List of Scream (film series) cast members

Scream is an American meta horror slasher film series created in 1996 by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. Each of the films features a large ensemble of actors and actresses. The leading role of the series is Sidney Prescott, portrayed by Canadian actress Neve Campbell, who is accompanied by ambitious news reporter Gale Weathers, played by Courteney Cox, and the police officer Dewey Riley, played by David Arquette, who appear in all five Scream films. Other major recurring characters include film-geek Randy Meeks, played by Jamie Kennedy, and Cotton Weary, played by Liev Schreiber, in the first three films. The series consists of six films: Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Scream 4 (2011), Scream (2022), and Scream VI (2023). The first four films were directed by Wes Craven and scored by Marco Beltrami. Kevin Williamson wrote Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 4, but scheduling commitments meant he could provide only notes for Scream 3, with writing duties instead helmed by Ehren Kruger.

The Weinstein Company stated that the success of Scream 4 could lead to potential sequels and a new Scream trilogy, with Arquette, Craven and Williamson all having been contracted or expressed interest in appearing in future installments. However, it was eventually announced the franchise would continue through Scream: The TV Series, a television production that debuted on MTV in 2015. In 2019, Spyglass Media Group acquired the rights to the series. Scream (2022) was announced in 2019, with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett signed on to direct. Campbell, Cox, and Arquette all signed on to return for the film.

The series is notable in the horror genre for casting established and popular actors which, before Scream (1996), was uncommon and difficult, the genre not taken seriously by mainstream actors. In particular, its cast of famous female actresses such as Drew Barrymore and Courteney Cox in prominent, strong roles was considered to give the genre credibility and allow future Scream and other horror films to attract big name actors with greater ease.

Cast
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:97%;" ! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Character ! scope="row" colspan="6" | Film ! scope="row" | Scream (1996) ! scope="row" | Scream 2 (1997) ! scope="row" | Scream 3 (2000) ! scope="row" | Scream 4 (2011) ! scope="row" | Scream (2022) ! scope="row" | Scream VI (2023) ! scope="row" colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |

Main characters
! scope="row" | Ghostface ! scope="row" | Sidney Prescott ! scope="row" | Gale Weathers ! scope="row" | Dewey Riley ! scope="row" | Randy Meeks ! scope="row" | Cotton Weary ! scope="row" | Billy Loomis ! scope="row" | Kirby Reed ! scope="row" | Judy Hicks ! scope="row" | Sam Carpenter ! scope="row" | Tara Carpenter ! scope="row" | Chad Meeks-Martin ! scope="row" | Mindy Meeks-Martin ! scope="row" colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * colspan="6" | Roger L. Jackson
 * colspan="5" | Neve Campbell
 * colspan="6" | Courteney Cox
 * colspan="5" | David Arquette
 * David Arquette
 * colspan="2" | Jamie Kennedy
 * Jamie Kennedy
 * Jamie Kennedy
 * Jamie Kennedy
 * Liev Schreiber
 * colspan="2" | Liev Schreiber
 * colspan="3"
 * Skeet Ulrich
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2" | Skeet Ulrich
 * colspan="3"
 * Hayden Panettiere
 * Hayden Panettiere
 * Hayden Panettiere
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2" | Marley Shelton
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2" | Melissa Barrera
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2" | Jenna Ortega
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2" | Mason Gooding
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2" | Jasmin Savoy Brown

Supporting characters
! scope="row" | Stu Macher ! scope="row" | Tatum Riley ! scope="row" | Maureen Prescott ! scope="row" | Debbie Salt / Mrs. Loomis ! scope="row" | Derek Feldman ! scope="row" | Hallie McDaniel ! scope="row" | Mickey Altieri ! scope="row" | Mark Kincaid ! scope="row" | Roman Bridger ! scope="row" | Jennifer Jolie ! scope="row" | Angelina Tyler ! scope="row" | Tyson Fox ! scope="row" | Jill Roberts ! scope="row" | Charlie Walker ! scope="row" | Robbie Mercer ! scope="row" | Trevor Sheldon ! scope="row" | Richie Kirsch ! scope="row" | Amber Freeman ! scope="row" | Liv McKenzie ! scope="row" | Wes Hicks ! scope="row" | Ethan Landry ! scope="row" | Quinn Bailey ! scope="row" | Wayne Bailey ! scope="row" | Anika Kayoko ! scope="row" | Danny Brackett ! scope="row" colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * Matthew Lillard
 * colspan="5"
 * Rose McGowan
 * colspan="5"
 * Lynn McRee
 * Lynn McRee
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3"
 * Laurie Metcalf
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Jerry O'Connell
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Elise Neal
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Timothy Olyphant
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2"
 * Patrick Dempsey
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Scott Foley
 * Scott Foley
 * Scott Foley
 * colspan="2"
 * Parker Posey
 * colspan="1"
 * Parker Posey
 * colspan="1"
 * colspan="2"
 * Emily Mortimer
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2"
 * Deon Richmond
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="3"
 * Emma Roberts
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Rory Culkin
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Erik Knudsen
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Nico Tortorella
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="4"
 * Jack Quaid
 * Jack Quaid
 * colspan="4"
 * Mikey Madison
 * colspan="4"
 * Sonia Ben Ammar
 * colspan="4"
 * Dylan Minnette
 * colspan="5"
 * Jack Champion
 * colspan="5"
 * Liana Liberato
 * colspan="5"
 * Dermot Mulroney
 * colspan="5"
 * Devyn Nekoda
 * colspan="5"
 * Josh Segarra

Minor characters
! scope="row" | Casey Becker ! scope="row" | Kenny Brown ! scope="row" | Sheriff Burke ! scope="row" | Principal Arthur Himbry ! scope="row" | Steve Orth ! scope="row" | Neil Prescott ! scope="row" | Hank Loomis ! scope="row" | Reporter ! scope="row" | Guy at Party ! scope="row" | Cici Cooper ! scope="row" | Maureen Evans ! scope="row" | Chief Louis Hartley ! scope="row" | Joel ! scope="row" | Lois ! scope="row" | Murphy ! scope="row" | Phil Stevens ! scope="row" | Joshua Jackson ! scope="row" | Dawnie ! scope="row" | Gus Gold ! scope="row" | Officer Andrews ! scope="row" | Officer Richards ! scope="row" | John Milton ! scope="row" | Tom Prinze ! scope="row" | Sarah Darling ! scope="row" | Steven Stone ! scope="row" | Christine Hamilton ! scope="row" | Detective Wallace ! scope="row" | Bianca Burnette ! scope="row" | Martha Meeks ! scope="row" | Hoss ! scope="row" | Anthony Perkins ! scope="row" | Rebecca Walters ! scope="row" | Olivia Morris ! scope="row" | Kate Roberts ! scope="row" | Marnie Cooper ! scope="row" | Jenny Randall ! scope="row" | Vince Schneider ! scope="row" | Deputy Farney ! scope="row" | Deputy Vinson ! scope="row" | Christopher Stone ! scope="row" | Jason Carvey ! scope="row" | Laura Crane ! scope="row" colspan="7" style="background-color:#ddf;" |
 * Drew Barrymore
 * colspan="5"
 * W. Earl Brown
 * colspan="5"
 * Joseph Whipp
 * colspan="5"
 * Henry Winkler
 * colspan="5"
 * Kevin Patrick Walls
 * colspan="5"
 * Lawrence Hecht
 * Lawrence Hecht
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3"
 * C. W. Morgan
 * C. W. Morgan
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3" | Nancy O'Dell
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="2"
 * Matthew Lillard
 * colspan="2"
 * Matthew Lillard
 * colspan="5"
 * colspan="5"
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Jada Pinkett
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Lewis Arquette
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Duane Martin
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Rebecca Gayheart
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Portia de Rossi
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Omar Epps
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Joshua Jackson
 * colspan="2"
 * Joshua Jackson
 * Joshua Jackson
 * Marisol Nichols
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * David Warner
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Philip Pavel
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Chris Doyle
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="2"
 * Lance Henriksen
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Matt Keeslar
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Jenny McCarthy
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Patrick Warburton
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Kelly Rutherford
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Josh Pais
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Carrie Fisher
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="2"
 * Heather Matarazzo
 * Heather Matarazzo
 * Heather Matarazzo
 * colspan="3"
 * Adam Brody
 * Adam Brody
 * colspan="3"
 * colspan="3"
 * Anthony Anderson
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Alison Brie
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Marielle Jaffe
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Mary McDonnell
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Britt Robertson
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Aimee Teegarden
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="4"
 * Kyle Gallner
 * colspan="4"
 * Reggie Conquest
 * colspan="4"
 * Chester Tam
 * colspan="5"
 * Henry Czerny
 * colspan="5"
 * Tony Revolori
 * colspan="5"
 * Samara Weaving

Stab characters
! scope="row" | Sidney Prescott ! scope="row" | Billy Loomis ! scope="row" | Casey Becker ! scope="row" | Sherrie ! scope="row" | Trudie ! scope="row" | Rachel ! scope="row" | Chloe ! scope="row" | Ghostface ! scope="row" | Stu Macher ! scope="row" | Tatum Riley ! scope="row" | Randy Meeks ! scope="row" | Principal Himbry
 * Tori Spelling
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Luke Wilson
 * colspan="4"
 * colspan="4"
 * Heather Graham
 * Heather Graham
 * Drew Barrymore
 * Heather Graham
 * Drew Barrymore
 * colspan="3"
 * Lucy Hale
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Shenae Grimes
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Anna Paquin
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="3"
 * Kristen Bell
 * colspan="2"
 * colspan="4"
 * Matthew Lillard
 * colspan="4"
 * Vince Vaughn
 * colspan="4"
 * Alicia Silverstone
 * colspan="4"
 * Christopher Speed
 * colspan="4"
 * Ron Howard
 * }
 * Notes
 * Notes

Awards and nominations
The cast of the Scream series have won, or been nominated for, several awards, most notably Campbell who has received the most wins and nominations of the cast for her role as Sidney Prescott, including the Saturn Award for Best Actress and MTV Movie Award for Best Performance. For Scream (1996) Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore received Saturn Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Cox received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Scream 2 but lost to Gloria Stuart for Titanic (1997). Despite her brief cameo appearance as "Sidney Prescott" in the film within a film "Stab" series, Tori Spelling was nominated for a Razzie Award for "Worst New Actress" in Scream 2.

Parker Posey's role as Jennifer Jolie received near unanimous praise from critics, with The New York Times ' Elvis Mitchell saying "[Posey] alone makes the picture worth seeing. Dizzy and nakedly – hilariously – ambitious, she's so flighty she seems to be levitating." So well received was her performance that she received an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance nomination in 2000 for the role but lost to Adam Sandler for Big Daddy (1999).