True Blood Season Six Cast

Cast

Main

• Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse (4 episodes)
• Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton (4 episodes)
• Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte (4 episodes)
• Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse (4 episodes)
• Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton (4 episodes)
• Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman (4 episodes)
• Chris Bauer as Andy Bellefleur (4 episodes)
• Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam Swynford De Beaufort (4 episodes)
• Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds (4 episodes)
• Lucy Griffiths as Nora Gainesborough (4 episodes)
• Rutger Hauer as Niall Brigant (4 episodes)
• Arliss Howard as Truman Burrell (4 episodes)
• Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby (4 episodes)
• Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux (4 episodes)
• Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler Bellefleur (3 episodes)
• Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur (3 episodes)
• Robert Kazinsky as Ben Flynn (3 episodes)
• Robert Patrick as Jackson Herveaux (3 episodes)
• Junee Smollett-Bell as Nicole Wright (3 episodes)
• Kelly Overton as Rikki Naylor  (3 episodes)
• Anna Camp as Sarah Newlin  (2 episodes)
• Michael McMillian as Steve Newlin (1 episodes)
• Lauren Bowles as Holly Cleary (1 episodes)

Recurring

• Dale Dickey as Martha Bozeman (4 episodes)
• Jamie Gray Hyder as Danielle (4 episodes)
• Chloe Noelle as Emma Garza (4 episodes)
• Jenni Blong as Michelle Stackhouse (1 episode)
• Jessica Clark as Lilith (1 episode)
• Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Corbett Stackhouse (1 episode)
• Janina Gavankar as Luna Garza (1 episode)
• Marque Richardson as Kenneth (1 episode)

New Editions

• Briana Berlingeri as Three Year Old Girl #1 (2 episodes)
• Amelia Rose Blaire as Willa Burrell (3 episodes)
• Chanon Finley as Siren #1 (2 episodes)
• Chloe Holmes as Siren #3 (2 episodes)
• Abigail Lowe as Three Year Old Girl #2 (2 episodes)
• Jodie Smith as Siren #2 (2 episodes)
• Marina Benedict as Veronica (1 episode)
• Shaun Brown as Bruce (1 episode)
• Matt Cook as Jessie (1 episode)
• Luke Grimes as James (1 episode)
• Jessy Hodges as Mustard (1 episode)
• Rebecca McFarland as Maggie Devins (1 episode)
• Tamlyn Tomita as Ms. Suzuki (1 episode)
• Karolina Wydra as Violet (1 episode)

True Blood is an American television drama horror series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on theSouthern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. The show is broadcast on the premium cable network HBO in the United States. It is produced by HBO in association with Ball's production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment. It premiered on September 7, 2008.

The show's second 12-episode season premiered on June 14, 2009. On July 30, 2009, HBO confirmed that a third season of True Blood will be released in the summer of 2010. Alan Ball has said that he plans to start shooting the third season before Christmas 2009.

True Blood details the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, Louisiana (meaning "good time" in French), a fictional small northern Louisiana town. The series centers on Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), atelepathic waitress at a bar, who falls in love with vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).

The first season received critical acclaim and won several awards, including one Golden Globe.

The first season of True Blood had a total of 16 main characters with the sixteen actors portraying them receiving star billing in the opening credits.Anna Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse, a sweet hearted, brave and naive waitress at Merlotte's Bar and Grill. Sookie is a telepath, capable of hearing the thoughts of all humans in her vicinity. Stephen Moyer plays Bill Compton, a dark and mysterious vampire, having returned to his original hometown of Bon Temps. He and Sookie develop a mutual attraction to each other almost instantly. Sam Trammell plays Sam Merlotte, the mild mannered owner of Merlotte's who is secretly a shapeshifter. Shapeshifters have not yet revealed themselves to the world at large in the same way vampires have. Sam also harbors a romantic love for Sookie. Ryan Kwanten plays Jason Stackhouse, Sookie's promiscuous, simple minded brother who attracts all the women in town. Rutina Wesley plays Tara Thornton, Sookie's fiery and outspoken best friend who puts on an aggressive front to hide her vulnerabilities due to a troubled family background.

Chris Bauer plays Andy Bellefleur, the somewhat incompetent and short tempered detective at Bon Temps Police Department. Lynn Collins playsDawn Green, a confident waitress at Merlotte's who has a turbulent on-off sexual affair with Jason. Nelsan Ellis playsLafayette Reynolds, Tara's gay cousin who possesses both tough, survivalist qualities and effeminate, camp qualities. He holds down four jobs as a short order cook at Merlotte's, a road crew worker, a prostitute and drug dealer. Jim Parrack plays Hoyt Fortenberry, an innocent and kind friend and co-worker of Jason's who believes in the best of others, as observed by Sookie when she reads his mind. Carrie Preston plays Arlene Fowler, an older waitress at Merlotte's who has been married multiple times. Michael Raymond-James plays René Lenier, Arlene's Cajun boyfriend who is also a friend and co-worker of Jason and Hoyt. William Sanderson plays Bud Dearborne, the chief sheriff at Bon Temps Police Department who is distrustful of vampires. Lois Smith plays Adele Stackhouse, Sookie and Jason's hospitable and down to earth grandmother. All of the above characters make their first appearance in the pilot episode, "Strange Love".

Alexander Skarsgård plays Eric Northman, first introduced in season 1's fourth episode "Escape from Dragon House", a one thousand year old vampire who owns the vampire bar Fangtasia and also acts as Sheriff ofLouisiana's Area Five in the vampire political system. Lizzy Caplan plays Amy Burley, introduced in the seventh episode of the season, "Burning House of Love", is a New Age hippie and love interest for Jason. Despite her intelligent, friendly exterior, Amy is hiding psychological problems and has a heavy reliance on drugs, particularlyvampire blood, colloquially referred to as V. Stephen Root plays Eddie Gauthier, a lonely, middle aged, recently turned vampire who is kidnapped by Jason and Amy for his blood.

Season 2 of True Blood seen 11 of the main characters from season 1 return with Lynn Collins, Lois Smith, Stephen Root, Lizzy Caplan and Michael Raymond-James have previously departed the cast. Todd Lowe who plays Terry Bellefleur, Andy's cousin, an oddball cook and Iraq war veteran at Merlotte's first appeared in the second episode of season one, "The First Taste", and was promoted to series regular in season 2. Michelle Forbes plays Maryann Forrester, a fun loving woman who takes Tara in and is secretly revealed to be a maenad who first appears in the tenth episode of season one "I Don't Wanna Know" and is subsequently promoted to regular status in the second season. Also appearing in that episode is Deborah Ann Woll who plays Jessica Hamby, a newborn vampire created by Bill who is both petulant and vulnerable. She is also promoted to regular status in the second season. Mariana Klaveno plays Lorena Krasiki, Bill's manipulative and psychotic maker of Bill, who appeared in the fifth episode of season 1 "Sparks Fly Out" and became a regular character in season 2. Mehcad Brooks plays Benedict "Eggs" Talley, a handsome young musician who resides with Maryann and acts as a love interest for Tara, first introduced in the season one finale "You'll Be the Death of Me" and promoted to regular status in the second season.Michael McMillian plays Reverend Steve Newlin, the charming but bigoted minister and leader of the Fellowship of the Sunanti vampire church who first appeared in season one's third episode "Mine" but is promoted to regular status in season 2. Anna Camp plays Sarah Newlin, Steve's cheery wife who assists him in running the church and is first introduced in the season 2 premier, "Nothing but the Blood". This brings the total number of main characters for season 2 to 18

The third season of True Blood sees the return of fourteen main characters from the second season with the departure of Anna Camp, Michael McMillian, Michelle Forbes and Mehcad Brooks although Michael McMillian continued to appear in a recurring capacity during the season. After two seasons as a recurring character, Kristin Bauer van Straten who plays Pam Swynford De Beaufort, Eric's snarky progeny is promoted to regular status. The second episode of season 3 "Beautifully Broken" introduced Marshall Allman as Tommy Mickens, Sam's difficult and estranged younger brother who is also a shapeshifter, Kevin Alejandro as Jesus Velasquez, a confident gay nurse who takes care of Lafayette's mother and is later revealed to be a brujo, Denis O'Hare as Russell Edgington, the ambitious and ancient vampire king of Mississippi, and Lindsay Pulsipher as Crystal Norris, a love interest for Jason from the strange community of Hotshot. She is later revealed to be a werepanther. This brings a total of nineteen character to the main cast for season 3.

With the fourth season, it was announced that Fiona Shaw would be joining the cast as Marnie Stonebrook, a sweet Wiccan possessed by the dark witch Antonia Gavilán de Logroño. Janina Gavankar plays Luna Garza, a shapeshifter and love interest for Sam. Joe Manganiello who plays Alcide Herveaux, a gruff but ultimately good werewolf, who previously appeared a recurring character in season 3 will have a starring role in season 4.