes==