List of longest-serving soap opera actors
United States

List of longest-serving soap opera actors

Section Title: United States
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Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference

Helen Wagner	Nancy Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1981, 1981-1985, 1985–2010	54 years

Don Hastings	Bob Hughes	As the World Turns	1960–2010	50 years

Eileen Fulton	Lisa Grimaldi	As the World Turns	1960–1965, 1965, 1966, 1967–1983, 1984–2010	47 years

Suzanne Rogers	Maggie Horton Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1973–1984, 1985–2003, 2004–	44 years

Susan Seaforth Hayes	Julie Olson Williams	Days of Our Lives	1968–1984, 1990–1996, 1999–	42 years

Leslie Charleson	Monica Quartermaine	General Hospital	1977–	42 years

Frances Reid	Alice Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–2007	42 years

Susan Lucci	Erica Kane	All My Children	1970–2011	41 years

Erika Slezak	Victoria Lord Buchanan	One Life to Live	1971–2012, 2013	41 years

Doug Davidson	Paul Williams	The Young and the Restless	1978–2018, 2019—	40 years

Melody Thomas Scott	Nikki Newman	The Young and the Restless	1979–	40 years

Rachel Ames	Audrey Hardy	General Hospital	1964–1965, 1967–1970, 1971–2007, 2009, 2013, 2015	40 years

Jeanne Cooper	Katherine Chancellor	The Young and the Restless	1973–2013	40 years

Ray MacDonnell	Joe Martin	All My Children	1970–2010, 2011, 2013	40 years

Jacklyn Zeman	Bobbie Spencer	General Hospital	1977–2010, 2013–	39 years

Eric Braeden	Victor Newman	The Young and the Restless	1980–	39 years

John Clarke	Mickey Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–2004	39 years

Bill Hayes	Doug Williams	Days of Our Lives	1970–1984, 1986–1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999–	38 years

Kathryn Hays	Kim Hughes	As the World Turns	1972–2010	38 years

Deidre Hall	Marlena Evans Black	Days of Our Lives	1976–1987, 1991–2009, 2011–	37 years

Kate Linder	Esther Valentine	The Young and the Restless	1982–	37 years

James Reynolds	Abe Carver	Days of Our Lives	1981–1990, 1991–2003, 2004–	36 years

Patricia Bruder	Ellen Lowell	As the World Turns	1960–1995, 1998	35 years

Mary Stuart	Joanne Gardner	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1986	35 years

Larry Haines	Stu Bergman	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1986	35 years

Larry Bryggman	John Dixon	As the World Turns	1969–2004, 2010	35 years

Michael Storm	Larry Wolek	One Life to Live	1969–2004	35 years

Ruth Warrick	Phoebe Tyler Wallingford	All My Children	1970–2005	35 years

Marie Masters	Susan Stewart	As the World Turns	1968–1979, 1986–2010	35 years

Tracey E. Bregman	Lauren Fenmore Baldwin	The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful	1983–1995, 2000, 2001– 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995-1999, 2002, 2004, 2007	34 years

Charita Bauer	Bert Bauer	Guiding Light	1950–1984	34 years

John Aniston	Victor Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1985–1997, 1998–	33 years

John Beradino	Steve Hardy	General Hospital	1963–1996	33 years

Jess Walton	Jill Fenmore Atkinson	The Young and the Restless	1987–	32 years

John McCook	Eric Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–	32 years

Katherine Kelly Lang	Brooke Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–	32 years

Jerry Douglas	John Abbott Alistair Wallingford	The Young and the Restless	1982–2013, 2015–2016	32 years

Peter Hansen	Lee Baldwin	General Hospital	1963, 1965–1976, 1977–1986, 1992–2004	32 years

Eileen Herlie	Myrtle Fargate	All My Children	1976–2008	32 years

Colleen Zenk	Barbara Ryan	As the World Turns	1978–2010	32 years

Josh Taylor	Chris Kositchek Roman Brady	Days of Our Lives	1977–1981, 1982–1987, 1997–	31 years

Stuart Damon	Alan Quartermaine	General Hospital	1977–2008, 2011, 2012, 2013	31 years

Robert S. Woods	Bo Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–1986, 1988–2012, 2013	31 years

Peter Bergman	Jack Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1989–	30 years

Peggy McCay	Caroline Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983, 1985–2003, 2004–2016	30 years

Don MacLaughlin	Chris Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1986	30 years

Henderson Forsythe	David Stewart	As the World Turns	1960–1990	30 years

Kristian Alfonso	Hope Williams Gina Von Amberg	Days of Our Lives	1983–1987, 1990, 1994–	29 years

Lauralee Bell	Christine Blair Williams	The Young and the Restless	1983–2001, 2002–2006, 2010, 2011, 2012–	29 years

Drake Hogestyn	John Black	Days of Our Lives	1986–2007, 2008–2009, 2011–2013, 2014–	29 years

Anthony Geary	Luke Spencer Bill Eckert	General Hospital	1978–1983, 1984, 1991–1993, 1993–2015, 2017	29 years

Julia Barr	Brooke English	All My Children	1976–1981, 1982–2006, 2010, 2011, 2013	29 years

James Mitchell	Palmer Cortlandt	All My Children	1979–2008, 2010	29 years

Macdonald Carey	Tom Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–1994	29 years

Kristina Wagner	Felicia Jones Scorpio	General Hospital	1984–2003, 2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2012–	28 years

Kimberly McCullough	Robin Scorpio Drake	General Hospital	1985–1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005–	28 years

Kristoff St. John	Neil Winters	The Young and the Restless	1991–2019	28 years

John J. York	Mac Scorpio	General Hospital	1991–	28 years

Philip Carey	Asa Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–2007, 2008	28 years

Emily McLaughlin	Jessie Brewer	General Hospital	1963–1991	28 years

Beth Maitland	Traci Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1982–1996, 1999, 2001, 2006–	27 years

Patty Weaver	Gina Roma	The Young and the Restless	1982–2009, 2013	27 years

Mary Fickett	Ruth Martin	All My Children	1970–1996, 1999–2000	27 years

David Canary	Adam Chandler Stuart Chandler	All My Children	1983–2010, 2011, 2013	27 years

Victoria Wyndham	Rachel Cory Hutchins Justine Duvalier	Another World	1972–1999	27 years

Kin Shriner	Scott Baldwin	General Hospital Port Charles	1977–1980, 1981-1983, 1987–1993, 2000–2004, 2007–2008, 2013– 1997-2001	26 years

Jerry verDorn	Ross Marler	Guiding Light	1979–2005	26 years

Tina Sloan	Lillian Raines	Guiding Light	1983–2009	26 years

Elizabeth Hubbard	Lucinda Walsh	As the World Turns	1984–2010	26 years

Melissa Reeves	Jennifer Horton	Days of Our Lives	1985–1995, 2000–2006, 2010–	25 years

Maurice Benard	Sonny Corinthos	General Hospital	1993–1997, 1998–	25 years

Sharon Case	Sharon Collins	The Young and the Restless	1994–	25 years

Joshua Morrow	Nicholas Newman	The Young and the Restless	1994–	25 years

Susan Flannery	Stephanie Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–2012, 2018	25 years

Ronn Moss	Ridge Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–2012	25 years

Michael E. Knight	Tad Martin Ted Orsini	All My Children	1982–1986, 1988–1990, 1992–2011	25 years

Kathleen Widdoes	Emma Snyder	As the World Turns	1985–2010	25 years

Anna Lee	Lila Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–2003	25 years

Denise Alexander	Lesley Webber	General Hospital	1972–1984, 1996–2009, 2013, 2017	25 years

Constance Ford	Ada Hobson	Another World	1967–1992	25 years

Lynn Herring	Lucy Coe	General Hospital Port Charles	1986–1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2012– 1997-2003	24 years

Christian LeBlanc	Michael Baldwin	The Young and the Restless	1991–1993, 1997–	24 years

Patricia Elliott	Renée Buchanan	One Life to Live	1987–2011	24 years

Walt Willey	Jackson Montgomery	All My Children	1987–2011	24 years

Robert Newman	Joshua Lewis	Guiding Light	1981–1984, 1986–1991, 1993–2009	24 years

Frances Heflin	Mona Tyler	All My Children	1970–1994	24 years

Theo Goetz	Papa Bauer	Guiding Light	1948–1972	24 years

Wally Kurth	Ned Quartermaine	General Hospital	1991–2007, 2012–	23 years

Bryan Dattilo	Lucas Horton	Days of Our Lives	1993–2001, 2002–2010, 2012–2018	22 years

Nancy Lee Grahn	Alexis Davis	General Hospital	1996–	23 years

Lauren Koslow	Kate Roberts DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1996–	23 years

Eileen Davidson	Ashley Abbott	The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful	1982–1988, 1999-2007, 2008-2012, 2013, 2014-2018 2007-2008	23 years

Peter Reckell	Bo Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983–1987, 1990–1992, 1995–2012, 2015, 2016	23 years

Scott Holmes	Tom Hughes	As the World Turns	1987–2010	23 years

Frank Parker	Shawn Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983–1984, 1985–1989, 1990–2008	23 years

Carolyn Conwell	Mary Williams	The Young and the Restless	1980–2003, 2004	23 years

Robin Strasser	Dorian Lord Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–1987, 1993–2000, 2003–2011, 2013	23 years

Shell Kepler	Amy Vining	General Hospital	1979–2002	23 years

Rebecca Herbst	Elizabeth Webber	General Hospital	1997–	22 years

William Johnstone	James T Lowell	As the World Turns	1956–1978	22 years

Jill Larson	Opal Cortlandt	All My Children	1989–2011, 2013	22 years

Don Diamont	Brad Carlton	The Young and the Restless	1985–1996, 1998–2009	22 years

Frank Dicopoulos	Frank Cooper	Guiding Light	1987–2009	22 years

Maureen Garrett	Holly Norris	Guiding Light	1976–1980, 1988–2006, 2009	22 years

Brad Maule	Tony Jones	General Hospital	1984–2006	22 years

Ellen Demming	Meta Bauer	Guiding Light	1952–1974	22 years

Ann Flood	Nancy Pollock	The Edge of Night	1962–1984	22 years

Hunter Tylo	Taylor Hayes	The Bold and the Beautiful	1990–2002, 2004, 2005–2013, 2014, 2018—	21 years

Steve Burton	Jason Morgan	General Hospital	1991–2000, 2001, 2002–2012, 2017–	21 years

Alison Sweeney	Sami Brady Colleen Brady	Days of Our Lives	1993–2014, 2015, 2017, 2018	21 years

Joseph Mascolo	Stefano DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1982–1985, 1988, 1991, 1993–1996, 1997–2001, 2006–2017	21 years

Peter Bartlett	Nigel Bartholomew-Smythe	One Life to Live	1991–2012, 2013	21 years

Jon Hensley	Holden Snyder	As the World Turns	1985–1988, 1990–1995, 1997–2010	21 years

Maeve Kinkead	Vanessa Chamberlain	Guiding Light	1980–1987, 1989–2000, 2002, 2005, 2006–2009	21 years

Kim Zimmer	Reva Shayne Lewis	Guiding Light	1983–1990, 1995–2009	21 years

Michael O'Leary	Rick Bauer	Guiding Light	1983–1986, 1987–1991, 1995–2009	21 years

Audrey Peters	Vanessa Sterling	Love of Life	1959–1980	21 years

Ron Tomme	Bruce Sterling	Love of Life	1959–1980	21 years

Genie Francis	Laura Webber Collins	General Hospital	1977–1984, 1993–2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015–	20 years

Hillary B. Smith	Nora Hanen Buchanan	One Life to Live	1992–2012, 2013	20 years

Renée Jones	Nikki Wade Lexie Carver	Days of Our Lives	1982–1983, 1993–2012	20 years

Michael Damian	Danny Romalotti	The Young and the Restless	1980–1998, 2002–2004, 2008, 2012, 2013	20 years

Ellen Dolan	Margo Hughes	As the World Turns	1989–1993, 1994–2010	20 years

Benjamin Hendrickson	Hal Munson	As the World Turns	1985–2004, 2005–2006	20 years

Jordan Clarke	Billy Lewis	Guiding Light	1982–1986, 1989–1993, 1996–1998, 1999–2009	20 years

Jane Elliot	Tracy Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–1980, 1989–1993, 1996, 2003–2017	20 years

Susan Brown	Gail Baldwin	General Hospital	1977–1985, 1992–2004	20 years

Anne Jeffreys	Amanda Barrington	General Hospital	1984–2004	20 years

Mandel Kramer	Bill Marceau	The Edge of Night	1959–1979	20 years

Santos Ortega	Will Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1976	20 years

Melba Rae	Marge Bergman	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1971	20 years

Judi Evans	Adrienne Johnson Bonnie Lockhart	Days of Our Lives	1986–1991, 2003–2008, 2010–	19 years

Winsor Harmon	Thorne Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1996–2015, 2016	19 years

Kassie DePaiva	Blair Cramer	One Life to Live	1993–2012, 2013	19 years

Tonya Lee Williams	Olivia Winters	The Young and the Restless	1990–2005, 2007–2011	19 years

Daniel McVicar	Clarke Garrison	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–1992, 1996–2010	19 years

Martha Byrne	Lily Walsh Snyder Rose D'Angelo	As the World Turns	1985–1989, 1993–2008	19 years

Clint Ritchie	Clint Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–1998, 1999, 2003, 2004	19 years

Norma Connolly	Ruby Anderson	General Hospital	1979–1998	19 years

James Pritchett	Matt Powers	The Doctors	1963–1982	19 years

Richard Shoberg	Tom Cudahy	All My Children	1977-1996, 1997, 1998, 2004-05	19 years

Tricia Cast	Nina Webster	The Young and the Restless	1986–2001, 2008, 2009–2012, 2013, 2014	18 years

Kelley Menighan Hensley	Emily Stewart	As the World Turns	1992–2010	18 years

Marilyn Chris	Wanda Webb Wolek	One Life to Live	1972–1976, 1980–1994	18 years

Schae Harrison	Darla Einstein	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2007, 2014, 2015	18 years

Mary Beth Evans	Kayla Brady Johnson	Days of Our Lives	1986–1992, 2006–2009, 2010–	18 years

Camryn Grimes	Cassie Newman Mariah Copeland	The Young and the Restless	1997–2007, 2009–2010, 2013–2014, 2014–	17 years

Arianne Zucker	Nicole Walker	Days of Our Lives	1998–2006, 2008–2017, 2018	17 years

Haila Stoddard	Pauline Harris Rysdale	The Secret Storm	1954–1971	17 years

John Ingle	Edward Quartermaine	General Hospital	1993–2004, 2006–2012	17 years

Elizabeth Keifer	Blake Marler	Guiding Light	1992–2009	17 years

Beth Ehlers	Harley Cooper	Guiding Light	1987–1993, 1997–2008	17 years

Darlene Conley	Sally Spectra	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2006	17 years

Linda Dano	Felicia Gallant	Another World	1982–1999	17 years

Michael Zaslow	Roger Thorpe	Guiding Light	1971–1980, 1989–1997	17 years

William Roerick	Bruce Banning Henry Chamberlain	Guiding Light	1972–1974, 1980–1995	17 years

Irene Dailey	Liz Matthews	Another World	1975–1986, 1987–1993, 1994	17 years

Joseph Gallison	Neil Curtis	Days of Our Lives	1974–1991	17 years

Debbi Morgan	Angie Hubbard	All My Children	1982–1990, 2008–2011, 2013	16 years

Christel Khalil	Lily Winters Ashby	The Young and the Restless	2002–2005, 2006–	16 years

Kelly Monaco	Sam McCall Alicia Montenegro	General Hospital	2003–	16 years

Tamara Tunie	Jessica Griffin	As the World Turns	1987–1995, 1999–2007, 2009	16 years

Justin Deas	Buzz Cooper	Guiding Light	1993–2009	16 years

Laura Bryan Birn	Lynne Bassett	The Young and the Restless	1988–2004	16 years

Candice Earley	Donna Beck	All My Children	1976–1992, 1995	16 years

Stephen Schnetzer	Cass Winthrop	Another World	1982–1986, 1987–1999	16 years

Don Stewart	Mike Bauer	Guiding Light	1968–1984, 1997	16 years

Michelle Stafford	Phyllis Summers Sheila Carter	The Young and the Restless	1994–1997, 2000–2013	16 years

Bryton James	Devon Hamilton	The Young and the Restless	2004–	15 years

Ingo Rademacher	Jasper Jacks	General Hospital	1996–2000, 2001–2012, 2013, 2016, 2017	15 years

Ron Hale	Mike Corbin	General Hospital	1995–2010	15 years

Peter Simon	Ed Bauer	Guiding Light	1981–1984, 1986–1996, 2002–2004, 2009	15 years

Grant Aleksander	Phillip Spaulding	Guiding Light	1982–1984, 1986–1991, 1996–2004, 2009	15 years

Ron Raines	Alan Spaulding	Guiding Light	1994–2009	15 years

James DePaiva	Max Holden	One Life to Live	1987–1990, 1991–2003, 2007	15 years

John Castellanos	John Silva	The Young and the Restless	1989–2004	15 years

Al Freeman Jr.	Ed Hall	One Life to Live	1972–1987, 1988, 2000	15 years

Edward Mallory	Bill Horton	Days of Our Lives	1966–1980, 1991, 1992–1993	15 years

Douglass Watson	Mac Cory	Another World	1974–1989	15 years

Kay Campbell	Kate Martin	All My Children	1970–1985	15 years

Millette Alexander	Sara McIntyre	Guiding Light	1968–1983	15 years

Beverly Penberthy	Pat Matthews	Another World	1967–1982, 1989	15 years

David O'Brien	Steve Aldrich	The Doctors	1967–1982	15 years

Stefan Schnabel	Stephen Jackson	Guiding Light	1966–1981	15 years

Michael M. Ryan	John Randolph	Another World	1964–1979	15 years

Walter Greaza	Winston Grimsley	The Edge of Night	1956–1971	15 years

Marjorie Gateson	Grace Tyrell	The Secret Storm	1954–1969	15 years

Finola Hughes	Anna Devane Liesl Obrecht Alex Devane	General Hospital	1985–1992, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012–	14 years

Wally Kurth	Justin Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1987–1991, 2009–	14 years

Laura Wright	Carly Corinthos	General Hospital	2005–	14 years

Amelia Heinle	Victoria Newman	The Young and the Restless	2005–	14 years

Thaao Penghlis	Tony DiMera André DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1981–1985, 1993–1995, 2002–2005, 2007–2009, 2015–2018	14 years

Beth Chamberlin	Beth Raines	Guiding Light	1989–1991, 1997–2009	14 years

Greg Rikaart	Kevin Fisher	The Young and the Restless	2003–2017	14 years

Tyler Christopher	Nikolas Cassadine Connor Bishop	General Hospital	1996–1999, 2003–2011, 2013–2016	14 years

Beau Kazer	Brock Reynolds	The Young and the Restless	1974–1980, 1984–1986, 1990–1992, 1999–2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014	14 years

Cady McClain	Dixie Cooney	All My Children	1988–1996, 1998–2002, 2005–2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013	14 years

Christie Clark	Carrie Brady Reed	Days of Our Lives	1986–1991, 1992–1999, 2005–2006, 2010, 2011–2012, 2017, 2018	14 years

Maura West	Carly Snyder	As the World Turns	1995–1996, 1997–2010	14 years

Helen Gallagher	Maeve Ryan	Ryan's Hope	1975–1989	14 years

Patricia Mauceri	Carlotta Vega	One Life to Live	1995–2009	14 years

Barbara Tarbuck	Jane Jacks	General Hospital	1996–2010	14 years

Jay Hammer	Fletcher Reade	Guiding Light	1984–1998, 1999, 2009	14 years

Timothy D. Stickney	R. J. Gannon	One Life to Live	1994–2008	14 years

Bobbie Eakes	Macy Alexander	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2003	14 years

Ellen Holly	Carla Gray	One Life to Live	1968–1980, 1983–1985	14 years

Jed Allan	Don Craig	Days of Our Lives	1971–1985	14 years

Kristen Alderson	Starr Manning	One Life to Live	1998–2012	14 years

Lydia Bruce	Maggie Powers	The Doctors	1968–1982	14 years

Carl Lowe	Dr. Bob Rogers	Search for Tomorrow	1965–1979	14 years

Elizabeth Hubbard	Althea Davis	The Doctors	1964–1969, 1970–1978, 1981–1982	14 years

Terry O'Sullivan	Arthur Tate	Search for Tomorrow	1952–1955, 1956-1966	14 years

Nadia Bjorlin	Chloe Lane	Days of Our Lives	1999–2005, 2007–2011, 2013, 2015, 2016–	13 years

Kirsten Storms	Maxie Jones West	General Hospital	2005–2011, 2012–	13 years

Alley Mills	Pamela Douglas	The Bold and the Beautiful	2006–	13 years

Tristan Rogers	Robert Scorpio	General Hospital	1980–1992, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014, 2016, 2018, 2019	13 years

Michael Park	Jack Snyder	As the World Turns	1997–2010	13 years

Victoria Rowell	Drucilla Winters	The Young and the Restless	1990–1998, 2000, 2002–2007	13 years

Rosemary Prinz	Penny Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1968, 1985, 1986–1987, 1993, 1998, 2000	13 years

Scott DeFreitas	Andy Dixon	As the World Turns	1985–1995, 1997–2000	13 years

Anna Stuart	Donna Hudson	Another World	1983–1986, 1989–1999	13 years

Michael Evans	Douglas Austin	The Young and the Restless	1980–1985, 1987–1995	13 years

David Lewis	Edward Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–1989, 1991–1993	13 years

Forrest Compton	Mike Karr	The Edge of Night	1971–1984	13 years

Billie Lou Watt	Ellie Harper Bergman	Search for Tomorrow	1968–1981	13 years

Lucille Wall	Lucille Weeks	General Hospital	1963–1976, 1982	13 years

Erin Torpey	Jessica Buchanan	One Life to Live	1990–2003	13 years

Larry Gates	H.B. Lewis	Guiding Light	1983–1996	13 years

Hugh Marlowe	Jim Matthews	Another World	1969–1982	13 years

Judith Chapman	Jill Foster Abbott Gloria Abbott Bardwell	The Young and the Restless	1994, 2005–2014, 2016–	12 years

Daniel Goddard	Cane Ashby	The Young and the Restless	2007–	12 years

Heather Tom	Katie Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	2007–	12 years

Thad Luckinbill	J. T. Hellstrom	The Young and the Restless	1999–2010, 2017–2018	12 years

Vincent Irizarry	David Hayward	All My Children	1997–2006, 2008–2011, 2013	12 years

Richard Fancy	Bennie Abrahms Bernie Abrahms	General Hospital	1997–2003, 2006–2012	12 years

Lauren-Marie Taylor	Stacey Donovan Forbes	Loving	1983–1995	12 years

Terri Conn	Katie Snyder	As the World Turns	1998–2010	12 years

Julianna McCarthy	Liz Foster	The Young and the Restless	1973–1982, 1984–1986, 1993, 2003–2004, 2008, 2010	12 years

Marj Dusay	Alexandra Spaulding	Guiding Light	1993–1997, 1998–1999, 2002–2009	12 years

Sharon Wyatt	Tiffany Donely	General Hospital	1981–1984, 1986–1995, 2008	12 years

Tanya Boyd	Celeste Perrault	Days of Our Lives	1994–2001, 2002–2007	12 years

Stephen Kay	Reginald Jennings	General Hospital	1992–2004	12 years

David Fumero	Cristian Vega	One Life to Live	1998-2003, 2004-2005, 2005-2011	12 years

Heather Tom	Victoria Newman	The Young and the Restless	1991–2003	12 years

Tom Eplin	Jake McKinnon	Another World	1985–1986, 1988–1999	12 years

Kelly Ripa	Hayley Vaughan	All My Children	1990–2002, 2010	12 years

Cameron Mathison	Ryan Lavery	All My Children	1998–2002, 2003–2011	12 years

Richard Van Vleet	Chuck Tyler	All My Children	1975–1984, 1989–1992, 1995	12 years

Elizabeth Lawrence	Myra Murdoch Sloane	All My Children	1979–1991	12 years

Frank Maxwell	Dan Rooney	General Hospital	1978–1990	12 years

Jacqueline Courtney	Alice Matthews	Another World	1964–1975, 1984–1985, 1989	12 years

Lois Kibbee	Geraldine Weldon	The Edge of Night	1970–1971, 1973–1984	12 years

Mart Hulswit	Ed Bauer	Guiding Light	1969–1981	12 years

Teri Keane	Martha Marceau	The Edge of Night	1963–1975	12 years

Matthew Ashford	Jack Deveraux	Days of Our Lives	1987–1993, 2001–2003, 2004–2006, 2007, 2011–2012, 2016, 2017, 2018-	11 years

Jon Lindstrom	Ryan Chamberlain Kevin Collins	General Hospital	1992–1997, 2004, 2013–	11 years

Bradford Anderson	Damian Spinelli	General Hospital	2006–2013, 2014, 2015—	11 years

Lisa LoCicero	Olivia Falconeri	General Hospital	2008–	11 years

Galen Gering	Rafe Hernandez	Days of Our Lives	2008–	11 years

Eric Martsolf	Brady Black	Days of Our Lives	2008–	11 years

Stephen Nichols	Steve Johnson	Days of Our Lives	1985–1990, 2006–2009, 2015–2018	11 years

Louise Sorel	Vivian Alamain	Days of Our Lives	1992–2000, 2009–2011, 2017–2018	11 years

Jason Thompson	Patrick Drake	General Hospital	2005–2016	11 years

Eddie Alderson	Matthew Buchanan	One Life to Live	2001–2012	11 years

Melissa Archer	Natalie Buchanan	One Life to Live	2001–2012, 2013	11 years

Trent Dawson	Henry Coleman	As the World Turns	1999–2010	11 years

William Wintersole	Mitchell Sherman	The Young and the Restless	1986–1996, 1998, 2003, 2008–2009, 2011	11 years

Kamar de los Reyes	Antonio Vega	One Life to Live	1995–1997, 1998, 2000–2009	11 years

Barbara Crampton	Leanna Love	The Young and the Restless	1987–1993, 1998–2002, 2006–2007	11 years

Nathan Purdee	Hank Gannon	One Life to Live	1992–2003, 2009	11 years

James Kiberd	Trevor Dillon	All My Children	1989–2000	11 years

Barbara Berjer	Barbara Norris Thorpe	Guiding Light	1971–1981, 1989, 1995–1996	11 years

Barbara Berjer	Bridget Connell	Another World	1985–1996, 1997, 1998	11 years

John Reilly	Sean Donely	General Hospital	1984–1995, 2008, 2013	11 years

Nada Rowand	Kate Rescott Slavinsky	Loving	1984–1995	11 years

Ken Meeker	Rafe Garretson	One Life to Live	1980–1991	11 years

Brenda Dickson	Jill Foster Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1973–1980, 1983–1987	11 years

Gail Brown	Clarice Hobson	Another World	1975–1986, 1989, 1993	11 years

Millee Taggart	Janet Bergman Collins	Search for Tomorrow	1971–1982	11 years

Virginia Dwyer	Mary Matthews	Another World	1964–1975	11 years

George Petrie	Peter Quinn	The Edge of Night	1963–1974	11 years

Nat Polen	Douglas Cassen	As the World Turns	1956–1967	11 years

Jennifer Gareis	Donna Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	2006-2015, 2016, 2017, 2018-	10 years

Don Diamont	Bill Spencer Jr.	The Bold and the Beautiful	2009–	10 years

Aaron D. Spears	Justin Barber	The Bold and the Beautiful	2009–	10 years

Adrienne Frantz	Amber Moore April Knight	The Bold and the Beautiful	1997–2005, 2010–2012	10 years

Crystal Chappell	Olivia Spencer	Guiding Light	1999–2009	10 years

Orlagh Cassidy	Doris Wolfe	Guiding Light	1999–2009	10 years

Catherine Hickland	Lindsay Rappaport	One Life to Live	1998–2008, 2009, 2012	10 years

Scott Reeves	Ryan McNeil	The Young and the Restless	1991–2001	10 years

Matt Crane	Matt Cory	Another World	1988–1997, 1998–1999	10 years

Patrick Tovatt	Cal Stricklyn	As the World Turns	1988–1998	10 years

Tom Wiggin	Kirk Anderson	As the World Turns	1988–1998	10 years

David Forsyth	John Hudson	Another World	1987–1997	10 years

Lillian Hayman	Sadie Gray	One Life to Live	1968–1970, 1973, 1978–1986	10 years

Maree Cheatham	Stephanie Wilkins	Search for Tomorrow	1974–1984	10 years

John Lupton	Tommy Horton	Days of Our Lives	1967–1972, 1975–1980	10 years

Craig Huebring	Phil Brewer Peter Taylor	General Hospital	1967, 1969–1979	10 years

Donald May	Adam Drake	The Edge of Night	1967–1977	10 years

Ann Williams	Eunice Gardner Wyatt	Search for Tomorrow	1966–1976	10 years

Fran Sharon	Cookie Pollock	The Edge of Night	1962–1964, 1964–1972	10 years

Lynn Loring	Patti Barron	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1961	10 years

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Nancy Hughes was the longest-running character portrayed by Wagner until 2010.

final_sentence: Nancy Hughes was the longest-running character portrayed by Wagner until 2010.