List of Glee Characters

This is a list that focuses on all of the cast and characters that have appeared during every season of Glee.

Season One

Main

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Total Appearances
Quinn Fabray	Dianna Agron	Pilot	Journey	22
Kurt Hummel	Chris Colfer	Pilot	Journey	22
Terri Del Monico	Jessalyn Gilsig	Pilot	Funk	13
Sue Sylvester	Jane Lynch	Pilot	Journey	20
Emma Pillsbury	Jayma Mays	Pilot	Journey	16
Artie Abrams	Kevin McHale	Pilot	Journey	22
Rachel Berry	Lea Michele	Pilot	Journey	22
Finn Hudson	Cory Monteith	Pilot	Journey	22
Will Schuester	Matthew Morrison	Pilot	Journey	22
Mercedes Jones	Amber Riley	Pilot	Journey	22
Noah Puckerman	Mark Salling	Pilot	Journey	22
Tina Cohen-Chang	Jenna Ushkowitz	Pilot	Journey	22

Recurring

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Total Appearances
Brittany S. Pierce	Heather Morris	Showmance	Journey	21
Santana Lopez	Naya Rivera	Pilot	Journey	22
Mike Chang	Harry Shum Jr.	Preggers	Journey	19
Matt Rutherford	Dijon Talton	Preggers	Journey	18
Jesse St. James	Jonathan Groff	Hell-O	Journey	7
Burt Hummel	Mike O'Malley	Preggers	Theatricality	5
Carole Hudson	Romy Rosemont	Pilot	Theatricality	5
Ken Tanaka	Patrick Gallagher	Pilot	Bad Reputation	10
Azimio Adams	James Earl III	Mash-Up	Theatricality	5
Dave Karofsky	Max Adler	Mash-Up	Theatricality	5
Brad	Brad Ellis	Pilot	Journey	22
Principal Figgins	Iqbal Theba	Pilot	Journey	17
Jacob Ben Israel	Josh Sussman	Showmance	Funk	10
Lauren Zizes	Ashley Fink	Wheels	Theatricality	4
Howard Bamboo	Kent Avenido	Pilot	Funk	4
Sandy Ryerson	Stephen Tobolowsky	Pilot	Funk	7
Kendra Giardi	Jennifer Aspen	Showmance	Hairography	3
Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter	Wheels	Home	4
Jean Sylvester	Robin Trocki	Wheels	Bad Reputation	2
Rod Remington	Bill A. Jones	Mash-Up	Journey	3

Guest

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearances
April Rhodes	Kristin Chenoweth	The Rhodes Not Taken	Home	2
Shelby Corcoran	Idina Menzel	Hell-O	Journey	5
Josh Groban	Himself	Acafellas	Journey	2
Bryan Ryan	Neil Patrick Harris	Dream On	Dream On	1
Olivia Newton-John	Herself	Bad Reputation	Journey	2
Grace Hitchens	Eve	Hairography	Sectionals	2
Brenda Castle	Molly Shannon	Bad Reputation	Dream On	2
Henri St. Pierre	John Lloyd Young	Acafellas	Acafellas	1
Suzy Pepper	Sarah Drew	Ballad	Ballad	1

Season Two

Main

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Total Appearances
Will Schuester	Matthew Morrison	Audition	New York	22
Sue Sylvester	Jane Lynch	Audition	Funeral	17
Rachel Berry	Lea Michele	Audition	New York	22
Finn Hudson	Cory Monteith	Audition	New York	22
Kurt Hummel	Chris Colfer	Audition	New York	21
Mercedes Jones	Amber Riley	Audition	New York	22
Quinn Fabray	Dianna Agron	Audition	New York	22
Noah Puckerman	Mark Salling	Audition	New York	20
Tina Cohen-Chang	Jenna Ushkowitz	Audition	New York	22
Artie Abrams	Kevin McHale	Audition	New York	22
Emma Pillsbury	Jayma Mays	Britney/Brittany	New York	13
Brittany Pierce	Heather Morris	Audition	New York	22
Santana Lopez	Naya Rivera	Audition	New York	22
Burt Hummel	Mike O'Malley	Grilled Cheesus	Prom Queen	8
Terri Del Monico	Jessalyn Gilsig	Britney/Brittany	Funeral	6

Recurring

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Total Appearances
Mike Chang	Harry Shum Jr.	Audition	New York	22
Sam Evans	Chord Overstreet	Audition	New York	21
Lauren Zizes	Ashley Fink	Britney/Brittany	New York	17
Shannon Beiste	Dot Jones	Audition	Sexy	15
Carole Hudson	Romy Rosemont	Grilled Cheesus	The Sue Sylvester Shuffle	3
Dustin Goolsby	Cheyenne Jackson	Audition	New York	3
Dave Karofsky	Max Adler	Audition	Prom Queen	13
Blaine Anderson	Darren Criss	Never Been Kissed	New York	13
Wes	Telly Leung	Never Been Kissed	Born This Way	7
David	Titus Makin Jr.	Never Been Kissed	Born This Way	6
Jacob Ben Israel	Josh Sussman	Audition	Prom Queen	6
Sunshine Corazon	Charice	Audition	New York	3
Brad	Brad Ellis	Audition	New York	22
Principal Figgins	Iqbal Theba	Audition	Prom Queen	12
Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter	Audition	Funeral	14
Jean Sylvester	Robin Trocki	Grilled Cheesus	Funeral	3
Rod Remington	Bill A. Jones	Furt	A Night of Neglect	3

Guest

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Total Appearances
April Rhodes	Kristin Chenoweth	Rumours	Rumours	1
Holly Holliday	Gwyneth Paltrow	The Substitute	A Night of Neglect	3
Jesse St. James	Jonathan Groff	Prom Queen	New York	3
Doris Sylvester	Carol Burnett	Furt	Furt	1
Katie Couric	Herself	The Sue Sylvester Shuffle	The Sue Sylvester Shuffle	1
Carl Howell	John Stamos	Britney/Brittany	Sexy	4
Britney Spears	Herself	Britney/Brittany	Britney/Brittany	1
Howard Bamboo	Kent Avenido	Funeral	Funeral	1

Season Three

Main

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Will Schuester	Matthew Morrison	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Sue Sylvester	Jane Lynch	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	17
Rachel Berry	Lea Michele	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Finn Hudson	Cory Monteith	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Kurt Hummel	Chris Colfer	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Mercedes Jones	Amber Riley	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Quinn Fabray	Dianna Agron	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	21
Noah Puckerman	Mark Salling	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Tina Cohen-Chang	Jenna Ushkowitz	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	21
Artie Abrams	Kevin McHale	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Emma Pillsbury	Jayma Mays	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	17
Brittany Pierce	Heather Morris	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Santana Lopez	Naya Rivera	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Mike Chang	Harry Shum Jr.	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	22
Blaine Anderson	Darren Criss	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	21

Recurring

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Shannon Beiste	Dot Jones	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	13
Sam Evans	Chord Overstreet	Hold on to Sixteen	Goodbye	15
Jacob Ben Israel	Josh Sussman	The Purple Piano Project	I Kissed A Girl	2
Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter	The Purple Piano Project	Prom-asaurus	10
Principal Figgins	Iqbal Theba	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	13
Carole Hudson-Hummel	Romy Rosemont	Pot o' Gold	Goodbye	5
Burt Hummel	Mike O'Malley	Pot o' Gold	Goodbye	10
Dave Karofsky	Max Adler	The First Time	On My Way	3
Lauren Zizes	Ashley Fink	The Purple Piano Project	Asian F	2
Shane Tinsley	LaMarcus Tinker	The Purple Piano Project	Prom-asaurus	8
Rod Remington	Bill A. Jones	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	6
Rory Flanagan	Damian McGinty	Pot o' Gold	Goodbye	17
Harmony	Lindsay Pearce	The Purple Piano Project	Hold On To Sixteen	2
Sugar Motta	Vanessa Lengies	The Purple Piano Project	Goodbye	15
Cooter Menkins	Eric Bruskotter	The First Time	Props	4
Sebastian Smythe	Grant Gustin	The First Time	On My Way	4
Unique Adams	Alex Newell	Saturday Night Glee-ver	Nationals	3
Joe Hart	Samuel Larsen	Heart	Goodbye	10
Roz Washington	NeNe Leakes	Yes/No	Goodbye	6

Guest

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Shelby Corcoran	Idina Menzel	I Am Unicorn	Hold On To Sixteen	6
Jesse St. James	Jonathan Groff	Saturday Night Glee-ver	Nationals	2
David Martinez	Ricky Martin	The Spanish Teacher	The Spanish Teacher	1
Cooper Anderson	Matt Bomer	Big Brother	Big Brother	1
Carmen Tibideaux	Whoopi Goldberg	Choke	Nationals	3
Alma Lopez	Ivonne Coll	I Kissed a Girl	I Kissed A Girl	1
Maribel Lopez	Gloria Estefan	Goodbye	Goodbye	1

Season Four

Main

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Will Schuester	Matthew Morrison	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	17
Sue Sylvester	Jane Lynch	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	16
Rachel Berry	Lea Michele	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	19
Finn Hudson	Cory Monteith	Makeover	Sweet Dreams	15
Kurt Hummel	Chris Colfer	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	19
Mercedes Jones	Amber Riley	The Role You Were Born to Play	All or Nothing	8
Noah Puckerman	Mark Salling	Britney 2.0	Sweet Dreams	8
Tina Cohen-Chang	Jenna Ushkowitz	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	22
Artie Abrams	Kevin McHale	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	22
Brittany Pierce	Heather Morris	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	19
Santana Lopez	Naya Rivera	Britney 2.0	All or Nothing	13
Mike Chang	Harry Shum Jr.	The Role You Were Born to Play	All or Nothing	8
Sam Evans	Chord Overstreet	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	22
Blaine Anderson	Darren Criss	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	22

Recurring

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Quinn Fabray	Dianna Agron	Thanksgiving	I Do	3
Emma Pillsbury	Jayma Mays	Britney 2.0	All or Nothing	10
Shannon Beiste	Dot Jones	The Role You Were Born to Play	Sweet Dreams	6
Jacob Ben Israel	Josh Sussman	The New Rachel	Britney 2.0	2
Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter	Makeover	Lights Out	11
Principal Figgins	Iqbal Theba	Britney 2.0	Lights Out	7
Burt Hummel	Mike O'Malley	The New Rachel	Wonder-ful	3
Brad	Brad Ellis	Britney 2.0	Sweet Dreams	7
Sugar Motta	Vanessa Lengies	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	9
Sebastian Smythe	Grant Gustin	Dynamic Duets	Thanksgiving	2
Unique Adams	Alex Newell	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	18
Joe Hart	Samuel Larsen	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	13
Marley Rose	Melissa Benoist	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	22
Millie Rose	Trisha Rae Stahl	The New Rachel	Shooting Star	7
Jake Puckerman	Jacob Artist	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	22
Kitty Wilde	Becca Tobin	The New Rachel	All or Nothing	20
Brody Weston	Dean Geyer	The New Rachel	Guilty Pleasures	14
Ryder Lynn	Blake Jenner	The Role You Were Born to Play	All or Nothing	18
Hunter Clarington	Nolan Gerard Funk	Dynamic Duets	Naked	4
Adam Crawford	Oliver Kieran-Jones	Sadie Hawkins	Girls (and Boys) on Film	4
Roz Washington	NeNe Leakes	Sweet Dreams	All or Nothing	3

Guest

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Carmen Tibideaux	Whoopi Goldberg	The New Rachel	Swan Song	2
Cassandra July	Kate Hudson	The New Rachel	Wonder-ful	5
Isabelle Wright	Sarah Jessica Parker	Makeover	Lights Out	3
Rory Flanagan	Damian McGinty	Glee, Actually	Glee, Actually	1
Terri Del Monico	Jessalyn Gilsig	Glee, Actually	Glee, Actually	1
Lauren Zizes	Ashley Fink	Sadie Hawkins	Sadie Hawkins	1
Shelby Corcoran	Idina Menzel	Sweet Dreams	Sweet Dreams	1
Carole Hudson	Romy Rosemont	Wonder-ful	Wonder-ful	1
Frida Romero	Jessica Sanchez	Lights Out	All or Nothing	3

Season Five

Main

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Will Schuester	Matthew Morrison	Love, Love, Love	Opening Night	14
Sue Sylvester	Jane Lynch	Love, Love, Love	Opening Night	14
Rachel Berry	Lea Michele	Love, Love, Love	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	20
Kurt Hummel	Chris Colfer	Love, Love, Love	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	20
Tina Cohen-Chang	Jenna Ushkowitz	Love, Love, Love	Opening Night	14
Artie Abrams	Kevin McHale	Love, Love, Love	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	18
Santana Lopez	Naya Rivera	Love, Love, Love	Old Dog, New Tricks	15
Sam Evans	Chord Overstreet	Love, Love, Love	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	19
Blaine Anderson	Darren Criss	Love, Love, Love	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	20
Unique Adams	Alex Newell	Love, Love, Love	New Directions	13
Jake Puckerman	Jacob Artist	Love, Love, Love	New Directions	13
Marley Rose	Melissa Benoist	Love, Love, Love	New Directions	13
Kitty Wilde	Becca Tobin	Love, Love, Love	New Directions	13
Ryder Lynn	Blake Jenner	Love, Love, Love	New Directions	13

Recurring

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
Quinn Fabray	Dianna Agron	100	New Directions	2
Noah Puckerman	Mark Salling	The Quarterback	New Directions	3
Brittany Pierce	Heather Morris	100	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	3
Mercedes Jones	Amber Riley	Love, Love, Love	The Untitled Rachel Berry Project	12
Mike Chang	Harry Shum Jr.	The Quarterback	New Directions	3
Emma Pillsbury	Jayma Mays	The Quarterback	Trio	2
Shannon Beiste	Dot-Marie Jones	The Quarterback	Trio	4
Principal Figgins	Iqbal Theba	Love Love Love	Frenemies	5
Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter	A Katy or A Gaga	Opening Night	11
Burt Hummel	Mike O'Malley	Love Love Love	Bash	4
Roz Washington	NeNe Leakes	Love Love Love	City of Angels	3
Carole Hudson	Romy Rosemont	The Quarterback	City of Angels	2
Bree	Erinn Westbrook	Love Love Love	Puppet Master	7

Guest

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearance
April Rhodes	Kristin Chenoweth	100	New Directions	2
Holly Holiday	Gwyneth Paltrow	100	New Directions	2
Dani	Demi Lovato	Tina in the Sky with Diamonds	Trio	4
Elliott Gilbert	Adam Lambert	A Katy or A Gaga	New New York	5
Bichette	Tyra Banks	Movin' Out	Movin' Out	1
Jean Baptiste	Skylar Astin	City of Angels	City of Angels	1
Carmen Tibideaux	Whoopi Goldberg	Bash	Bash	1
Rupert Campion	Peter Facinelli	Love Love Love	Frenemies	4
Ioan Gruffudd	Paolo San Pablo	Love Love Love	The End of Twerk	2
Penny Owen	Phoebe Strole	Tina in the Sky with Diamonds	A Katy or A Gaga	2
Sebastian Smythe	Grant Gustin	Love, Love, Love	Love, Love, Love	1
Dave Karofsky	Max Adler	Opening Night	Opening Night	1
Jacob Ben Israel	Josh Sussman	Opening Night	Opening Night	1
Biff McIntosh	Chace Crawford	100	100	1

Season Six

Main

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearances
Kurt Hummel	Chris Colfer	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	12
Blaine Anderson	Darren Criss	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	12
Sheldon Beiste	Dot-Marie Jones	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	8
Sue Sylvester	Jane Lynch	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	12
Artie Abrams	Kevin McHale	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	7
Rachel Berry	Lea Michele	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	13
Will Schuester	Matthew Morrison	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	12
Sam Evans	Chord Overstreet	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	12
Mercedes Jones	Amber Riley	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	7

Recurring

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearances
David Karofsky	Max Adler	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	7
Principal Figgins	Iqbal Theba	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	4
Clint	Max George	Loser Like Me	We Built This Glee Club	6
Spencer Porter	Marshall Williams	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	11
Roderick Meeks	Noah Guthrie	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	12
Skylar	Myko Olivier	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	7
Quinn Fabray	Dianna Agron	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	3
Brittany Pierce	Heather Morris	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	5
Santana Lopez	Naya Rivera	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	5
Noah Puckerman	Mark Salling	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	5
Kitty Wilde	Becca Tobin	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	9
Tina Cohen-Chang	Jenna Ushkowitz	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	5
Becky Jackson	Lauren Potter	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	6
Jane Hayward	Samantha Marie Ware	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	11
Mason McCarthy	Billy Lewis Jr.	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	11
Madison McCarthy	Laura Dreyfuss	Homecoming	Dreams Come True	11
Emma Pillsbury	Jayma Mays	Transitioning	Dreams Come True	3
Unique Adams	Alex Newell	Transitioning	Dreams Come True	2
Mike Chang	Harry Shum Jr.	A Wedding	Dreams Come True	2
Sugar Motta	Vanessa Lengies	A Wedding	Dreams Come True	2
Burt Hummel	Mike O'Malley	A Wedding	Dreams Come True	3
Carole Hudson-Hummel	Romy Rosemont	A Wedding	Dreams Come True	2
Alistair	Finneas O'Connell	Child Star	Dreams Come True	4
Myron Muskovitz	J.J. Totah	Child Star	Dreams Come True	4
Joe Hart	Samuel Larsen	The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester	Dreams Come True	2
Terri Del Monico	Jessalyn Gilsig	2009	Dreams Come True	2
Matt Rutherford	Dijon Talton	2009	Dreams Come True	2

Guest

Characters	Cast	First Appearance	Last Apperance	Total Appearances
LeRoy Berry	Brian Stokes Mitchell	Loser Like Me	Loser Like Me	1
Superintendent Harris	Christopher Cousins	Loser Like Me	Dreams Come True	4
Lee Paulblatt	Jim Rash	Loser Like Me	Loser Like Me	1
Roz Washington	NeNe Leakes	Jagged Little Tapestry	Jagged Little Tapestry	1
Whitney Pierce	Jennifer Coolidge	What the World Needs Now	A Wedding	2
Pierce Pierce	Ken Jeong	What the World Needs Now	A Wedding	2
Maribel Lopez	Gloria Estefan	A Wedding	A Wedding	1
Gina Gershon	Pam Anderson	A Wedding	A Wedding	1
Doris Sylvester	Carol Burnett	The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester	The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester	1
Jesse St. James	Jonathan Groff	We Built This Glee Club	Dreams Come True	2
Howard Bamboo	Kent Avenido	2009	2009	1
Jake Puckerman	Jacob Artist	Dreams Come True	Dreams Come True	1
Ryder Lynn	Blake Jenner	Dreams Come True	Dreams Come True	1
Lauren Zizes	Ashley Fink	Dreams Come True	Dreams Come True	1