List of longest-serving soap opera actors

Soap operas, a serialised drama produced for radio, television and internet streaming, are specifically and uniquely known for their ensemble casts and long-running characters. Many of these characters have stayed in their respective series for decades, often played by the same actor.^[1] The following is a list of the longest-serving actors from soap operas all over the world. It details those actors with ten or more years spent on one soap opera, despite itinerant breaks and in some cases with the actor portraying multiple roles.

As of 2021, William Roache holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving actor in a television soap opera, having played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street since 1960.^[2]^[3] Patricia Greene holds a similar record as the longest-serving actor in a radio soap opera, having joined the cast of The Archers as character Jill Archer in 1957.^[4]

Current longest-serving soap opera actors worldwide

Country	Rank	Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
UK	1	Patricia Greene	Jill Archer	The Archers	1957–	67 years
UK	2	June Spencer	Peggy Woolley Rita Flynn	The Archers	1950–1954, 1961–	67 years
UK	3	Lesley Saweard	Christine Barford	The Archers	1953–1962, 1968–2019, 2021–	64 years
UK	=	William Roache	Ken Barlow	Coronation Street	1960–2013, 2014—	63 years
UK	5	Angela Piper	Jennifer Aldridge	The Archers	1963–	61 years
UK	6	Judy Bennett	Shula Hebden Lloyd	The Archers	1971—	53 years
UK	7	Barbara Knox	Rita Tanner	Coronation Street	1964, 1972–	52 years
UK	8	Brian Hewlett	Neil Carter	The Archers	1973—	51 years
UK	9	Helen Worth	Gail Rodwell	Coronation Street	1974—	50 years
USA	10	Suzanne Rogers	Maggie Horton	Days of Our Lives	1973–1984, 1985–2003, 2004–	49 years
UK	11	Charles Collingwood	Brian Aldridge	The Archers	1975—	49 years
UK	12	Patricia Gallimore	Pat Archer	The Archers	1974–2019, 2021—	48 years
USA	13	Susan Seaforth Hayes	Julie Olson Williams	Days of Our Lives	1968–1984, 1990–1996, 1999–	47 years
USA	=	Leslie Charleson	Monica Quartermaine Mary Butler	General Hospital	1977–	47 years
USA	15	Doug Davidson	Paul Williams	The Young and the Restless	1978–2018, 2019—	45 years
USA	=	Melody Thomas Scott	Nikki Newman	The Young and the Restless	1979–	45 years
UK	=	Trevor Harrison	Eddie Grundy	The Archers	1979–	45 years
USA	18	Jacklyn Zeman	Bobbie Spencer	General Hospital	1977–2010, 2013–	44 years
USA	=	Eric Braeden	Victor Newman	The Young and the Restless	1980–	44 years
USA	20	Bill Hayes	Doug Williams Byron Carmichael	Days of Our Lives	1970–1984, 1986–1987, 1993–1996, 1999–	43 years
USA	21	Deidre Hall	Marlena Evans Black Samantha Evans Hattie Adams	Days of Our Lives	1976–1987, 1991–2009, 2011–	42 years
USA	=	Kate Linder	Esther Valentine	The Young and the Restless	1982–	42 years
UK	=	Timothy Bentinck	David Archer	The Archers	1982–	42 years
USA	24	James Reynolds	Abe Carver	Days of Our Lives	1981–1990, 1991–2003, 2004–	41 years
UK	=	Charlotte Martin	Susan Carter	The Archers	1983–	41 years
UK	26	Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street	1979, 1980–1981, 1982, 1984, 1985–	40 years
UK	=	Michael Le Vell	Kevin Webster	Coronation Street	1983–2013, 2014–	40 years
UK	=	Alison Dowling	Elizabeth Pargetter	The Archers	1984–	40 years
USA	29	John Aniston	Eric Richards Victor Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1969–1970, 1985–1997, 1999–	38 years
UK	=	Sally Dynevor	Sally Metcalfe	Coronation Street	1986–	38 years
UK	=	Chris Chittell	Eric Pollard	Emmerdale	1986–	38 years
UK	=	Carole Boyd	Lynda Snell	The Archers	1986–	38 years
UK	=	Graham Blockey	Robert Snell	The Archers	1986–	38 years
USA	34	Lauralee Bell	Christine Blair Williams	The Young and the Restless	1983–2006, 2010–	37 years
UK	=	Derek Thompson	Charlie Fairhead	Casualty	1986–2004, 2005–	37 years
UK	=	Felicity Finch	Ruth Archer	The Archers	1987–	37 years
USA	=	Katherine Kelly Lang	Brooke Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–	37 years
USA	=	John McCook	Eric Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–	37 years
USA	=	Jess Walton	Jill Fenmore Atkinson	The Young and the Restless	1987–	37 years
USA	40	Josh Taylor	Chris Kositchek Roman Brady	Days of Our Lives	1977–1981, 1982–1987, 1997–	36 years
Australia	=	Ray Meagher	Alf Stewart	Home and Away	1988–	36 years

Longest serving soap opera actors by country

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Former Current

Australia

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Ray Meagher	Alf Stewart	Home and Away	1988–	36 years	^[5]
Lynne McGranger	Irene Roberts	Home and Away	1993–	31 years	^[6]
Alan Fletcher	Karl Kennedy	Neighbours	1994–	30 years	^[7]
Jackie Woodburne	Susan Kennedy	Neighbours	1994–	30 years	^[8]
Ryan Moloney	Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi	Neighbours	1995–	29 years	^[9]
Stefan Dennis	Paul Robinson	Neighbours	1985–1992, 1993, 2004–	27 years	^[10]
Tom Oliver	Lou Carpenter	Neighbours	1988, 1992–2016	24 years	^[11]
Ada Nicodemou	Leah Patterson	Home and Away	2000–	24 years	^[12]
Kate Ritchie	Sally Fletcher	Home and Away	1988–2008, 2013	20 years	^[13]
Emily Symons	Marilyn Chambers	Home and Away	1989–1992, 1995–1999, 2001, 2010–	21 years	^[1]
Ian Smith	Harold Bishop	Neighbours	1987–1991, 1996–2009, 2011, 2015	17 years	^[14]
Norman Coburn	Donald Fisher	Home and Away	1988–2003, 2004, 2005, 2007	15 years	^[15]
Carla Bonner	Stephanie Scully	Neighbours	1999–2010, 2013, 2015–2018	14 years	^[16]
Kym Valentine	Libby Kennedy	Neighbours	1994–2004, 2005, 2007–2011, 2014	14 years	^[17]
Lyn Collingwood	Colleen Smart	Home and Away	1988, 1989, 1997, 1999–2013	14 years	^[18]
Shane Withington	John Palmer	Home and Away	2009—	15 years	^[19]
Judy Nunn	Ailsa Stewart	Home and Away	1988–2000, 2002, 2003	12 years	^[20]
Anne Haddy	Helen Daniels	Neighbours	1985–1997	12 years	^[21]
Georgie Parker	Roo Stewart	Home and Away	2010—	14 years	^[22]
Anne Charleston	Madge Bishop	Neighbours	1986–1992, 1996–2001, 2015	11 years	^[23]
Judith McGrath	Von Ryan	All Saints	1998–2009	11 years	^[24]
Chris Milligan	Kyle Canning	Neighbours	2008–2016, 2019—	13 years	^[25]
Eve Morey	Sonya Rebecchi	Neighbours	2009–2019, 2020	10 years	^[26]

Belgium

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Jef De Smedt	Jan Van Den Bossche	Familie	1991–	33 years
Annie Geeraerts	Anna Dierckx	Familie	1991–	33 years
Ray Verhaeghe	Albert Thielens	Familie	1993–	32 years
Pol Goossen	Frank Bomans	Thuis	1995–	29 years
Annick Segal	Rosa Verbeeck	Thuis	1995–	29 years
Marleen Merckx	Simonne Bomans-Backx	Thuis	1995–	29 years
Leah Thys	Marianne Bastiaens	Thuis	1995–	29 years
Jacky Lafon	Rita Van Den Bossche	Familie	1991–2015	24 years
Monica Van Lierde	Ann De Decker	Thuis	1995–1998, 2001–	26 years
Silvia Claes	Trudy Tack De Rixart De Waremme	Familie	1998–	26 years
Gunther Levi	Peter Van Den Bossche	Familie	1999–	25 years
Mark Willems	Luc Bomans	Thuis	1996–2018	22 years
Martine Jonckheere	Marie-Rose De Putter	Familie	1991–1996, 1998, 2005—	24 years
Janine Bisschops	Jenny Verbeeck	Thuis	1995–2016	21 years
Hilde Van Wesepoel	Linda Desmet	Familie	2001–	23 years
Bart Van Avermaet	Waldek Kozinsky	Thuis	2001–	23 years
Chris Van Tongelen	Bart Van den Bossche	Familie	2001–2015, 2016–	22 years
Caroline Maes	Mieke Van Den Bossche	Familie	2002–	22 years
Vanya Wellens	Femke De Grote	Thuis	2002–2013, 2014—	21 years
Ann Pira	Nancy De Grote	Thuis	2003–	21 years
Daan Hugaert	Eddy Van Noteghem	Thuis	2003–2010, 2011—	20 years
Sarah-Lynn Clerckx	Louise Van den Bossche	Familie	2006–	18 years
Marc Coessens	Frank Opdebeeck	Wittekerke	1993–2008	15 years
Greet Rouffaer	Nellie De Donder	Wittekerke	1993–2008	15 years
Arnold Willems	Georges Coppens	Wittekerke	1993–2008	15 years
Guido Horckmans	Walter Dierickx	Familie	1991–2006	15 years
Geert Hunaerts	Peter Vlerick	Thuis	2007–	17 years
Chris Boni	Yvette De Schrijver	Thuis	2001–2005, 2006–2016	14 years
Anne Somers	Veronique Van den Bossche	Familie	1991–1994, 2001–2012	14 years
Peter Bulckaen	Max Moelands	Wittekerke	1994–2008	14 years
Peter Bulckaen	Mathias Moelaert	Familie	2008–	16 years
Walter Moeremans	Leo Vertonghen	Thuis	2008–	16 years
Sally-Jane Van Horenbeeck	Peggy Verbeeck	Thuis	1995–2000, 2002, 2006, 2008–2016	13 years
Vicky Versavel	Brenda Vermeir	Familie	1997–2002, 2003–2011	13 years
Steph Goossens	Cois Pelkmans	Thuis	1997–2010	13 years
Jeroen Lenaerts	Tim Cremers	Thuis	2008–2009, 2010—	15 years
Jo Hens	Niko Schuurmans	Familie	2009—	15 years
Wim Stevens	Tom De Decker	Thuis	2009—	15 years
Erik Goris	Rob Gerrits	Familie	1999–2011	12 years
Noureddine Farihi	Mo Fawzi	Thuis	1999–2011	12 years
Kristine Perpête	Els D'Hollander	Familie	1998–2010	12 years
Chris Deleu	Marthe Vermeir	Familie	1997–2008, 2011	11 years
Jens Gruyaert	Jelle Van den Bossche	Familie	2006–2017	11 years
Alex Van Haecke	Peter Olivier	Wittekerke	1997–2008	11 years
Barbara Bracke	Elke Baertsoen	Familie	1997–2008	11 years
Riet van Gool	Monique Maeterlinck	Familie	1991–2002	11 years
Hilde Gijsbrechts	Elke Bran	Wittekerke	1998–2008	10 years
Ron Cornet	Jean-Paul Derdeyn	Wittekerke	1998–2008	10 years
Dirk Meynendonckx	René D'Hollander	Familie	1997–2007	10 years
Peter Van Asbroeck	Werner van Sevenant	Thuis	1997–2007	10 years
Nathalie Wijnants	Eva Verbist	Thuis	1997–2007	10 years
Marijke Hofkens	Leontien Vercammen-Bomans	Thuis	1997–2007	10 years
Patsy Van der Meeren	Marie van Goethem	Thuis	1997–2007	10 years
Peter Van Assbrouck	Werner van Sevenant	Thuis	1997–2007	10 years

Canada

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Chantal Fontaine	Virginie Boivin	Virginie	1996–2008, 2010	12 years
Monique Chabot	Cécile Boivin	Virginie	1996–2008, 2010	12 years
Joëlle Morin	Cathy Laurendeau	Virginie	1998–2010	12 years
Julie Vincent	Dominique Latrelle	Virginie	1996–2007, 2010	11 years
Jacques L’Heureux	Julien Constantin	Virginie	1996–2007	11 years
Pascale Desrochers	Louise Pouliot	Virginie	2000–2010	10 years
Katerine Mousseau	Mireille Langlois	Virginie	1996–2006, 2010	10 years
Claude Blanchard	Pierre Boivin	Virginie	1996–2006	10 years
Michel Daigle	Édouard Lirette	Virginie	1996–2006	10 years

Czech Republic

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Václav Svoboda	Lumír Nykl	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Rudolf Hrušínský	Vlastimil Pešek	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Ilona Svobodová	Jitka Farská	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Daniel Brown	Henry Rettig	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Ljuba Krbová	Anna Málková- Lišková	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Martin Hofmann	Jaroslav Hejl	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Jaroslava Obermaierová	Vilma Nyklová	Ulice	2005–	19 years
Petr Rychlý	Čestmír Mázl	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2005–	19 years
Ivana Jirešová	Lucie Vágnerová	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2005–	19 years
Ladislav Ondrej	Jakub Mázl	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2005–	19 years
Zlata Adamovská	Běla Páleníková-Valšíková	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2006–	18 years
Tereza Bebarová	Světlana Lisečko-Nyklová	Ulice	2005–2020	15 years
Zdena Hadrbolcová	Růžena Habartová	Ulice	2005–2006, 2008—	17 years
Radim Fiala	Petr Hanák	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2007–	17 years
Vlastimil Zavřel	Jindřich Valšík	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2007–	17 years
Jakub Štáfek	Matěj Jordán	Ulice	2005–2019	14 years
Petr Vacek	Tomáš Jordán	Ulice	2005–2019	14 years
Dana Morávková	Zdena Suchá	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2008–	16 years
Petr Štěpánek	Eduard Valšík	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2008–	16 years
Aneta Krejčíková	Gabriela Pumrová	Ulice	2005–2018	13 years
Patricie Solaříková	Tereza Jordanová	Ulice	2005–2018	13 years
Michal Novotný	Darek Vágner	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2009–	15 years
Jan Čenský	David Suchý	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2009–	15 years
Martin Zounar	Bohdan Švarc	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2010–	14 years
Barbora Štěpánová	Babeta Hessová	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2010–	14 years
Anna Fixová	Monika Farská	Ulice	2005–2016	11 years
Ondřej Pavelka	Oldřich Farský	Ulice	2005–2016	11 years
Jana Birgusová	Lída Farská- Kostková	Ulice	2005–2016	11 years
Martin Stránský	Ota Kovář	Ordinace v růžové zahradě	2009–2013, 2015–	13 years
Michaela Badinková	Lenka Drápalová-Hejlová	Ulice	2005–2015	10 years

Finland

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Esko Kovero	Ismo Laitela	Salatut elämät	1999–	25 years
Jukka Puotila	Pertti Mäkimaa	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Ville Keskilä	Teemu Luotola	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Lena Meriläinen	Eeva Virtanen	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Anitta Niemi	Karin Luotola	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Misa Nirhamo	Janne Mäkimaa	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Tiina Rinne	Maija Mäkimaa	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Pirjo Moilanen	Laura Mäkimaa	Kotikatu	1995–2012	17 years
Maija-Liisa Peuhu	Ulla Taalasmaa	Salatut elämät	1999–2007, 2010, 2013–2020, 2021–	18 years
Jarmo Koski	Seppo Taalasmaa	Salatut elämät	1999–2013, 2017, 2020–2021	15 years
Aake Kalliala	Mauri Alho	Kotikatu	1998–2012	14 years
Petteri Jamalainen	Hessu Pennanen	Kotikatu	1996–2009	13 years
Timo Jurkka	Lasse Sievinen	Salatut elämät	2004–2012, 2013–2015, 2019–	15 years
Anu Palevaara	Jenni Vainio	Salatut elämät	1999–2001, 2002–2011, 2012–2013	12 years
Pete Lattu	Kalle Laitela	Salatut elämät	1999–2001, 2002, 2012–	14 years
Tommi Taurula	Kari Taalasmaa	Salatut elämät	1999, 2001–2004, 2005, 2007–2010, 2014, 2015–2018, 2019–	14 years
Risto Autio	Hannes Luotola	Kotikatu	1995–2006, 2007, 2012	11 years
Sulevi Peltola	Onni Partanen	Kotikatu	1999–2009, 2011–2012	11 years
Eeva Litmanen	Anja Partanen	Kotikatu	1999–2010	11 years
Sami Uotila	Aki Nikkinen	Salatut elämät	1999–2002, 2014—	13 years
Mikko Parikka	Jiri Viitamäki	Salatut elämät	2010–2020	10 years
Johanna Nurmimaa	Paula Sievinen	Salatut elämät	2004–2012, 2013–2014, 2018–2019	10 years
Laura Malmivaara	Tuija Kangasharju	Kotikatu	2002–2012	10 years

France

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Cécilia Hornus	Blanche Marci	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Sylvie Flepp	Mirta Torres	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Serge Dupire	Vincent Chaumette	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Michel Cordes	Roland Marci	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Rebecca Hampton	Céline Frémont	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Anne Decis	Luna Torres	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Alexandre Fabre	Charles Frémont	Plus belle la vie	2004–	20 years
Laurent Kerusoré	Thomas Marci	Plus belle la vie	2005–	19 years
Fabienne Carat	Samia Nassri	Plus belle la vie	2005–2021	16 years
Élodie Varlet	Estelle Cantorel	Plus belle la vie	2006–	18 years
Thibaud Vaneck	Nathan Leserman	Plus belle la vie	2005–2012, 2014—	17 years
Stéphane Henon	Jean-Paul Boher	Plus belle la vie	2007–	17 years
Pierre Martot	Léo Castelli	Plus belle la vie	2004–2011, 2015—	16 years
Marwan Berreni	Abdel Fedala	Plus belle la vie	2009–	15 years
Léa François	Barbara Évenot	Plus belle la vie	2009–	15 years
Rachid Hafassa	Karim Fedala	Plus belle la vie	2009–	15 years
Virgil Bayle	Guillaume Leserman	Plus belle la vie	2005–2017	12 years
Anne Canovas	Anémone Vitreuil	Plus belle la vie	2009–2010, 2011—	14 years
Caroline Bourg	Elsa Bailly	Plus belle la vie	2010–	14 years
Avy Marciano	Sacha Malkavian	Plus belle la vie	2010–	14 years
Jean-Charles Chagachbanian	Franck Ruiz	Plus belle la vie	2007–2010, 2014—	13 years
Joakim Latzko	Gabriel Riva	Plus belle la vie	2011–	13 years
Ludovic Baude	Benoît Cassagne	Plus belle la vie	2008–2018	10 years
Dounia Coesens	Johanna Marci	Plus belle la vie	2004–2014, 2018, 2019	10 years
Aurélie Vaneck	Ninon Chaumette	Plus belle la vie	2004–2014, 2019	10 years
Jean-François Malet	Jean-François Leroux	Plus belle la vie	2006–2016	10 years
Ambrose Michel	Rudy Torres	Plus belle la vie	2004–2014	10 years

Germany

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Andrea Spatzek	Gabi Zenker	Lindenstraße	1985–2020	35 years
Marie-Luise Marjan	Helga Beimer	Lindenstraße	1985–2020	35 years
Moritz A. Sachs	Klaus Beimer	Lindenstraße	1985–2020	35 years
Hermes Hodolides	Vasily Sarikakis	Lindenstraße	1985–2020	35 years
Sybille Waury	Tanja Schildknecht	Lindenstraße	1985–2020	35 years
Amorn Surangkanjanajai	Gung Pham Kien	Lindenstraße	1985–2020	35 years
Ludwig Haas	Ludwig Dressler	Lindenstraße	1985–2019, 2020	34 years
Joachim Hermann Luger	Hans Beimer	Lindenstraße	1985–2018, 2020	33 years
Georg Uecker	Carsten Flöter	Lindenstraße	1986–1992, 1995–2020	31 years
Irene Fischer	Anna Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1987–2013, 2015–2020	31 years
Jo Bolling	Andy Zenker	Lindenstraße	1990–1992, 1993–2020	29 years
Sontje Peplow	Lisa Dağdelen	Lindenstraße	1991–2020	29 years
Wolfgang Bahro	Jo Gerner	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1993–	31 years
Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum	Iffi Zenker	Lindenstraße	1990–2012, 2014–2020	28 years
Julia Stark	Sarah Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1987–2003, 2004–2016, 2018	28 years
Domna Adamopoulou	Elena Sarikakis	Lindenstraße	1985–1996, 1997–2013, 2014–2015	28 years
Ursula Cantieni	Johanna Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Wolfgang Hepp	Hermann Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Peter Schell	Karl Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Horst Hildebrand	Leo Vogt	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Anne von Linstow	Monique Guiton	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Christiane Bachschmidt	Kati Schönfeldt	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Edgar M Marcus	Franz Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Roland Frey	Toni Willmann	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Hermann Ruhr	Ludwig Leiser	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Friedrich Graumann	Schorsch Huber	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Luis Lamprecht	Josef Zimmerman	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–	30 years
Adelheid Theil	Claudia Heilert	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–2006, 2007–	29 years
Lisbeth Felder	Lioba Weber	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995–	29 years
Heidi Vogel-Reinsch	Leni Riedlinger	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995–	29 years
Christoph Hagin	Dieter Weiss	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995–	29 years
Thomas Meinhardt	Heinz Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995–	29 years
Isabell Hertel	Ute Weigel	Unter uns	1995–	29 years
Knut Hinz	Hajo Scholz	Lindenstraße	1990–2016	26 years
Petra Blossey	Irene Weigel	Unter uns	1994–2019	25 years
Moritz Zielke	Momo Sperling	Lindenstraße	1992–2001, 2002–2017, 2020	24 years
Bill Mockridge	Erich Schiller	Lindenstraße	1991–2015, 2016	24 years
Thomas Rühmann	Roland Heilmann	In aller Freundschaft	1998–	26 years
Alexa Maria Surholt	Sarah Marquardt	In aller Freundschaft	1998–	26 years
Karsten Kühn	Jakob Heilmann	In aller Freundschaft	1998–	26 years
Marianne Rogée	Isolde Pavarotti	Lindenstraße	1986–2009, 2010, 2011, 2019	23 years
Andrea Kathrin Loewig	Kathrin Globisch	In aller Freundschaft	1999–	25 years
Johannes Scheit	Tom Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1989–2011, 2012, 2013, 2018	22 years
Daniel Fehlow	Leon Moreno	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1996–1998, 1999, 2001–2004, 2005–	24 years
Ben Ruedinger	Till Weigel	Unter uns	2000–	24 years
Christiane Brammer	Bea Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2000–	24 years
Sara Turchetto	Marcella Varese	Lindenstraße	1998–2001, 2002–2020	21 years
Erkan Gündüz	Murat Dağdelen	Lindenstraße	1999–2020	21 years
Ursula Karruseit	Charlotte Gauß	In aller Freundschaft	1998–2019	21 years
Claus Vinçon	Kathe Eschweiler	Lindenstraße	1995–2006, 2007–2017, 2018, 2019	21 years
Annemarie Wendl	Else Kling	Lindenstraße	1985–2006	21 years
Miloš Vuković	Paco Weigel	Unter uns	2000–2018, 2019—	23 years
Dominik Stricker	Sebastian Wenzel	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2001–	23 years
Birgit Bücker	Margarete Markhardt-Siegel	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2001–	23 years
Arzu Bazman	Arzu Ritter	In aller Freundschaft	2001–	23 years
Thomas Koch	Philipp Ernst Brentano	In aller Freundschaft	2001–	23 years
Joris Gratwohl	Alex Behrend	Lindenstraße	2000–2020	20 years
Gabriele Metzger	Charlie Schneider	Verbotene Liebe	1995–2015	20 years
Karsten Dörr	Bernhard Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–1996, 2000, 2004—	22 years
Alessio Hirschkorn	Albert Guiton	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2000, 2002–	22 years
Felix von Jascheroff	John Bachmann	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2001–2014, 2015–	22 years
Cosima Viola	Jack Aichinger	Lindenstraße	2001–2020	19 years
Dieter Bellmann	Gernot Simoni	In aller Freundschaft	1998–2017	19 years
Viktoria Brams	Inge Busch	Marienhof	1992–2011	19 years
Margret van Munster	Rosi Koch	Lindenstraße	1988–2007	19 years
Claudelle Deckert	Eva Weigel	Unter uns	2001–2006, 2007, 2008–	21 years
Ulrike Frank	Katrin Flemming	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2002–2003, 2004–	21 years
Kai Noll	Rufus Sturm	Unter uns	2003–	21 years
Anna-Sophia Claus	Lea Starck	Lindenstraße	1999–2001, 2002, 2003–2013, 2014—2020	18 years
Ole Dahl	Paul Dağdelen	Lindenstraße	2002–2020	18 years
Hendrikje Fitz	Pia Heilmann	In aller Freundschaft	1998–2016	18 years
Harry Rowohlt	Harry Rennep	Lindenstraße	1995–2013	18 years
Frank-Thomas Mende	Clemens Richter	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1992–2010, 2011	18 years
Lisa Riecken	Elisabeth Meinhart-Richter	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1992–2010, 2011	18 years
Ute Mora	Berta Griese	Lindenstraße	1985–2003	18 years
Anne Menden	Emily Badak	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2004–	20 years
Jörn Schlönvoigt	Philip Höfer	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2004–	20 years
Anna Nowak	Usch Winicki	Lindenstraße	1990–2007, 2008, 2009	17 years
Hans Christiani	A.R. Daniel	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1992–2009	17 years
Martin Rickelt	Franz Wittich	Lindenstraße	1987–2004	17 years
Lars Steinhöfel	Easy Winter	Unter uns	2005–	19 years
Janina Flieger	Sophie Kramer	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2005–	19 years
Julia Obst	Jenny Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2005–	19 years
Dirk Galuba	Werner Saalfeld	Sturm der Liebe	2005–	19 years
Sepp Schauer	Alfons Sonnbichler	Sturm der Liebe	2005–	19 years
Antje Hagen	Hildegard Sonnbichler	Sturm der Liebe	2005–	19 years
Horst D. Scheel	Hans Wilhelm Hülsch	Lindenstraße	1988–2004, 2007, 2009, 2020	16 years
Philipp Neubauer	Philipp Sperling	Lindenstraße	1993–2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012–2018, 2019, 2020	16 years
Jacqueline Svilarov	Nina Zöllig	Lindenstraße	2000–2007, 2008, 2010, 2011–2020	16 years
Gunnar Solka	Lotti Lottman	Lindenstraße	2004–2020	16 years
Dominique Kusche	Sophie Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1998–2010, 2011–2015, 2018	16 years
Jan Grünig	Mürfel Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1999–2013, 2015–2017, 2018	16 years
Stefan Bockelmann	Malte Winter	Unter uns	2001–2017	16 years
Martina Servatius	Elisabeth von Lahnstein	Verbotene Liebe	1999–2015	16 years
Gert Schaefer	Heinz August Pasulke	Schloss Einstein	1998–2014	16 years
Maren Gilzer	Yvonne Habermann	In aller Freundschaft	1998–2014	16 years
Jutta Kammann	Ingrid Rischke	In aller Freundschaft	1998–2014	16 years
Konrad Krauss	Arno Brandner	Verbotene Liebe	1995–2009, 2010–2012	16 years
Wolfgang Seidenberg	Frank Töppers	Marienhof	1995–2011	16 years
Patrick Müller	Tobias Lassner	Unter uns	2006–	18 years
Bernhard Bettermann	Martin Stein	In aller Freundschaft	2006–	18 years
Rolf Becker	Otto Stein	In aller Freundschaft	2006–	18 years
Tatjana Clasing	Simone Steinkamp	Alles was zählt	2006–	18 years
Silvan-Pierre Leirich	Richard Steinkamp	Alles was zählt	2006–	18 years
Brigitte Antonius	Johanna Jansen	Rote Rosen	2006–	18 years
Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr	Andrea Neumann	Lindenstraße	2004–2009, 2010–2020	15 years
Katharina Witza	Toni Zeker	Lindenstraße	2005–2020	15 years
Willi Herren	Olli Klatt	Lindenstraße	1992–2007, 2012, 2014, 2020	15 years
Imke Brügger	Rebecca Mattern	Unter uns	1997–2012	15 years
Holger Franke	Wolfgang Weigel	Unter uns	1994–2009	15 years
Ruth Köppler	Paula Dörflinger	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–2009	15 years
Franz Rampelmann	Olaf Kling	Lindenstraße	1993–2008	15 years
Martin Wangler	Bernd Clemens	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2007–	17 years
Bernd Lambrecht	Ulrich Zimmerman	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2007–	17 years
Lucie Muhr	Eva Schönfeldt	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2007–	17 years
Udo Schenk	Rolf Kaminski	In aller Freundschaft	2007–	17 years
Michael Trischan	Hans-Peter Brenner	In aller Freundschaft	2007–	17 years
Joachim Lätsch	André Konopka	Sturm der Liebe	2007–	17 years
Juliette Greco	Lena Bergmann	Alles was zählt	2007–	17 years
Igor Dolgatschew	Denis Öztürk	Alles was zählt	2007–	17 years
Hermann Roelcke	Gunter Flickenschild	Rote Rosen	2007–	17 years
Ursula Erber	Theresa Brunner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Heidrun Gardener	Annalena Brunner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Brigitte Walbrun	Rosemarie Kirchleitner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Bernhard Ulrich	Hubert Kirchleitner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Harry Blank	Mike Preissinger	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Tommy Schwimmer	Florian Brunner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Werner Rome	Lorenz Schattenhofer	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Horst Kummeth	Roland Bamberger	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Senta Auth	Veronika Brunner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Christine Franzel	Zenzi Zöttl	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Heinrich Stadler	Heinrich Stadler	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
Christine Reimer	Monika Vogl	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–	17 years
André Dietz	Ingo Zadek	Alles was zählt	2006–2020	14 years
Miriam Lahnstein	Tanja von Lahnstein	Verbotene Liebe	1995–1998, 2001, 2004–2015	14 years
Sven Thiemann	Charly Kolbe	Marienhof	1996, 1997–2011	14 years
Mona Seefried	Charlotte Saalfeld	Sturm der Liebe	2005–2006, 2007, 2008, 2009–	16 years
Gerry Jungbauer	Thomas Jansen	Rote Rosen	2006–2007, 2008–2018, 2019—	16 years
Hermann Giefer	Martin Kirchleitner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2008—	16 years
Olaf Creutzburg	Jürgen Winterhalter	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2008–	16 years
Maverick Quek	Tu Nguyen	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2008–	16 years
Florian Stadler	Nils Heinemann	Sturm der Liebe	2008–	16 years
Daniela Bette	Angelina Dressler	Lindenstraße	2007–2020	13 years
Christian Buse	Thorsten Fechner	Marienhof	1998–2011	13 years
Erwin Aljukic	Frederik Neuhaus	Marienhof	1998–2011	13 years
Michaela Geuer	Martina Irrgang	Marienhof	1995–2008	13 years
Susanne Gannott	Beate Flöter	Lindenstraße	1986–1998, 2001–2002	13 years
Wolfgang Grönebaum	Egon Kling	Lindenstraße	1985–1998	13 years
Maria Fuchs	Carla Saravakos	Rote Rosen	2008–2012, 2013–	15 years
Silke Popp	Ursula Kirchleitner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2008–2009, 2010–	15 years
Thomas Drechsle	Tuner Krüger	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2009—	15 years
Ana-Carolina Kleine	Celine Schneider	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2009—	15 years
Ralph Gassmann	Andreas Grubb	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2009—	15 years
Erich Altenkopf	Michael Niederbühl	Sturm der Liebe	2009—	15 years
Jörg Rohde	Ben Steinkamp	Alles was zählt	2009—	15 years
Philipp Sonntag	Ade Stadler	Lindenstraße	2008–2020	12 years
Marcus Off	Phil Seegers	Lindenstraße	1986–1987, 1994–1998, 2002–2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019	12 years
Stefan Franz	Rolf Jäger	Unter uns	2002–2013, 2014, 2015–2016	12 years
Dominic Saleh-Zaki	Andi Fritzsche	Verbotene Liebe	2001–2007, 2009–2015	12 years
Birgitta Weizenegger	Ines Krämer	Lindenstraße	1999–2011	12 years
Nicole Belstler-Boettcher	Sandra Behrens	Marienhof	1995–1997, 1999–2009, 2010	12 years
Gerd Udo Feller	Friedrich Dettmer	Marienhof	1995–2007	12 years
Liz Baffoe	Mary Sarikakis	Lindenstraße	1995–2007	12 years
Nadine Spruß	Valerie Zenker	Lindenstraße	1990–2002	12 years
Jelena Mitschke	Britta Berger	Rote Rosen	2009–2014, 2015–	14 years
Holger M Wilhelm	Gregor Brunner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2010—	14 years
Eva Mona Rodekirchen	Maren Seefeld	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2010—	14 years
Iris Mareike Steen	Lilly Seefeld	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2010—	14 years
Valea Katharina Scalabrino	Sina Hirschberger	Unter uns	2010—	14 years
Sebastian Miro	Markus Riedle	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2010—	14 years
Nikolaus König	Niki	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2010—	14 years
Clemens Löhr	Alexander Cöster	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2009–2020	11 years
Ole Dahl	Paul Dagdelen	Lindenstraße	2009–2020	11 years
Toni Snétberger	Enzo Buchstab	Lindenstraße	2006–2016, 2017–2018	11 years
Giselle Vesco	Hilde Scholz	Lindenstraße	2000–2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	11 years
Kostas Papanastasiou	Panaiotis Sarikakis	Lindenstraße	1985–1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012	11 years
Sarah Bogen	Lili Mattern	Unter uns	2001–2012	11 years
Alfonso Losa	Carlos Garcia	Marienhof	2000–2011	11 years
Simon-Paul Wagner	Marlon Berger	Marienhof	2000–2011	11 years
Antonio Putignano	Stefano Maldini	Marienhof	2000–2011	11 years
Heike Ulrich	Tanja Maldini	Marienhof	2000–2011	11 years
Hanna Köhler	Fray Dornmann	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2000–2011	11 years
Susanne Steidle	Regina Zirkowski	Marienhof	1996–2007	11 years
Michael Jäger	Matthias Kruse	Marienhof	1995–2006, 2007	11 years
Christiane Maybach	Margot Weigel	Unter uns	1994–2005	11 years
Moritz Hein	Max Zenker	Lindenstraße	1987–1998	11 years
Kaja Schmidt-Tychsen	Jenny Steinkamp	Alles was zählt	2011—	13 years
Hakim-Michael Meziani	Ben Berger	Rote Rosen	2011—	13 years
Anja Franke	Merle Vanlohen	Rote Rosen	2011—	13 years
Shayan Hartmann	Felix Brunner	Dahoam is Dahoam	2011—	13 years
Maurls Baimhäckel	Gabriele Rankl	Dahoam is Dahoam	2011—	13 years
Helga Januschkowetz	Gundi Wittman	Dahoam is Dahoam	2011—	13 years
Joachim Kretzer	Torben Lichtenhagen	Rote Rosen	2010–2020	10 years
Doreen Dietel	Beatrix Preissinger	Dahoam is Dahoam	2007–2017	10 years
Markus Pfeiffer	Matthias Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	2007–2017	10 years
Jo Weil	Olli Sabel	Verbotene Liebe	2000–2002, 2007–2015	10 years
Giovanni Arvaneh	Sülo Özgentürk	Marienhof	1994–1997, 1998, 2003–2010	10 years
Janis Rattenni	Anna Weigel	Unter uns	1994–2004	10 years
Sigo Lorfeo	Paolo Varese	Lindenstraße	1993–2003	10 years
Leonore Capell	Andrea Süsskind	Marienhof	1995–2005	10 years
Renate Köhler	Marlene Schmitt	Lindenstraße	1991–2001	10 years

Greece

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Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Christos Politis	Yagos Drakos	The Shine	1991–2005	14 years
Myrto Pispini	Marianna Theochari	Kalimera Zoe	1993–2006	13 years
Dimitris Aronis	Vassilis Leventagas	Kalimera Zoe	1993–2006	13 years
George Mataragas	Paris Velidis	Kalimera Zoe	1993–2006	13 years
Martha Koumbarou	Della Farmaki	Kalimera Zoe	1993–2006	13 years
Winter Mina	Electra Theochari Paleologos	Kalimera Zoe	1993–2005	12 years
Syros Misthos	Harris Vergitsis	Kalimera Zoe	1995–2006	11 years
Vicky Captain	Vicky Sachtouris	Kalimera Zoe	1994–2005	11 years
George Vassilios	Stathis Theocharis	Kalimera Zoe	1993–2004	11 years

Hungary

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Csaba Tihanyi-Tóth	László Novák	Barátok közt	1998–	26 years
Izabella Varga	Nóra Balogh	Barátok közt	1998–	26 years
András Várkonyi	Vilmos Kertész	Barátok közt	1998–	26 years
Károly Rékasi	Zsolt Bartha	Barátok közt	1998–2015, 2016, 2017—	24 years
Zoltán Szőke	Miklós Berényi	Barátok közt	1998–2019, 2020	21 years
Edit Ábrahám	Claudia Berényi	Barátok közt	1998–2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019—	21 years
Tibor Gazdag	Péter Pongrácz	Jóban Rosszban	2005—	19 years
Dávid Jánosi	Viktor Nemes	Jóban Rosszban	2005—	19 years
Veronika Madár	Gyöngyi Galambos	Jóban Rosszban	2005—	19 years
Edina Pásztor	Éva Hunyadiné	Jóban Rosszban	2005—	19 years
Péter Bozsó	Jenö Szlávik	Jóban Rosszban	2005—	19 years
Lajos Posta	Müller Ottó	Jóban Rosszban	2005—	19 years
Katalin Mérai	Júlia Berényi	Barátok közt	2006–	18 years
Ramóna Lékai-Kiss	Zsófia Szentmihályi	Barátok közt	2002–2017, 2018	15 years
Dániel Suhajda	Roland Fehér	Jóban Rosszban	2006–2017, 2018—	17 years
Róbert Marton	Zoltán Kardos	Jóban Rosszban	2007—	17 years
Tamás Kővári	Csaba Novák	Barátok közt	1998–2012, 2018	14 years
Péter R. Kárpáti	András Berényi	Barátok közt	1998–2012	14 years
Gyebnár Csekka	Novak Gizella	Barátok közt	2008–	16 years
Anett Bálizs	Fanni Oravecz	Jóban Rosszban	2008–	16 years
Roland Tóth	András Bodolai	Jóban Rosszban	2008–	16 years
Ottó Kinizsi	Imre Balassa	Barátok közt	1999–2012, 2013	13 years
Kristóf Németh	Géza Kertész	Barátok közt	1999–2012	13 years
Zsóka Fodor	Magdolna Kertész Vilmosné	Barátok közt	1998–2011	13 years
László Domokos	Attila Berényi	Barátok közt	2009–	15 years
Barna Timon	Szabolcs Bodolai	Jóban Rosszban	2009–	15 years
Lajos Cs. Németh	Károly Hunyadi	Jóban Rosszban	2010–	14 years
Csilia Csomor	Zsuzsa Berényi	Barátok közt	1998–2007, 2011–2013, 2015	11 years
Zoltán Kiss	István Csurgó	Barátok közt	1998–2009	11 years
Alexandra Nagy	Aliz Fekete	Barátok közt	2011–	13 years
Zsuzsa Szilágyi	Bözsi Kertész	Barátok közt	2011–	13 years

Ireland

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Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Tony Tormey	Paul Brennan	Fair City	1989–	35 years
Jim Bartley	Bela Doyle	Fair City	1990–	34 years
Tom Jordon	Charlie Kelly	Fair City	1989–2019	30 years
Martina Stanley	Dolores Molloy	Fair City	1992–	32 years
Dave Duffy	Leo Dowling	Fair City	1996–	28 years
Macdara Ó Fátharta	Tadhg Ó Díreáin	Ros na Rún	1996–	28 years
Fionnuala Ní Fhlatharta	Berni Ní Neachtain	Ros na Rún	1996–	28 years
Maire Eilis Ní Fhlaithearta	Caitríona Ní Loideáin	Ros na Rún	1996–	28 years
Josie Ó Cualáin	Micheál Seoighe	Ros na Rún	1996–	28 years
Máire Uí Dhroighneáin	Máire Uí Chonghaile	Ros na Rún	1996–	28 years
Niamh Quirke	Rachel Brennan	Fair City	1997–	27 years
Pól Ó Gríofa	Mack Ó Riain	Ros na Rún	1997–	27 years
Sarah Flood	Suzanne Halpin	Fair City	1989–2013	24 years
Maclean Burke	Damien Halpin	Fair City	1998–	26 years
Aisling O'Neill	Carol Meehan	Fair City	1999–	25 years
Ciabhán Ó Murchú	Jason O'Connor	Ros na Rún	1996–2018	22 years
Clelia Murphy	Niamh Cassidy	Fair City	1995–2017	22 years
Pat Nolan	Barry O'Hanlon	Fair City	1989–2011	22 years	^[27]
Sorcha Furlong	Orla Kirwan	Fair City	2000–	24 years
Paul McCloskey	Vince De Búrca	Ros na Rún	2000–	24 years
Micheál Ó hAinín	Labhrás Mac Raghnall	Ros na Rún	2000–	24 years
Seamus Power	Dermot Fahey	Fair City	1996–2017	21 years
Mick Nolan	Ray O'Connell	Fair City	2001–	23 years
Tommy O'Neill	John Deegan	Fair City	2001–	23 years
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain	Peadar Ó Conghaile	Ros na Rún	1996–2016	20 years
Mary McNamara	Bernie Kelly	Fair City	1989–2009	20 years
Joan Brosnan Walsh	Mags Kelly	Fair City	1989–2009	20 years
Niall Mac Eachmharcaigh	John Joe Daly	Ros na Rún	2002–	22 years
Maire Breathnach	Mo Gilmartin	Ros na Rún	2002–	22 years
Diarmuid Mac An Adhastair	Séamus O`Catháin	Ros na Rún	1996–2015	19 years
Bairbre Hergett	Sarah Uí Fhlaithearta	Ros na Rún	1996–2015	19 years
Tom Sailí Ó Flaithearta	Cóilín Ó Catháin	Ros na Rún	1996–2015	19 years
Ciara O'Callaghan	Yvonne Gleeson	Fair City	1991–2004, 2008–2014	19 years
Jean Costello	Rita Doyle	Fair City	1989–2008, 2010	19 years
Sheila McWade	Kay Costello	Fair City	1989–2008	19 years
Victor Burke	Wayne Molloy	Fair City	1992–1998, 2009—	21 years
Una Crawford O'Brien	Renee Phelan	Fair City	1998–2009, 2012, 2014–	21 years
Mick Lally	Miley Byrne	Glenroe	1983–2001	18 years
Geraldine Plunkett	Mary McDermott Moran	Glenroe	1983–2001	18 years
Emmet Bergin	Dick Moran	Glenroe	1983–2001	18 years
Robert Carrickford	Stephen Brennan	Glenroe	1983–2001	18 years
Marie Kean	Mrs Kennedy	The Kennedys of Castleross	1955–1973	18 years
Seán Mistéil	David Ó Laoire	Ros na Rún	2004–	20 years
David Mitchell	Jimmy Doyle	Fair City	1991–2008	17 years
Joe Lynch	Dinny Byrne	Glenroe	1983–2000	17 years
Mary McEvoy	Biddy McDermott Byrne	Glenroe	1983–2000	17 years
Bryan Murray	Bob Charles	Fair City	2005–	19 years
Tom Hopkins	Christy Phelan	Fair City	1998–2014	16 years
Maureen Toal	Teasy Byrne	Glenroe	1985–2001	16 years
Alan Stanford	George Manning	Glenroe	1985–2001	16 years
Isobel Mahon	Michelle	Glenroe	1985–2001	16 years
Joe Hanley	Hughie Phelan	Fair City	1989–1997, 2008, 2014—	18 years
Claudia Carroll	Nicola Prendergast	Fair City	1990–2005, 2008	15 years
Paul Raynor	Harry Molloy	Fair City	1990–2005	15 years
David O'Sullivan	Decco Bishop	Fair City	2007–	17 years
Wesley Doyle	Doug Ferguson	Fair City	2007–	17 years
Rachel Sarah Murray	Jo Fahey	Fair City	2000–2011, 2012–2015	14 years
Maidhc P. Ó Conaola	Malachi Keane	Ros na Rún	2000–2009, 2017–	16 years
Bríd Ní Chumhaill	Imelda Uí Shea	Ros na Rún	2008–	16 years
Ann Maire Horan	Frances Uí Dhíreáin	Ros na Rún	2007–2020	13 years
Gerard Byrne	Malachy Costello	Fair City	1996–2009	13 years
Joan O'Hara	Eunice Dunstan	Fair City	1994–2007	13 years
Pat Leavy	Hannah Finnegan	Fair City	1990–2003	13 years
George McMahon	Mondo O’Connell	Fair City	2002–2005, 2008–2009, 2013—	15 years
Enda Oates	Pete Ferguson	Fair City	2009—	15 years
Eamon Morissey	Cass Cassidy	Fair City	2009—	15 years
Doireann Ní Fhoighil	Áine Ní Dhíreáin	Ros na Rún	2009–	15 years
Brídín Nic Dhonncha	Gráinne Ní Bhraonáin	Ros na Rún	2007–2019	12 years
Rebecca Smith	Annette Daly	Fair City	1997–2009	12 years
Seamus Moran	Mike Gleeson	Fair City	1996–2008	12 years
Mairéad Ní Ghallchóir	Angela Nic Fhlaifeartaigh	Ros na Rún	1996–2006, 2020–	14 years
Kacey Wallace	Ruth Brennan	Fair City	2010—	14 years
Geoff Minogue	Tommy Dillon	Fair City	2010—	14 years
Linda Bhreathnach	Róise De Búrca	Ros na Rún	2000–2004, 2006–2013	11 years
Grace Barry	Mary-Ann Byrne	Glenroe	1990–2001	11 years
Ryan Keogh	Jack Gleeson	Fair City	2011—	13 years
Colm Ó Fatharta	Evan Ó Conghaile	Ros na Rún	2011–	13 years
Ciara Cox	Maeve Ní Loideáin	Ros na Rún	2011–	13 years
Róisín Ní Chúaláin	Lee Ní Neachtain	Ros na Rún	2005–2015	10 years
Gemma Doorly	Sarah O'Leary	Fair City	2001–2011	10 years

Italy

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Patrizio Rispo	Raffaele Giordano	Un posto al sole	1996–	28 years
Luisa Amatucci	Silvia Graziani	Un posto al sole	1996–	28 years
Alberto Rossi	Michele Saviani	Un posto al sole	1996–	28 years
Germano Bellavia	Guido Del Bue	Un posto al sole	1996–	28 years
Marzio Honorato	Renato Poggi	Un posto al sole	1996–	28 years
Peppe Zarbo	Franco Boschi	Un posto al sole	1998–	26 years
Marina Tagliaferri	Giulia Poggi	Un posto al sole	1996–2008, 2011–	25 years
Luca Turco	Niko Poggi	Un posto al sole	1999–	25 years
Claudia Ruffo	Angela Poggi	Un posto al sole	1996–2005, 2006–2007, 2010–	24 years
Marina Giulia Cavalli	Ornella Bruni	Un posto al sole	2001–	23 years
Riccardo Polizzy Carbonelli	Roberto Ferri	Un posto al sole	2001–	23 years
Carmen Scivittaro	Teresa Diacono	Un posto al sole	1998–2018	20 years
Ilenia Lazzarin	Viola Bruni	Un posto al sole	2001–2020	19 years
Lucio Allocca	Otello Testa	Un posto al sole	2002–2020	18 years
Nina Soldano	Marina Giordano	Un posto al sole	2003–	21 years
Michelangelo Tommaso	Filippo Sartori	Un posto al sole	2002–2007, 2008–2009, 2010–	20 years
Davide Devenuto	Andrea Pergolesi	Un posto al sole	2003–2020	17 years
Amato Alessandro D'Auria	Vittorio Del Bue	Un posto al sole	2006–	18 years
Elisabetta Coraini	Laura Beccaria	CentoVetrine	2001–2016	15 years
Sergio Troiano	Valerio Bettini	CentoVetrine	2001–2016	15 years
Maurizio Aiello	Alberto Palladini	Un posto al sole	1996–2002, 2011-2014, 2016–2017, 2018–	16 years
Francesco Vitiello	Diego Giordano	Un posto al sole	1996–2002, 2006-2009, 2017–	16 years
Pietro Genuardi	Ivan Bettini	CentoVetrine	2001–2014	13 years
Giorgia Gianetiempo	Rossella Graziani	Un posto al sole	2010–	14 years
Samanta Piccinetti	Arianna Landi	Un posto al sole	2009–2020	11 years
Clotilde Sabatino	Giovanna Landolfi	Un posto al sole	2005–2009, 2014–	14 years
Roberto Alpi	Ettore Ferri	CentoVetrine	2001–2004, 2008–2016	11 years
Valentina Pace	Elena Giordano	Un posto al sole	2002–2004, 2005-2010, 2014-2015, 2016–2017, 2018–2019	10 years
Delia Boccardo	Tilly Nardi	Incantesimo	1998–2008	10 years
Patrizia La Fonte	Olga Sciarra	Incantesimo	1998–2008	10 years

Netherlands

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Jette van der Meij	Laura Selmhorst	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1990–	34 years
Caroline De Bruijn	Janine Elschot	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1992–	32 years
Bartho Braat	Jef Alberts	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1991–2016, 2017, 2018–2019, 2021	26 years
Erik de Vogel	Ludo Sanders	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1996–	28 years
Bart Peereboom	Marcel Boeve	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2000–	24 years
Ferri Somogyi	Rik de Jong	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1995–2002, 2003, 2004, 2007–2014, 2015, 2016–	22 years
Wilbert Gieske	Robert Alberts	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1990–2008, 2015–2016, 2019, 2020	19 years
Everon Jackson Hooi	Bing Mauricius	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2005–	19 years
Marly van der Velden	Nina Sanders	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2005–	19 years
Pamela Teves	Bettina Wertheimer	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2010	16 years
Frits Jansma	JP	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2010	16 years
Wik Jongsma	Govert Harmsen	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1991–2006	15 years
Babette van Veen	Linda Dekker	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1990–1998, 2005–2006, 2015–2021	15 years
Inge Schrama	Sjors Langeveld	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2003–2017	14 years
Sabine Koning	Anita de Jong	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1992–2003, 2004, 2006–2009, 2014	14 years
Dennis Honhoff	Barry Lansink	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2009–	15 years
Annemieke Verdoorn	Joyce Couwenberg	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1996–2008	12 years
Ruud Feltkamp	Noud Alberts	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2006–2018	12 years
Ferry Doedens	Lucas Sanders	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2009–2021	12 years
Joep Sertons	Anton Bouwhuis	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2010–2021	11 years
Charlotte Besijn	Barbara Fischer	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1999–2010, 2011	11 years
Elly de Graaf	Rosa Gonzalez	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	2000–2011	11 years
Bettina Berger	Renée Couwenberg	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2005	11 years
Melline Mollerus	Lisette Krol	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2005	11 years
Ingeborg Wieten	Suzanne Balk	Goede tijden, slechte tijden	1990–2000	10 years
Pauline van Rhenen	Aafke Couwenberg	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2004	10 years

New Zealand

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Michael Galvin	Chris Warner	Shortland Street	1992–1996, 2000–	28 years
Angela Bloomfield	Rachel McKenna	Shortland Street	1993–1999, 2001–2003, 2007, 2009–2016	15 years
Benjamin Mitchell	TK Samuels	Shortland Street	2006—	18 years
Karl Burnett	Nick Harrison	Shortland Street	1992–2005, 2017	13 years
Sally Martin	Nicole Miller	Shortland Street	2009—	15 years
Pua Magasiva	Vinnie Kruse	Shortland Street	2003–2006, 2011–2018	10 years
Amanda Billing	Sarah Potts	Shortland Street	2004–2014	10 years

Norway

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Anette Hoff	Juni Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	1998–2005, 2006–2017	19 years
Rudy Claes	Eva Rosenkrantz	Hotel Cæsar	2004–2017	13 years
Kim Kolstad	Jens August Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	1998–2000, 2001–2005, 2007–2013	12 years
Sossen Krogh	Astrid Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	1998–2010	12 years
Elin Sogn	Julie Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	2000–2004, 2005–2012	11 years
Tom Eddie Brudvik	Svein Krogstad	Hotel Cæsar	1999–2010	11 years

Poland

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Ludmiła Łączyńska	Wisia Matysiakowa	Matysiakowie	1957–2019	62 years	^[28]
Tomasz Stockinger	Paweł Lubicz	Klan	1997–	27 years
Barbara Bursztynowicz	Elżbieta Chojnicka	Klan	1997–	27 years
Andrzej Grabarczyk	Jerzy Chojnicki	Klan	1997–	27 years
Izabela Trojanowska	Monika Ross	Klan	1997–	27 years
Małgorzata Ostrowska-Królikowska	Grażyna Lubicz	Klan	1997–	27 years
Paulina Holtz	Agnieszka Lubicz	Klan	1997–	27 years
Kaja Paschalska	Aleksandra Lubicz	Klan	1997–	27 years
Joanna Żółkowska	Anna Surmacz	Klan	1997–	27 years
Tomasz Bednarek	Jacek Borecki	Klan	1997–	27 years
Jacek Borkowski	Piotr Rafalski	Klan	1997–	27 years
Jerzy Kamas	Stefan Ziętecki	Klan	1997–	27 years
Piotr Swend	Maciej Lubicz	Klan	1997–	27 years
Zofia Merle	Stefania Wróbel-Malec	Klan	1998–	26 years
Maria Winiarska	Alicja Marczyńska	Klan	1998–	26 years
Jan Piechociński	Feliks Nowak	Klan	1998–	26 years
Agnieszka Kaczorowska	Bożena Lubicz	Klan	1999–	25 years
Renata Pękul	Renata Zaburzańska	Klan	1999–	25 years
Renata Berger	Jadwiga Ziemiańska	Na dobre i na złe	1999–	25 years
Anna Powierza	Czesława Kurzawska	Klan	2000–	24 years
Katarzyna Tlałka	Kinga Kuczyńska	Klan	2000–	24 years
Mirosław Jękot	Antoni Zaburzański	Klan	2000–	24 years
Dariusz Lewandowski	Dariusz Kurzawski	Klan	2000–	24 years
Andrzej Precigs	Julian Deptuła	Klan	2000–	24 years
Teresa Lipowska	Barbara Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000–	24 years
Dominika Ostałowska	Marta Budzyńska	M jak miłość	2000–	24 years
Rafał Mroczek	Paweł Zduński	M jak miłość	2000–	24 years
Marcin Mroczek	Piotr Zduński	M jak miłość	2000–	24 years
Katarzyna Cichopek	Kinga Zduńska	M jak miłość	2000–	24 years
Malgorzata Pieńkowska	Maria Rogowska	M jak miłość	2000–	24 years
Piotr Garlicki	Stefan Tretter	Na dobre i na złe	2000–	24 years
Monika Figura	Anna Oleszkówna	Na dobre i na złe	2000–	24 years
Andrzej Strzelecki	Tadeusz Koziełło	Klan	1999–2020	21 years
Wojciech Kalarus	Wiktor Szabłowski	Klan	1997–2018	21 years
Richard Dreger	Arkadiusz Maciejak	Klan	1997–2018	21 years
Andrzej Precigs	Zbigniew Filarski	M jak miłość	2001–	23 years
Hanna Mikuć	Krystyna Filarska-Marszałek	M jak miłość	2001–	23 years
Sławomir Holland	Aspirant Staszek	M jak miłość	2001–	23 years
Zbigniew Borek	Maciej Gniadowski	Klan	1997–2017	20 years
Laura Łącz	Gabriela Wilczyńska	Klan	2002–	22 years
Krystian Domagała	Mateusz Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2002–	22 years
Jacek Lenartowicz	Jan Zawadzki	M jak miłość	2002–	22 years
Kazimiera Utrata	Stanisława Dorobczuk-Bałucka	Klan	1999–2018	19 years
Joanna Pach	Joanna Kalinowska	Na dobre i na złe	2001–2009, 2011—	21 years
Grażyna Zielińska	Maria Zbieć	Na dobre i na złe	2001–2018, 2020—	21 years
Michalina Robakiewicz	Kamila Chojnicka	Klan	2003–	21 years
Anna Mucha	Magdalena Marszałek	M jak miłość	2003–	21 years
Kacper Kuszewski	Marek Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000–2018	18 years
Marian Opania	Tadeusz Zybert	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2017	18 years
Daniel Zawadzki	Michał Chojnicki	Klan	2004–	20 years
Suzanna von Nathusius	Małgorzata Borecka	Klan	2004–	20 years
Marcin Troński	Bogdan Sawicki	Klan	1998–2007, 2009–2016, 2018–2019	17 years
Bartosz Opania	Witold Latoszek	Na dobre i na złe	2001–2018	17 years
Witold Pyrkosz	Lucjan Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000–2017	17 years
Agnieszka Kotulanka	Krystyna Lubicz	Klan	1997–2014	17 years
Aldona Orman	Barbara Milecka	Klan	1997–2004, 2012—	19 years
Mariusz Krzemiński	Mariusz Kwarc	Klan	2005—	19 years
Justyna Sieńczyło	Bogna Jakubowska	Klan	1998–2001, 2005, 2007–2011, 2013—	18 years
Ewa Kania	Zofia Borecka	Klan	1998–2002, 2005–2012, 2015, 2017—	18 years
Piotr Seweryński	Oskar Chojnicki	Klan	2002–2005, 2007, 2009—	18 years
Sophia Merle	Stefania Wróbel-Malec	Klan	1998–2013, 2018	15 years
Dariusz Jakubowski	Dariusz Wójcik	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2014	15 years
Piotr Cyrwus	Ryszard Lubicz	Klan	1997–2012	15 years
Artur Dziurman	Leszek Jakubowski	Klan	1999–2001, 2007–2016, 2018—	17 years
Amelia Malesa	Zofia Lubicz	Klan	2007—	17 years
Redbad Klynstra-Komarnicki	Ruud Van Der Graaf	Na dobre i na złe	2007—	17 years
Robert Koszucki	Rafał Konica	Na dobre i na złe	2007—	17 years
Maria Góralczyk	Beata Nowakowska	Na dobre i na złe	2007—	17 years
Sławomir Wierzbicki	Sławomir	Na dobre i na złe	2007—	17 years
Iga Krefft	Urszula Lisiecka	M jak miłość	2007—	17 years
Julia Wróblewska	Zofia Warakomska	M jak miłość	2007—	17 years
Katarzyna Glinka	Katarzyna Górka-Sadowska	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Krzysztof Kiersznowski	Stefan Górka	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Marek Molak	Hubert Pyrka	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Natalia Zambrzycka	Agata Pyrka	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Izabela Zwierzyńska	Iwona Pyrka	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Olaf Kaprzyk	Staś Pyrka	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Olga Jankowska	Klara Pyrka	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Marzena Trybała	Elżbieta Żeleńska	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Sławomira Łozińska	Barbara Grzelak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Jan Pęczek	Zenon Grzelak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Karolina Dafne Porcari	Anita Szymczak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Joanna Gleń	Malwina Marczak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Bronisław Wrocławski	Jerzy Marczak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Adrianna Biedrzyńska	Małgorzata Marczak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Zbigniew Buczkowski	Zdzisław Cieślak	Barwy szczęścia	2007—	17 years
Anita Sokołowska	Lena Starska	Na dobre i na złe	2004–2018	14 years
Agnieszka Wosińska	Dorota Lubicz	Klan	1997–2011	14 years
Michał Kruk	Karol Wysocki	Klan	2003–2017	14 years
Jacek Lenartowicz	Jan Zawdzki	M jak miłość	2002–2016	14 years
Dorota Naruszewicz	Beata Borecka	Klan	1997–2011	14 years
Małgorzata Potocka	Jolanta Grzelak-Kozłowska	Barwy szczęścia	2008—	16 years
Anna Gornostaj	Róża Cieślak	Barwy szczęścia	2008—	16 years
Ada Fijał	Iga Walawska	Barwy szczęścia	2008—	16 years
Gabriela Ziembicka	Ewa Walawska	Barwy szczęścia	2008—	16 years
Piotr Jankowski	Piotr Walawski	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2020	13
Marek Lewandowski	Roman Zarzycki	Klan	2006–2019	13 years
Winchenty Grabarczyk	Jeremiasz Bałucki	Klan	2005–2018	13 years
Joanna Koroniewska	Małgorzata Chodakowska	M jak miłość	2000–2013	13 years
Artur Żmijewski	Jakub Burski	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2012	13 years
Małgorzata Foremniak	Zofia Stankiewicz-Burska	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2012	13 years
Jolanta Lothe	Teresa Struzik	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2017, 2019—	15 years
Teresa Stępień-Nowicka	Wanda Tyczyńska	Klan	2009—	15 years
Jakub Świderski	Norbert Piątkowski	Klan	2009—	15 years
Przemysław Redkowski	Jan Kozłowski	Barwy szczęścia	2009—	15 years
Przemysław Stippa	Władek Cieślak	Barwy szczęścia	2009—	15 years
Katarzyna Bujakiewicz	Marta Kozioł	Na dobre i na złe	2000–2011, 2016–2017	12 years
Edyta Jungowska	Bożena Van Der Graaf	Na dobre i na złe	2000–2012	12 years
Włodzimierz Matuszak	Antoni Wójtowicz	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Katarzyna Łaniewska	Józefina Lasek	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Bernadetta Machała-Krzemińska	Krystyna Cieplak	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Janusz Michałowski	Jakub Blumental	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Dariusz Kowalski	Janusz Tracz	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Barbara Zielińska	Zofia Grzyb	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Maciej Wilewski	Franciszek "Osa" Osówka	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Stanisław Górka	Zbigniew Sroka	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Maciej Damięcki	Jan Grzyb	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Wojciech Błach	Jerzy Tosiek	Plebania	2000–2012	12 years
Andrzej Zieliński	Adam Pawica	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2011	12 years
Bartosz Obuchowicz	Tomasz Burski	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2011	12 years
Emilia Komarnicka-Klynstra	Agata Woźnicka	Na dobre i na złe	2008–2017, 2019—	14 years
Jacek Kałucki	Krzysztof Jaworski	Barwy szczęścia	2008–2014, 2016—	14 years
Krzysztof Janczar	Bolesław Kazuń	Klan	2010—	14 years
Edyta Herbuś	Marta Orłowska	Klan	2010—	14 years
Marcin Zacharzewski	Borys Jakubek	Na dobre i na złe	2010—	14 years
Marcin Sianko	Paweł Player	Na dobre i na złe	2010—	14 years
Magdalena Walach	Agnieszka Olszewska	M jak miłość	2010—	14 years
Barbara Kurzaj	Sabina Tomala	Barwy szczęścia	2010—	14 years
Jakub Dmochowski	Kajtek Cieślak	Barwy szczęścia	2010—	14 years
Anna Adamus	Zuzia Woźniak	Barwy szczęścia	2010—	14 years
Grzegorz Stosz	Robert Petrycki	Klan	2009–2020	11 years
Katarzyna Dąbrowska	Victoria Consalida	Na dobre i na złe	2008–2019	11 years
Kazimierz Wysota	Bogdan Zwoleński	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2018	11 years
Dorota Kolak	Anna Marczak	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2018	11 years
Jakub Małek	Wojtek Pyrka	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2018	11 years
Honorata Witańska	Magda Zwoleńska	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2018	11 years
Maja Barełkowska	Barbara	Klan	2000–2011	11 years
Maria Niklińska	Agata Wilczyńska	Klan	1998–2002, 2003, 2010–2017	11 years
Radosław Krzyżowski	Michał Sambor	Na dobre i na złe	2004–2015	11 years
Maria Maj	Lucyna Banasik	M jak miłość	2001–2012	11 years
Małgorzata Kożuchowska	Hanna Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000–2011	11 years
Anita Jancia	Jolanta Kowalska-Żurawska	M jak miłość	2000–2011	11 years
Ewelia Serafin	Katarzyna Kociołek	M jak miłość	2000–2011	11 years
Wojciech Dąbrowski	Piotr Wojciechowski	Plebania	2000–2011	11 years
Sylwia Wysocka	Barbara Wojciechowska	Plebania	2000–2011	11 years
Jerzy Rogalski	Antoni Tosiek	Plebania	2000–2011	11 years
Joanna Pietrońska	Hanna Piecuch	Plebania	2000–2011	11 years
Jolanta Fraszyńska	Monika Zybert-Jędras	Na dobre i na złe	1999–2010	11 years
Natalia Antoszczak	Martyna Czerka	Klan	2009–2015, 2017—	13 years
Małgorzata Sadowska	Henryka Kazuń	Klan	2011—	13 years
Konrad Darocha	Miłosz Kazuń	Klan	2011—	13 years
Ewa Drzymała	Ewa Godlewska	Klan	2011—	13 years
Michał Zebrowski	Andrzej Falkowicz	Na dobre i na złe	2011—	13 years
Jacek Kopczyński	Adam Werner	M jak miłość	2011—	13 years
Joanna Moro	Zosia Karnicka-Walawska	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2015, 2017–2019	10 years
Marcin Rogacewicz	Przemysław Zapała	Na dobre i na złe	2008–2018	10 years
Katarzyna Zielińska	Marta Walawska	Barwy szczęścia	2007–2017	10 years
Andrzej Młynarczyk	Tomasz Chodakowski	M jak miłość	2007–2017	10 years
Krzysztof Janczar	Małecki-Pawiński	Na dobre i na złe	2001–2011	10 years
Stanisław Banasiuk	Andrzej Kuczyński	Klan	2001–2011	10 years
Joanna Jędryka	Krystyna Cholakowa	M jak miłość	2000–2010	10 years
Stanisław Jaskułka	Zenon Walencik	Plebania	2000–2010	10 years
Radosław Popłonikowski	Józef Piecuch	Plebania	2000–2010	10 years
Jakub Tolak	Daniel Ross	Klan	1998–2008	10 years
Zygmunt Kęstowicz	Władysław Lubicz	Klan	1997–2007	10 years

South Africa

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Christine Basson	Nora Roelofse Naude	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
Shaleen Surtie-Richards	Ester Willemse	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
Brümilda van Rensburg	Louwna Roelofse Vorster Edwards Von Badenburg Edwards	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
Hennie Smit	Bertie Roelofse	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
Michelle Botes	Cherel de Villiers	Isidingo	1998–2007, 2010–2013	12 years
Lesego Motsepe	Letti Matabane	Isidingo	1998–2008	10 years

Spain

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
Manuel Baqueiro	Marcelino Gómez	Amar en tiempos revueltos	2005—	19 years
Itziar Miranda	Manolita Sanabria	Amar en tiempos revueltos	2005—	19 years
José Antonio Sayagués	Pelayo Gómez	Amar en tiempos revueltos	2005—	19 years

United Kingdom

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Patricia Greene	Jill Archer	The Archers	1957–	67 years
June Spencer	Peggy Woolley Rita Flynn	The Archers	1950–1953, 1962–	65 years	^[29]
Lesley Saweard	Christine Barford	The Archers	1953–1962, 1968–2019, 2021—	63 years	^[30]^[31]
William Roache	Ken Barlow	Coronation Street	1960–2013, 2014—	63 years	^[32]
Norman Painting	Phil Archer	The Archers	1950–2009	59 years	^[33]
Angela Piper	Jennifer Aldridge	The Archers	1963–	61 years
Eileen Derbyshire	Emily Bishop	Coronation Street	1961, 1962–1966, 1967–2016, 2019	53 years	^[34]
Judy Bennett	Shula Hebden-Lloyd	The Archers	1971–	53 years
Barbara Knox	Rita Tanner	Coronation Street	1964, 1972–	52 years	^[35]
Arnold Peters	Len Thomas Harold Gadsby David Latimer Jack Woolley	The Archers	1953–1966, 1967, 1968–1973, 1980–2011	49 years	^[36]
Brian Hewlett	Neil Carter	The Archers	1973–	51 years
Helen Worth	Gail Rodwell	Coronation Street	1974–	50 years	^[37]
Alan Devereux	Sid Perks	The Archers	1963–2010	47 years
Bob Arnold	Tom Forrest	The Archers	1951–1998	47 years
Charles Collingwood	Brian Aldridge	The Archers	1975–	49 years
Colin Skipp	Tony Archer	The Archers	1967–2013	46 years	^[38]
Jack May	Nelson Gabriel	The Archers	1951–1997	46 years
Patricia Gallimore	Pat Archer	The Archers	1974–2019, 2021—	48 years
Trevor Harrison	Eddie Grundy	The Archers	1979–	45 years
Betty Driver	Betty Williams	Coronation Street	1969–2011	42 years	^[39]^[40]
Anne Kirkbride	Deirdre Barlow	Coronation Street	1972, 1973–1993, 1994–2014	40 years	^[41]
Timothy Bentinck	David Archer	The Archers	1982–	42 years
Pauline Seville	Mrs Perkins	The Archers	1951–1990	39 years
Charlotte Martin	Susan Carter	The Archers	1983–	41 years
Michael Le Vell	Kevin Webster	Coronation Street	1983–2013, 2014–	40 years	^[42]
Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street	1979, 1980–1981, 1982, 1984, 1985–	40 years	^[43]
Alison Dowling	Elizabeth Pargetter	The Archers	1984–	40 years
Sara Coward	Caroline Sterling	The Archers	1979–2016	37 years
Adam Woodyatt	Ian Beale	EastEnders	1985–2021	36 years	^[44]
George Hart	Jethro Larkin	The Archers	1951–1987	36 years
Sally Dynevor	Sally Metcalfe	Coronation Street	1986–	38 years	^[45]
Chris Chittell	Eric Pollard	Emmerdale	1986–	38 years	^[46]
Carole Boyd	Lynda Snell	The Archers	1986–	38 years
Graham Blockey	Robert Snell	The Archers	1986–	38 years
Chris Gittins	Walter Gabriel	The Archers	1953–1988	35 years
Hedli Niklaus	Betty Jones Eva Lenz Kathy Perks	The Archers	1977, 1978–1981, 1983–2015	34 years	^[47]
Derek Thompson	Charlie Fairhead	Casualty	1986–2004, 2005–	37 years
Felicity Finch	Ruth Archer	The Archers	1987–	37 years
Edward Kelsey	Joe Grundy	The Archers	1985–2019	34 years
Gareth Lewis	Meic Pierce	Pobol y Cwm	1975, 1976–1994, 1999–2015	34 years
Philip Molloy	Will Grundy	The Archers	1989–	35 years
Terry Molloy	Mike Tucker	The Archers	1974–1977, 1986–2015	32 years
Liz Dawn	Vera Duckworth	Coronation Street	1974, 1976–2008, 2010	32 years	^[48]
Lisabeth Miles	Megan Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2011–	34 years
Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street	1989–2015, 2016–	34 years	^[49]
Andrew Teilo	Hywel Llywelyn	Pobol y Cwm	1990–	34 years
Graham Roberts	George Barford	The Archers	1973–2004	31 years
June Brown	Dot Branning	EastEnders	1985–1993, 1997–2012, 2013–2020	30 years	^[50]
Richard Thorp	Alan Turner	Emmerdale	1982–2009, 2010–2013	30 years	^[51]
Johnny Briggs	Mike Baldwin	Coronation Street	1976–2006	30 years	^{[citation needed]}
Elizabeth Marlowe	Lilian Archer	The Archers	1961–1991	30 years
Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders	1990–2003, 2005–	32 years
Huw Ceredig	Reg Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1974–2003	29 years
Gwen Berryman	Doris Archer	The Archers	1951–1980	29 years
Arwyn Davies	Mark Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1993–	31 years
Gwyn Elfyn	Denzil Rees	Pobol y Cwm	1984–2012	28 years	^[52]
Bill Tarmey	Jack Duckworth	Coronation Street	1979, 1981, 1982–2010	28 years	^[53]
Pamela Craig	Betty Tucker	The Archers	1975–2003	28 years
Bryan Mosley	Alf Roberts	Coronation Street	1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1971–1999	28 years	^[54]
Clive Hornby	Jack Sugden	Emmerdale	1980–1988, 1989–2008	27 years	^[55]
David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street	1995–	29 years
Nick Pickard	Tony Hutchinson	Hollyoaks	1995–	29 years
Ian Pepperell	Roy Tucker	The Archers	1995–	29 years
Pam St Clement	Pat Evans	EastEnders	1986–2012, 2016	26 years	^[56]
Mary Dalley	Pru Forrest	The Archers	1956–1982	26 years
Anne Cullen	Carol Tregorran	The Archers	1954–1980	26 years
Gwenda Wilson	Aunt Laura Wilson	The Archers	1951–1977	26 years
Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale	1996–	28 years
Jimmy McKenna	Jack Osborne	Hollyoaks	1996–	28 years
Buffy Davis	Jolene Archer	The Archers	1996–	28 years
Emyr Wyn	Dai Ashurst	Pobol y Cwm	1978–1984, 2001–2020	25 years
Tamsin Greig	Debbie Aldridge	The Archers	1991–2016, 2018, 2020	25 years
Julie Goodyear	Bet Lynch	Coronation Street	1966, 1970–1995, 2002, 2003	25 years	^[57]
Mollie Harris	Martha Woodford	The Archers	1970–1995	25 years
Dominic Brunt	Paddy Dingle	Emmerdale	1997–	27 years
Eric Allan	Bert Fry	The Archers	1997–2021	24 years	^[58]
Souad Faress	Usha Franks	The Archers	1994–2018	24 years
William Gaminara	Richard Locke	The Archers	1992–2016	24 years
Rosalind Adams	Clarrie Grundy	The Archers	1988–2012	24 years
Jeff Stewart	Reg Hollis	The Bill	1984–2008	24 years	^[59]
Islwyn Morris	David Tushingham	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1996, 2000–2002	24 years
Jane Rossington	Jill Richardson	Crossroads	1964–1988, 2001	24 years	^[60]
Thelma Barlow	Mavis Wilton	Coronation Street	1971, 1972, 1973–1997	24 years	^{[citation needed]}
Jack Howarth	Albert Tatlock	Coronation Street	1960–1984	24 years	^[61]
Leslie Dunn	Paul Johnson	The Archers	1954–1978	24 years
Letitia Dean	Sharon Watts	EastEnders	1985–1995, 2001–2004, 2005–2006, 2012–	26 years
Steve Halliwell	Zak Dingle	Emmerdale	1994, 1995–2002, 2003–2018, 2019, 2020–	26 years
Alan Halsall	Tyrone Dobbs	Coronation Street	1998–	26 years
Michael Lumsden	Alistair Lloyd	The Archers	1998–	26 years
Beverley Callard	Liz McDonald	Coronation Street	1989–1998, 2000–2001, 2003, 2004–2010, 2011, 2013–2020	23 years
Trudie Goodwin	June Ackland	The Bill	1983, 1984–2007	23 years	^[62]
Stan Richards	Seth Armstrong	Emmerdale	1978, 1979, 1980–2003, 2004	23 years	^[63]
Jean Alexander	Hilda Ogden	Coronation Street	1964–1987	23 years	^[43]
Doris Speed	Annie Walker	Coronation Street	1960–1983	23 years	^[64]
James Hooton	Sam Dingle	Emmerdale	1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2000, 2001–	25 years
Perry Fenwick	Billy Mitchell	EastEnders	1998, 1999–	22 years
Jimmi Harkishin	Dev Alahan	Coronation Street	1999–	25 years
Annabelle Dowler	Kirsty Miller	The Archers	1999–	25 years
Nia Caron	Anita Pierce	Pobol y Cwm	1999–	25 years
Elizabeth Estensen	Diane Sugden	Emmerdale	1999–2021	25 years	^[65]
Victoria Plucknett	Diane Ashurst	Pobol y Cwm	1998–2020	22 years
Jane Cox	Lisa Dingle	Emmerdale	1996–2018, 2019, 2020	22 years	^[66]
Graham Seed	Nigel Pargetter	The Archers	1983–1986, 1992–2011	22 years	^[67]
Graham Cole	Tony Stamp	The Bill	1987–2009	22 years	^[68]
Eileen McCallum	Isabel Blair	Take the High Road	1980–2002, 2003	22 years	^[69]
Jeannie Fisher	Morag Kerr	Take the High Road	1981–2003	22 years
Ernest Evans	Tal Jenkins	Pobol y Cwm	1975–1997	22 years
Harriet Lewis	Maggie Tushingham	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1996	22 years
Peter Adamson	Len Fairclough	Coronation Street	1961–1983	22 years	^[43]
Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street	2000–	24 years
Sue Cleaver	Eileen Grimshaw	Coronation Street	2000–	24 years
Tony Audenshaw	Bob Hope	Emmerdale	2000–	24 years
Richard Attlee	Kenton Archer	The Archers	2000–	24 years
Barry Farrimond	Ed Grundy	The Archers	2000–	24 years
Joanna Van Kampen	Fallon Rogers	The Archers	2000–	24 years
Michael Cochrane	Oliver Sterling	The Archers	2000–	24 years
Ryan Kelly	Jazzer McCreary	The Archers	2000—	24 years
Gillian Elisa	Sabrina Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1984, 1987, 1988, 1999–2010	21 years
Sheila Mercier	Annie Sugden	Emmerdale	1972–1992, 1993–1994, 1995, 1996, 2009	21 years	^[70]
Mark Wingett	Jim Carver	The Bill	1983, 1984–2005, 2007	21 years	^{[citation needed]}
Wendy Richard	Pauline Fowler	EastEnders	1985–2006	21 years	^[71]
Gwyneth Guthrie	Mary Mack	Take the High Road	1982–2003	21 years
Susan Hanson	Diane Parker	Crossroads	1966–1987	21 years
Pat Phoenix	Elsie Tanner	Coronation Street	1960–1973, 1976–1984	21 years	^[72]
Denis Folwell	Jack Archer	The Archers	1951–1972	21 years
Sera Cracroft	Eileen Walters	Pobol y Cwm	1989–1996, 1998, 2007, 2008–	23 years
Gillian Taylforth	Kathy Beale	EastEnders	1985–1998, 1999–2000, 2015–	23 years
Natalie Cassidy	Sonia Fowler	EastEnders	1993–2007, 2010, 2011, 2014–2016, 2017–	23 years
Andy Whyment	Kirk Sutherland	Coronation Street	2000, 2001–	23 years
Patrick Mower	Rodney Blackstock	Emmerdale	2000, 2001–	23 years
Rudolph Walker	Patrick Trueman	EastEnders	2001–	23 years
Sunny Ormonde	Lilian Bellamy	The Archers	2001–	23 years
Hollie Chapman	Alice Carter	The Archers	2001–	23 years
Malcolm Hebden	Norris Cole	Coronation Street	1994–1996, 1997, 1999–2017, 2019, 2020	20 years	^[73]
John Middleton	Ashley Thomas	Emmerdale	1996–1997, 1998–2017, 2018	20 years
Sean Wilson	Martin Platt	Coronation Street	1985–2005, 2018	20 years	^[74]
Kelvin Fletcher	Andy Sugden	Emmerdale	1996–2016	20 years
Margot Boyd	Marjorie Antrobus	The Archers	1984–2004	20 years
Lesley Fitz-Simons	Sheila Ramsay	Take the High Road	1983–2003	20 years
Mary Riggans	Effie McDonald	Take the High Road	1983–2003	20 years
Ronald Magill	Amos Brearly	Emmerdale	1972–1992, 1993, 1994, 1995	20 years	^[75]
Frazer Hines	Joe Sugden	Emmerdale	1972–1983, 1984–1985, 1986–1994	20 years
Bernard Youens	Stan Ogden	Coronation Street	1964–1984	20 years	^[76]
Iestyn Jones	Ieuan Griffiths	Pobol y Cwm	1988–1992, 1995–1997, 2000–2011, 2019—	22 years
Jane Danson	Leanne Battersby	Coronation Street	1997–2000, 2004–2006, 2007–	22 years
Ashley Taylor Dawson	Darren Osborne	Hollyoaks	1999–2000, 2003–	22 years
Samia Longchambon	Maria Connor	Coronation Street	2000–2009, 2010–2015, 2016–	22 years
Nicola Wheeler	Nicola King	Emmerdale	2001–2006, 2007–	22 years
Stephen Purdon	Bob Adams	River City	2002–	22 years
Donna Edwards	Britt Monk	Pobol y Cwm	2002–	22 years
Richard Lynch	Garry Monk	Pobol y Cwm	2002–	22 years
Jeremi Cockram	Sion White	Pobol y Cwm	2002–	22 years
Kevin Kennedy	Curly Watts	Coronation Street	1983–1998, 1999–2003	19 years	^{[citation needed]}
Dillwyn Owen	Jacob Ellis	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1993	19 years
Arthur Pentelow	Henry Wilks	Emmerdale	1972–1991	19 years
Violet Carson	Ena Sharples	Coronation Street	1960–1977, 1978–1980	19 years	^{[citation needed]}
Siw Hughes	Kath Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1993–2007, 2014, 2017–	21 years
Louiza Patikas	Helen Archer	The Archers	2000–2014, 2017—	21 years
Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale	2000–2006, 2009–	21 years
Jennie McAlpine	Fiz Stape	Coronation Street	2001–2014, 2015–2018, 2019–	21 years
Charlotte Bellamy	Laurel Thomas	Emmerdale	2002–2004, 2005–	21 years
Lucy Pargeter	Chas Dingle	Emmerdale	2002, 2003–	21 years
Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks	2003–	21 years
Sally Howitt	Scarlett O'Hara	River City	2003–	21 years
Sam Aston	Chesney Brown	Coronation Street	2003–	21 years
John Telfer	Alan Franks	The Archers	2003—	21 years
Andrew Wincott	Adam Macy	The Archers	2003–	21 years
Stephen Kennedy	Ian Craig	The Archers	2003–	21 years
Hugh Quarshie	Ric Griffin	Holby City	2001–2006, 2007–2020	18 years
Sid Owen	Ricky Butcher	EastEnders	1988–2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2012	18 years
Hywel Emrys	Derek Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1988–2006, 2009, 2012	18 years
Simon Rouse	Jack Meadows	The Bill	1990, 1991, 1992–2010	18 years
Derek Lord	Davie Sneddon	Take the High Road	1984–1989, 1990–2003	18 years
Lynne Perrie	Ivy Brennan	Coronation Street	1971–1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977–1994	18 years
Rachel Thomas	Bella Davies	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1992	18 years
Stephanie Waring	Cindy Cunningham	Hollyoaks	1996–2001, 2002, 2004, 2008–2010, 2011–	20 years
Emma Atkins	Charity Dingle	Emmerdale	2000–2005, 2009–	20 years
Antony Cotton	Sean Tully	Coronation Street	2003, 2004–	20 years
Nick Miles	Jimmy King	Emmerdale	2004–	20 years
Bethan Ellis Owen	Ffion Llywelyn	Pobol y Cwm	2004–	20 years
Charley Webb	Debbie Dingle	Emmerdale	2002–2016, 2017–2019, 2020–2021	17 years
Llinor ap Gwynedd	Gwyneth Jones	Pobol y Cwm	2003–2020	17 years
Meg Johnson	Pearl Ladderbanks	Emmerdale	2003–2020	17 years
Lisa Victoria	Sheryl Hughes	Pobol y Cwm	2001–2018	17 years
Ian Bleasdale	Josh Griffiths	Casualty	1989–2006, 2007, 2016, 2017	17 years
Kim Durham	Matt Crawford	The Archers	1997–2014, 2017	17 years
Buddug Williams	Marian Rees	Pobol y Cwm	1999–2016	17 years
Paula Tilbrook	Betty Eagleton	Emmerdale	1994–2002, 2003, 2004–2011, 2012–2014, 2015	17 years	^[77]
Tom Graham	Tom Archer	The Archers	1997–2014	17 years
Deena Payne	Viv Hope	Emmerdale	1993–2008, 2009–2011	17 years
Eric Richard	Bob Cryer	The Bill	1984–2001, 2002, 2003, 2004	17 years
Marion Fenner	Doreen Probert	Pobol y Cwm	1982–1996, 1999–2002, 2003	17 years
Eirlys Britton	Beth James	Pobol y Cwm	1977–1994	17 years
Haydn Edwards	Dillwyn Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1991	17 years
Frederick Pyne	Matt Skilbeck	Emmerdale	1972–1989	17 years
Noele Gordon	Meg Richardson	Crossroads	1964–1981, 1983	17 years
Philip Garston-Jones	Jack Woolley	The Archers	1962–1979	17 years
Sue Roderick	Cassie Morris	Pobol y Cwm	1991–2004, 2018—	19 years
Emily Tucker	Sioned Rees	Pobol y Cwm	1993–1996, 2007, 2008—	19 years
Kate Ford	Tracy McDonald	Coronation Street	2002–2007, 2010–	19 years
Jessica Fox	Nancy Osborne	Hollyoaks	2005–	19 years
Adrian Lewis Morgan	Jimmi Clay	Doctors	2005–	19 years
Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale	2005–	19 years
Rosie Marcel	Jac Naylor	Holby City	2005–2022	19 years	^[78]
Laila Morse	Mo Harris	EastEnders	2000–2012, 2013, 2014–2015, 2016, 2018–2021	16 years
Cathy Shipton	Lisa "Duffy" Duffin	Casualty	1986–1993, 1998–2003, 2006, 2015, 2016–2020	16 years
Ryan Thomas	Jason Grimshaw	Coronation Street	2000–2016	16 years
Billy Hartman	Terry Woods	Emmerdale	1995–2011	16 years
Malandra Burrows	Kathy Brookman	Emmerdale	1985–2001, 2005	16 years
Leah Bracknell	Zoe Tate	Emmerdale	1989–2005	16 years
Anne Myatt	Mairi McIvor	Take the High Road	1987–2003	16 years
Robin Cameron	Eddie Ramsay	Take the High Road	1982–1986, 1990–2002	16 years
Peter Ellis	Charles Brownlow	The Bill	1984–2000, 2002	16 years
Marion Fenner	Doreen Bevan	Pobol y Cwm	1982–1996, 1999–2001	16 years
Ronald Allen	David Hunter	Crossroads	1969–1985	16 years
Ysanne Churchman	Grace Archer Barbara Drury Mary Pound	The Archers	1951–1955, 1971–1983	16 years
Margot Bryant	Minnie Caldwell	Coronation Street	1960–1976	16 years
Heather Bell	Clarrie Grundy	The Archers	1979–1986, 2013–	18 years	^[79]
Susie Riddell	Kate Aldridge Tracy Horrobin	The Archers	1989–1994, 2011–	18 years
Rhys ap Hywel	Jason Francis	Pobol y Cwm	1998–2007, 2015—	18 years
Diane Parish	Denise Fox	EastEnders	2006–	18 years
Isabel Hodgins	Victoria Sugden	Emmerdale	2006–	18 years
Matthew Wolfenden	David Metcalfe	Emmerdale	2006–	18 years
Linda Henry	Shirley Carter	EastEnders	2006–	18 years
Jamie Borthwick	Jay Brown	EastEnders	2006–	18 years
Sarah Jayne Dunn	Mandy Richardson	Hollyoaks	1996–2006, 2007, 2008, 2010–2011, 2013, 2017–2021	15 years
Julie Hesmondhalgh	Hayley Cropper	Coronation Street	1998–2007, 2008–2014	15 years
Amy Shindler	Brenda Tucker	The Archers	1999–2014	15 years
Rhys Parry Jones	Llew Matthews	Pobol y Cwm	1990–2005	15 years
Dean Sullivan	Jimmy Corkhill	Brookside	1986, 1987, 1988–2003	15 years
Ben Roberts	Derek Conway	The Bill	1987–2002	15 years
Warren Jackson	Nick Tilsley	Coronation Street	1981–1996	15 years
Charles Williams	Harri Parri	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1989	15 years
Ellis Powell	Mrs Dale	Mrs Dale's Diary	1948–1963	15 years
Helen Rosser Davies	Sara Francis	Pobol y Cwm	1998, 2000–2008, 2015—	17 years
Tina O'Brien	Sarah Barlow	Coronation Street	1999–2007, 2015–	17 years
Chris Gascoyne	Peter Barlow	Coronation Street	2000–2003, 2007, 2008–2014, 2015, 2016–	17 years
Frank Gallagher	Lenny Murdoch	River City	2005–2009, 2011–	17 years
Alison King	Carla Connor	Coronation Street	2006–2016, 2017–	17 years
Matthew Chambers	Daniel Granger	Doctors	2007–	17 years
Elin Harries	Dani Monk	Pobol y Cwm	2007—	17 years
John Rowe	Jim Lloyd	The Archers	2007–	17 years
Jake Wood	Max Branning	EastEnders	2006–2015, 2016–2021	14 years
Brooke Vincent	Sophie Webster	Coronation Street	2004–2016, 2017–2019	14 years
Helen Pearson	Frankie Osborne	Hollyoaks	2002–2015, 2016–2017	14 years
Shelley Rees	Stacey Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1993–2007, 2014, 2016, 2017	14 years
Deirdre Davis	Eileen Donachie	River City	2002–2016	14 years
Barbara Windsor	Peggy Mitchell	EastEnders	1994–2003, 2004, 2005–2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	14 years
Shirley Stelfox	Edna Birch	Emmerdale	2000–2014, 2015	14 years
Annelise Manojlovic	Gabby Thomas	Emmerdale	2001–2015	14 years
Vicky Entwistle	Janice Battersby	Coronation Street	1997–2011	14 years
Steven Arnold	Ashley Peacock	Coronation Street	1995, 1996–2010	14 years
Paul Usher	Barry Grant	Brookside	1982–1995, 1997–1998, 2003	14 years
Diane Burke	Katie Rogers	Brookside	1989–2003	14 years
Peter Amory	Chris Tate	Emmerdale	1989–2003	14 years
Jackie Farrell	Jockie McDonald	Take the High Road	1986, 1989–2003	14 years
Richard Greenwood	Eric Ross Gifford	Take the High Road	1987–2001	14 years
Brian Regan	Terry Sullivan	Brookside	1982–1994, 1995–1997	14 years
Bill Waddington	Percy Sugden	Coronation Street	1983–1997	14 years
Terri Lally	Carol McKay	Take the High Road	1983–1997	14 years
Richard Derrington	Mark Hebden	The Archers	1980–1994	14 years
Roger Tonge	Sandy Richardson	Crossroads	1964–1967, 1970–1981	14 years
Jack Haig	Archie Gibbs	Crossroads	1967–1981	14 years
Jessie Wallace	Kat Slater	EastEnders	2000–2004, 2005, 2010–2016, 2018–	16 years
Kieron Richardson	Ste Hay	Hollyoaks	2006, 2007–2019, 2020—	16 years
Jennifer Metcalfe	Mercedes McQueen	Hollyoaks	2006–2014, 2015–2017, 2018–	16 years
Arwel Davies	Eifion Rowlands	Pobol y Cwm	2007, 2008–	16 years
Gabrielle Dowling	Cathy Hope	Emmerdale	2008–	16 years
Sebastian Dowling	Heath Hope	Emmerdale	2008–	16 years
Shona McGarty	Whitney Dean	EastEnders	2008–	16 years
Lesley Dunlop	Brenda Walker	Emmerdale	2008–	16 years
Alex Bain	Simon Barlow	Coronation Street	2008–	16 years
Mikey North	Gary Windass	Coronation Street	2008–	16 years
Jonathan Nefydd	Colin Evans	Pobol y Cwm	2008–	16 years
Sharon Roberts	Gaynor Llywelyn	Pobol y Cwm	2008–	16 years
Tony Marshall	Noel Garcia	Casualty	2008–2021	13 years
Maria Pride	Debbie Collins	Pobol y Cwm	2005–2006, 2008–2020	13 years
Kym Marsh	Michelle Connor	Coronation Street	2006–2019	13 years
Leonard Fenton	Dr. Harold Legg	EastEnders	1985–1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2018–2019	13 years
Helen Flanagan	Rosie Webster	Coronation Street	2000–2012, 2017–2018	13 years
Johnny Beattie	Malcolm Hamilton	River City	2002–2015	13 years
Sammy Winward	Katie Sugden	Emmerdale	2001–2005, 2006–2015	13 years
Maggie Jones	Blanche Hunt	Coronation Street	1974–1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1997, 1998–2009	13 years
Mary Wimbush	Julia Pargetter	The Archers	1992–2005	13 years
Vince Earl	Ron Dixon	Brookside	1990–2003	13 years
Alexandra Fletcher	Jacqui Farnham	Brookside	1990–2003	13 years
Paul Byatt	Mike Dixon	Brookside	1990–2003	13 years
Todd Carty	Mark Fowler	EastEnders	1990–2003	13 years
Andrew Paul	Dave Quinnan	The Bill	1989–2002	13 years
Tamara Kennedy	Joanna Ross Gifford	Take the High Road	1987–2000, 2002	13 years
Gladys Ambrose	Julia Brogan	Brookside	1985–1998	13 years
Olive Michael	Dora Jenkins	Pobol y Cwm	1984–1997	13 years
Ieuan Rhys	Glyn James	Pobol y Cwm	1983–1996	13 years
Marjorie Thomson	Grace Lachlan	Take the High Road	1980–1993, 1995	13 years
Caroline Ashley	Fiona Cunningham	Take the High Road	1980–1993	13 years
Iona Banks	Gladys Lake	Pobol y Cwm	1976–1989, 1991	13 years
Dewi Morris	Wayne Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1987	13 years
Edgar Harrison	Dan Archer	The Archers	1969–1982	13 years
Joy Andrews	Tish Hope	Crossroads	1967–1980	13 years
Claire King	Kim Tate	Emmerdale	1989–1999, 2018, 2019–	15 years	^[80]
Lacey Turner	Stacey Slater	EastEnders	2004–2010, 2014–2019, 2020—	15 years
Scott Maslen	Jack Branning	EastEnders	2007–2013, 2015—	15 years
Patti Clare	Mary Taylor	Coronation Street	2008–2009, 2010—	15 years
Jan Pearson	Karen Hollins	Doctors	2009—	15 years
Alfie Clarke	Arthur Thomas	Emmerdale	2009—	15 years
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh	Zara Carmichael	Doctors	2009—	15 years
Natalie J. Robb	Moira Dingle	Emmerdale	2009—	15 years
Chris Walker	Rob Hollins	Doctors	2009—	15 years
Chris Bisson	Jai Sharma	Emmerdale	2009—	15 years
Jack Downham	Noah Dingle	Emmerdale	2009—	15 years
Tanisha Gorey	Asha Alahan	Coronation Street	2009–	15 years
Dyfan Rees	Iolo Davies-White	Pobol y Cwm	2009—	15 years
Rebecca Bakes	Angelica King	Emmerdale	2009—	15 years
Patsy Palmer	Bianca Jackson	EastEnders	1993–1999, 2002, 2008–2014, 2019	12 years
Nicole Barber-Lane	Myra McQueen	Hollyoaks	2006–2013, 2014–2019	12 years
Charles Lawson	Jim McDonald	Coronation Street	1989–2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007–2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018	12 years
Freddie Jones	Sandy Thomas	Emmerdale	2005–2008, 2009–2018	12 years
Eileen McCallum	Liz Hamilton	River City	2006–2018	12 years
Lorna Fitzgerald	Abi Branning	EastEnders	2006–2018	12 years
Darren Jeffries	Sam "O.B." O'Brien	Hollyoaks	1997–2008, 2016–2017	12 years
Suzanne Packer	Tess Bateman	Casualty	2003–2015, 2016	12 years
Paul Samson	Raymond Henderson	River City	2002–2014	12 years
Steven Pinder	Max Farnham	Brookside	1990–1998, 1999–2003	12 years
Tony O'Callaghan	Matt Boyden	The Bill	1991–2003	12 years
Colin Tarrant	Andrew Monroe	The Bill	1990–2002	12 years
Louis Emerick	Mick Johnson	Brookside	1989–2001	12 years
Amanda Barrie	Alma Halliwell	Coronation Street	1981, 1982, 1988, 1989–2001	12 years
Christopher Smith	Robert Sugden	Emmerdale	1989–2001	12 years
Rhys Parry Jones	Llew Matthews	Pobol y Cwm	1989–2001	12 years
Gretchen Franklin	Ethel Skinner	EastEnders	1985–1997, 2000	12 years
Michael Starke	Sinbad Sweeney	Brookside	1984, 1985, 1987, 1988–2000	12 years
Lynsay King	Sarah-Louise Platt	Coronation Street	1987–1999	12 years
Jill Summers	Phyllis Pearce	Coronation Street	1982–1983, 1984–1993, 1994–1996	12 years
Olive Michael	Dora Jenkins	Pobol y Cwm	1984–1996	12 years
Alec Monteath	Dougal Lachlan	Take the High Road	1980–1992	12 years
Toke Townley	Sam Pearson	Emmerdale	1972–1984	12 years
John Bentley	Hugh Mortimer	Crossroads	1965–1977	12 years
Jennifer Moss	Lucille Hewitt	Coronation Street	1960–1961, 1962–1969, 1970–1974	12 years
Georgia Taylor	Toyah Battersby	Coronation Street	1997–2003, 2016—	14 years
Samantha Giles	Bernice Blackstock	Emmerdale	1998–2002, 2004, 2012–2019, 2021—	14 years
Zoe Henry	Rhona Goskirk	Emmerdale	2001, 2002, 2010—	14 years
Jaye Jacobs	Donna Jackson	Holby City	2004–2011, 2017–2022	14 years
Roxy Shahidi	Leyla Harding	Emmerdale	2008–2011, 2013—	14 years
Danny Miller	Aaron Dingle	Emmerdale	2008–2012, 2014—	14 years
Ben Price	Nick Tilsley	Coronation Street	2009–2017, 2018—	14 years
Bob Barrett	Sacha Levy	Holby City	2010–2022	14 years
Elle Mulvaney	Amy Barlow	Coronation Street	2010—	14 years
Alex Fletcher	Diane Hutchinson	Hollyoaks	2010—	14 years
Sam Hall	Samson Dingle	Emmerdale	2010—	14 years
Lucy Morris	Phoebe Aldridge	The Archers	2010—	14 years
Emerald O'Hanrahan	Emma Grundy	The Archers	2010—	14 years
Tomos West	Ricky Jones	Pobol y Cwm	2008–2019	11 years
Dean Gaffney	Robbie Jackson	EastEnders	1993–2003, 2004, 2010, 2015, 2017–2018, 2019	11 years
Nitin Ganatra	Masood Ahmed	EastEnders	2007–2016, 2017–2019	11 years
Becky Wright	Nic Grundy	The Archers	2007–2018	11 years
Charlie Hardwick	Val Pollard	Emmerdale	2004–2015, 2017	11 years
Laurie Brett	Jane Beale	EastEnders	2004–2012, 2014–2017	11 years
Marged Esli	Nansi Furlong	Pobol y Cwm	1977, 1980–1989, 2010, 2012, 2014–2016	11 years
Billy McElhaney	Jimmy Mullen	River City	2005–2016	11 years
Derek Martin	Charlie Slater	EastEnders	2000–2011, 2013, 2016	11 years
Verity Rushworth	Donna Windsor	Emmerdale	1998–2009, 2014	11 years
Tina Hobley	Chrissie Williams	Holby City	2001–2008, 2009–2013	11 years
Libby McArthur	Gina Hamilton	River City	2002–2013	11 years
Matt Littler	Max Cunningham	Hollyoaks	1997–2008	11 years
James Alexandrou	Martin Fowler	EastEnders	1996–2007	11 years
Lisa Geoghan	Polly Page	The Bill	1992–2002, 2003–2004	11 years
Glenda McKay	Rachel Hughes	Emmerdale	1988–1999	11 years
Jon Peyton Price	Martin Fowler	EastEnders	1985–1996	11 years
Bill Treacher	Arthur Fowler	EastEnders	1985–1996	11 years
Hugh Manning	Donald Hinton	Emmerdale	1977–1979, 1980–1989, 1993	11 years
Jean Rogers	Dolly Skilbeck	Emmerdale	1980–1991	11 years
Christopher Quinten	Brian Tilsley	Coronation Street	1978–1989	11 years
Alwyn Jones	Herbert Gwyther	Pobol y Cwm	1977–1988	11 years
Ann George	Amy Turtle	Crossroads	1965–1976, 1987	11 years
Pamela Vezey	Kath Brownlow	Crossroads	1976–1987	11 years
Elisabeth Croft	Miss Tatum	Crossroads	1965–1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983	11 years
Kay Hudson	Mabel Larkin	The Archers	1957–1968	11 years
Bill Payne	Ned Larkin	The Archers	1956–1967	11 years
Basil Jones	John Tregorran	The Archers	1953–1964	11 years
Ralph Lawton	Joe Allard	The Archers	1951–1962	11 years
Harry Oakes	Dan Archer	The Archers	1950–1961	11 years
Sally Ann Matthews	Jenny Connor	Coronation Street	1986–1991, 1993, 2015, 2016—	13 years
Charlie Brooks	Janine Butcher	EastEnders	1999–2004, 2008–2012, 2013–2014, 2021—	13 years
Lauren Phillips	Kelly Evans	Pobol y Cwm	2003–2007, 2009, 2015—	13 years
Gillian Wright	Jean Slater	EastEnders	2004, 2005, 2006–2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018—	13 years
Mark Flanagan	Jinx Jenkins	Pobol y Cwm	2005–2015, 2021—	13 years
Cherylee Houston	Izzy Armstrong	Coronation Street	2010–2020, 2021—	13 years
Joe-Warren Plant	Jacob Gallagher	Emmerdale	2010–2015, 2016–2020, 2021—	13 years
Ellie Leach	Faye Windass	Coronation Street	2011—	13 years
Daisy Campbell	Amelia Spencer	Emmerdale	2011—	13 years
Lisa George	Beth Sutherland	Coronation Street	2011—	13 years
Colson Smith	Craig Tinker	Coronation Street	2011—	13 years
Bhasker Patel	Rishi Sharma	Emmerdale	2011—	13 years
Fiona Wade	Priya Sharma	Emmerdale	2011—	13 years
Liam Fox	Dan Spencer	Emmerdale	2011—	13 years
Ela-May Demircan	Leah Barnes	Hollyoaks	2011—	13 years
Charlie Behan	Charlie Dean	Hollyoaks	2011—	13 years
Harry McDermott	Max Turner	Coronation Street	2010–2020	10 years
Duncan Preston	Douglas Potts	Emmerdale	2007–2011, 2014–2020	10 years
Zennon Ditchett	Aadi Alahan	Coronation Street	2009–2019	10 years
Paul Bradley	Elliot Hope	Holby City	2005–2015, 2019	10 years
Jane Hazlegrove	Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon	Casualty	2006–2016, 2019	10 years
Shane Richie	Alfie Moon	EastEnders	2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019	10 years
Huw Euron	Darren Howarth	Pobol y Cwm	1999–2007, 2013–2015, 2018	10 years
Owen Brenman	Heston Carter	Doctors	2008–2018	10 years
Debbie Rush	Anna Windass	Coronation Street	2008–2018	10 years
Rita Simons	Roxy Mitchell	EastEnders	2007–2017	10 years
Lorraine Coady	Hayley Tucker	The Archers	2006–2016	10 years
Philip Lowrie	Dennis Tanner	Coronation Street	1960–1962, 1963–1968, 2011–2014	10 years
Carley Stenson	Steph Roach	Hollyoaks	2000–2010, 2011	10 years
John Bardon	Jim Branning	EastEnders	1996, 1999–2007, 2008, 2009–2011	10 years
Bruce Jones	Les Battersby	Coronation Street	1997–2007	10 years
John Savident	Fred Elliott	Coronation Street	1994, 1995–1996, 1997–2006	10 years
Mike Reid	Frank Butcher	EastEnders	1987, 1988–1994, 1995–1996, 1997–2000, 2002, 2005	10 years
Neville Buswell	Ray Langton	Coronation Street	1966, 1968–1978, 2005	10 years
Yoland Williams	Tegid Morris	Pobol y Cwm	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994–2004	10 years
Shaun Williamson	Barry Evans	EastEnders	1994–2004	10 years
Tiffany Chapman	Rachel Dixon	Brookside	1993–2003	10 years
Iola Gregory	Jean McGurk	Pobol y Cwm	1987–1997, 1999, 2002	10 years
Sue Jenkins	Jackie Corkhill	Brookside	1991–2001	10 years
Thomas Ormson	David Platt	Coronation Street	1990–2000	10 years
Huw Higginson	George Garfield	The Bill	1989–1999, 2000	10 years
Cy Chadwick	Nick Bates	Emmerdale	1985, 1986–1996, 1999	10 years
Ifan Huw Dafydd	Dic Deryn	Pobol y Cwm	1982–1992, 1995, 1999	10 years
Kevin Lloyd	Tosh Lines	The Bill	1988–1998	10 years
Geoff Hinsliff	Don Brennan	Coronation Street	1987–1997	10 years
Susan Tully	Michelle Fowler	EastEnders	1985–1995	10 years
Phylip Hughes	Stan Bevan	Pobol y Cwm	1984–1994	10 years
Gaynor Morgan Rees	Nerys Cadwaladr	Pobol y Cwm	1974–1976, 1979–1980, 1982–1986, 1988–1991	10 years
Arthur Leslie	Jack Walker	Coronation Street	1960–1970	10 years

United States

Extended content

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Helen Wagner	Nancy Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1981, 1983, 1985-2010	50 years	^[81]^[82]^[83]^[84]^[85]^[86]
Don Hastings	Bob Hughes	As the World Turns	1960–2010	50 years	^[87]
Eileen Fulton	Lisa Grimaldi	As the World Turns	1960–1965, 1966, 1967–1983, 1984–2010	47 years	^[88]^[89]
Suzanne Rogers	Maggie Horton Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1973–1984, 1985–2003, 2004–	49 years
Leslie Charleson	Monica Quartermaine Mary Butler	General Hospital	1977–	47 years	^[90]
Doug Davidson	Paul Williams	The Young and the Restless	1978–	46 years
Susan Seaforth Hayes	Julie Olson Williams	Days of Our Lives	1968–1984, 1990–1993, 1993–1994, 1996, 1999–	45 years
Melody Thomas Scott	Nikki Newman	The Young and the Restless	1979–	45 years	^[91]
Frances Reid	Alice Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–2007	42 years	^[92]^[93]
Jacklyn Zeman	Bobbie Spencer	General Hospital	1977–2010, 2013–	44 years
Eric Braeden	Victor Newman	The Young and the Restless	1980–	44 years	^[94]^[95]
Susan Lucci	Erica Kane Jane Campbell	All My Children	1970–2011	41 years	^[96]
Erika Slezak	Victoria Lord	One Life to Live	1971–2012, 2013	41 years	^[97]
Rachel Ames	Audrey Hardy	General Hospital	1964–1965, 1967–1970, 1971–2007, 2009, 2013, 2015	40 years	^[98]^[99]
Jeanne Cooper	Katherine Chancellor Marge Cootrooke	The Young and the Restless	1973–2013	40 years	^[100]
Ray MacDonnell	Joe Martin	All My Children	1970–2010, 2011, 2013	40 years	^[101]
John Clarke	Mickey Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–2004	39 years	^[102]^[103]
Deidre Hall	Marlena Evans Samantha Evans Hattie Adams	Days of Our Lives	1976–1987, 1991–2009, 2011–	42 years
Kate Linder	Esther Valentine	The Young and the Restless	1982–	42 years
Bill Hayes	Doug Williams Byron Carmichael	Days of Our Lives	1970–1984, 1986–1987, 1993–1994, 1996, 1999–	41 years
James Reynolds	Abe Carver	Days of Our Lives	1981–1990, 1991–2003, 2004–	41 years
Kathryn Hays	Kim Hughes	As the World Turns	1972–2010	38 years	^[104]
John Aniston	Eric Richards Victor Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1969–1970, 1985–1997, 1999–	38 years
Patricia Bruder	Ellen Lowell	As the World Turns	1960–1995, 1998	35 years	^[105]
Larry Bryggman	John Dixon	As the World Turns	1969–2004, 2010	35 years	^[106]^[107]
Larry Haines	Stu Bergman	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1986	35 years	^[108]
Marie Masters	Susan Stewart	As the World Turns	1968–1979, 1986–2010	35 years	^[109]
Michael Storm	Larry Wolek	One Life to Live	1969–2004	35 years	^[110]^[111]^[112]
Mary Stuart	Joanne Gardner	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1986	35 years	^[113]
Lauralee Bell	Christine Blair Williams	The Young and the Restless	1983–2006, 2010–	37 years
Katherine Kelly Lang	Brooke Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–	37 years
John McCook	Eric Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–	37 years
Jess Walton	Jill Fenmore Atkinson	The Young and the Restless	1987–	37 years
Charita Bauer	Bert Bauer	Guiding Light	1950–1984	34 years	^[114]
John Beradino	Steve Hardy	General Hospital	1963–1996	33 years	^[115]
Josh Taylor	Chris Kositchek Roman Brady	Days of Our Lives	1977–1981, 1982–1987, 1997–	36 years
Peter Bergman	Jack Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1989–	35 years
Tracey E. Bregman	Lauren Fenmore Baldwin Sarah Smythe	The Young and the Restless	1983–1995, 2000, 2001–	35 years
Jerry Douglas	John Abbott Alistair Wallingford	The Young and the Restless	1982–2013, 2015–2016	32 years
Colleen Zenk	Barbara Ryan	As the World Turns	1978–2010	32 years	^[116]
Eileen Herlie	Myrtle Fargate	All My Children	1976–2008	32 years	^[117]
Ruth Warrick	Phoebe Tyler Wallingford	All My Children	1970–2002, 2005	32 years	^[118]
Drake Hogestyn	John Black	Days of Our Lives	1986–2007, 2008–2009, 2011–2013, 2014–	34 years
Stuart Damon	Alan Quartermaine	General Hospital	1977–2008, 2011, 2012, 2013	31 years	^[119]
Robert S. Woods	Bo Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–1986, 1988–2012, 2013	31 years
Kristina Wagner	Felicia Scorpio	General Hospital	1984–2003, 2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2012–	33 years
John J. York	Mac Scorpio James Meadows	General Hospital	1991–	33 years
Kristian Alfonso	Hope Williams Gina Von Amberg	Days of Our Lives	1983–1987, 1990, 1994–2020	30 years
Peggy McCay	Caroline Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983, 1985–2003, 2004–2016	30 years
Peter Hansen	Lee Baldwin	General Hospital	1965–1986, 1989–1990, 1992–1998, 2000–2002, 2004	30 years	^[120]
Henderson Forsythe	David Stewart	As the World Turns	1960–1990	30 years	^[121]
Don MacLaughlin	Chris Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1986	30 years
Beth Maitland	Traci Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1982–1996, 1999, 2001, 2006–	32 years
Anthony Geary	Luke Spencer Bill Eckert	General Hospital	1978–1983, 1984, 1991–2015, 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
Kin Shriner	Scott Baldwin	General Hospital	1977–1980, 1981–1984, 1987–1993, 1997–2004, 2007–2008, 2013–	31 years
Kristoff St. John	Neil Winters	The Young and the Restless	1991–2019	28 years
Emily McLaughlin	Jessie Brewer	General Hospital	1963–1991	28 years
Maurice Benard	Sonny Corinthos	General Hospital	1993–1997, 1998–	30 years
Sharon Case	Sharon Collins	The Young and the Restless	1994–	30 years
Joshua Morrow	Nicholas Newman	The Young and the Restless	1994–	30 years
Elizabeth Hubbard	Lucinda Walsh	As the World Turns	1984–1999, 1999–2010	26 years
Kimberly McCullough	Robin Scorpio Drake	General Hospital	1985–1999, 2000, 2004, 2005–2018, 2021	27 years
David Canary	Adam Chandler Stuart Chandler	All My Children	1983–2010, 2011, 2013	27 years
Philip Carey	Asa Buchanan	One Life to Live	1980–2007, 2008	27 years
Mary Fickett	Ruth Martin	All My Children	1970–1996, 1999–2000	27 years
Patty Weaver	Gina Roma	The Young and the Restless	1982–2009, 2013	27 years
Victoria Wyndham	Rachel Cory Hutchins	Another World	1972–1999	27 years
Virginia Payne	Ma Perkins	Ma Perkins	1933–1960	27 years
J. Anthony Smythe	Henry Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1959	27 years
Christian LeBlanc	Michael Baldwin	The Young and the Restless	1991–1993, 1997–	29 years
Melissa Reeves	Jennifer Horton	Days of Our Lives	1985–1995, 2000–2006, 2010–2020	26 years
Tina Sloan	Lillian Raines	Guiding Light	1983–2009	26 years
Jerry verDorn	Ross Marler	Guiding Light	1979–2005	26 years
Bernice Berwin	Hazel Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1958	26 years
Eileen Davidson	Ashley Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1982–1988, 1999–2007, 2008–2012, 2013–2018, 2019—	28 years
Lynn Herring	Lucy Coe	General Hospital	1986–1992, 1992–2002, 2004, 2012–	28 years
Lauren Koslow	Kate Roberts Kristen DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1996–	28 years
Nancy Lee Grahn	Alexis Davis	General Hospital	1996–	28 years
Susan Flannery	Stephanie Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–2012, 2018	25 years
Constance Ford	Ada Hobson	Another World	1967–1992	25 years
Michael E. Knight	Tad Martin	All My Children	1982–1986, 1988–1990, 1992–2011, 2013	25 years
Anna Lee	Lila Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–2003	25 years
Ronn Moss	Ridge Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–2012	25 years
Kathleen Widdoes	Emma Snyder	As the World Turns	1985–2010	25 years
Charles Egelston	Shuffle Shober	Ma Perkins	1933–1958	25 years
Bryan Dattilo	Lucas Horton	Days of Our Lives	1993–2001, 2002–2010, 2012–2018, 2019—	27 years
Rebecca Herbst	Elizabeth Webber	General Hospital	1997–	27 years
Denise Alexander	Lesley Webber	General Hospital	1973–1984, 1996–2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021	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
Carolyn Conwell	Mary Williams	The Young and the Restless	1980–2004	24 years
Theo Goetz	Papa Bauer	Guiding Light	1948–1972	24 years
Frances Heflin	Mona Tyler	All My Children	1970–1994	24 years
Wally Kurth	Ned Quartermaine	General Hospital	1991–2007, 2012, 2013, 2014–	26 years
Steve Burton	Jason Morgan Drew Cain	General Hospital	1991–2000, 2001, 2002–2012, 2017–2021	23 years
Scott Holmes	Tom Hughes	As the World Turns	1987–2010	23 years
Shell Kepler	Amy Vining	General Hospital	1979–2002	23 years
Frank Parker	Shawn Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983–1984, 1985–1989, 1990–2008	23 years
Peter Reckell	Bo Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983–1987, 1990–1992, 1995–2012, 2015, 2016	23 years
Robin Strasser	Dorian Lord	One Life to Live	1979–1987, 1993–2000, 2003–2011, 2013	23 years
Minetta Ellen	Fanny Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1955	23 years
Jane Elliot	Tracy Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–1980, 1989–1993, 1996, 2003–2017, 2019—	25 years
Alison Sweeney	Sami Brady Adrienne Johnson Colleen Brady	Days of Our Lives	1993–2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020—	25 years
Brad Maule	Tony Jones	General Hospital	1984–2006, 2019	22 years
Jill Larson	Opal Cortlandt	All My Children	1989–2011, 2013	22 years
Maureen Garrett	Holly Norris	Guiding Light	1976–1980, 1988–2006, 2009	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
Ann Flood	Nancy Pollock	The Edge of Night	1962–1984	22 years
William Johnstone	James T. Lowell	As the World Turns	1956–1978	22 years
Ellen Demming	Meta Bauer	Guiding Light	1952–1974	22 years
Tricia Cast	Nina Webster	The Young and the Restless	1986–2001, 2008–2014, 2020	21 years
Hunter Tylo	Taylor Hayes	The Bold and the Beautiful	1990–2002, 2004, 2005–2013, 2014, 2018–2019	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	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	General Hospital	1977–1982, 1983, 1984 1993–2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015–	23 years
Mary Beth Evans	Kayla Brady Johnson	Days of Our Lives	1986–1992, 2006–2009, 2010–	23 years
Derk Cheetwood	Max Giambetti	General Hospital	2001–	23 years
Judi Evans	Adrienne Johnson Bonnie Lockhart	Days of Our Lives	1986–1991, 2003–2008, 2010–	24 years
Joseph Mascolo	Stefano DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1982–1983, 1984–1985, 1988, 1993–2001, 2007–2017	20 years
Winsor Harmon	Thorne Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1996–2016	20 years
Michael Damian	Danny Romalotti	The Young and the Restless	1980–1998, 2002–2004, 2008, 2012, 2013	20 years
Hillary B. Smith	Nora 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
Tonya Lee Williams	Olivia Winters	The Young and the Restless	1990–2005, 2007–2012	20 years
Ellen Dolan	Margo Hughes	As the World Turns	1989–1993, 1994–2010	20 years
Jordan Clarke	Billy Lewis	Guiding Light	1982–1986, 1989–1993, 1996–1998, 1999–2009	20 years
Benjamin Hendrickson	Hal Munson	As the World Turns	1985–2004, 2005–2006	20 years
Richard Shoberg	Tom Cudahy	All My Children	1977–1996, 2004–2005	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
Arianne Zucker	Nicole Walker Helena Tasso Kristen DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1998–2006, 2008–2017, 2018, 2019-	22 years
Beau Kazer	Brock Reynolds	The Young and the Restless	1974–1980, 1984–1986, 1990–1992, 1999–2004, 2008–2011, 2013–2014	19 years
Kassie DePaiva	Blair Cramer	One Life to Live	1993–2012, 2013	19 years
Pamela Payton-Wright	Addie Cramer	One Life to Live	1991–2005, 2007–2012	19 years
Jennifer Bassey	Marian Chandler	All My Children	1983–1985, 1986–1989, 1995–2009, 2011	19 years
Martha Byrne	Lily Walsh Rose D'Angelo	As the World Turns	1985–1989, 1993–2008	19 years
Susan Brown	Gail Baldwin	General Hospital	1977–1985, 1989–1990, 1992–2002, 2004	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
Tristan Rogers	Robert Scorpio	General Hospital	1980–1985, 1986–1992, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012–2016, 2018–	21 years
Finola Hughes	Anna Devane Alex Marick Liesl Obrecht Alice	General Hospital	1985–1992, 1995, 2006–2008, 2012–	21 years
Michelle Stafford	Phyllis Summers Sheila Carter	The Young and the Restless	1994–1997, 2000–2013, 2019-	21 years
Christel Khalil	Lily Winters Ashby	The Young and the Restless	2002–2005, 2006–	21 years
Kelly Monaco	Sam McCall Alicia Montenegro	General Hospital	2003–	21 years
Kelley Menighan	Emily Stewart	As the World Turns	1992–2010	18 years
Daniel McVicar	Clarke Garrison	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–1992, 1996–2009	18 years
Marilyn Chris	Wanda Webb Wolek	One Life to Live	1972–1976, 1980–1994	18 years
Irene Dailey	Liz Matthews	Another World	1974–1986, 1987–1993, 1994	18 years
Lillian Hayman	Sadie Gray	One Life to Live	1968–1986	18 years
Camryn Grimes	Cassie Newman Mariah Copeland	The Young and the Restless	1997–2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013–	20 years
Bryton James	Devon Hamilton	The Young and the Restless	2004–	20 years
Ingo Rademacher	Jasper Jacks	General Hospital	1996–2000, 2001–2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019–2021	17 years
Schae Harrison	Darla Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2006, 2007, 2014, 2015	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
Anne Jeffreys	Amanda Barrington	General Hospital	1984–2001, 2004	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
Joseph Gallison	Neil Curtis	Days of Our Lives	1974–1991	17 years
Haila Stoddard	Pauline Harris Rysdale	The Secret Storm	1954–1971	17 years
Wally Kurth	Justin Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1987–1991, 2009–	19 years
Greg Rikaart	Kevin Fisher	The Young and the Restless	2003–2017, 2018, 2019–	19 years
Drew Cheetwood	Milo Giambetti	General Hospital	2005–	19 years
Laura Wright	Carly Corinthos Beatrice Eckert	General Hospital	2005–	19 years
Amelia Heinle	Victoria Newman	The Young and the Restless	2005–	19 years
Cheryl Hulteen	Winifred	All My Children	1991–2007, 2011, 2013	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
Stephen Schnetzer	Cass Winthrop	Another World	1982–1986, 1987–1999	16 years
Linda Dano	Felicia Gallant	Another World	1983–1999	16 years
Don Stewart	Mike Bauer	Guiding Light	1968–1984, 1997	16 years
Candice Earley	Donna Beck	All My Children	1976–1992, 1995	16 years
Louis Edmonds	Langley Wallingford	All My Children	1979–1995	16 years
Nadia Bjorlin	Chloe Lane	Days of Our Lives	1999–2005, 2007–2011, 2013, 2015, 2016—	18 years
Kirsten Storms	Maxie Jones B.J. Jones	General Hospital	2005–2011, 2012–	18 years
Sonya Eddy	Epiphany Johnson	General Hospital	2006–	18 years
Alley Mills	Pamela Douglas	The Bold and the Beautiful	2006–	18 years
Carolyn Hennesy	Diane Miller	General Hospital	2006–	18 years
Thaao Penghlis	Tony DiMera André DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1981–1985, 1993–1996, 2002–2005, 2007–2009, 2015–2018, 2019-	20 years
Robert Krimmer	Andrew Carpenter	One Life to Live	1991–2004, 2006, 2008–2010	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
Timothy D. Stickney	R. J. Gannon	One Life to Live	1994–2009	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
Anthony Call	Herb Callison	One Life to Live	1978–1993	15 years
Beverly Penberthy	Pat Matthews	Another World	1967–1982, 1989	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
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
Matthew Ashford	Jack Deveraux	Days of Our Lives	1987–1993, 2001–2003, 2004–2006, 2007, 2011–2012, 2016, 2017, 2018–	17 years
Bradford Anderson	Damian Spinelli	General Hospital	2006–2013, 2014–	17 years
Heather Tom	Katie Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	2007–	17 years
Christie Clark	Carrie Brady Reed	Days of Our Lives	1986–1991, 1992–1999, 2005–2006, 2010, 2011–2012, 2017, 2018, 2019	14 years
Tyler Christopher	Nikolas Cassadine	General Hospital	1996–1999, 2003–2011, 2013–2016	14 years
Bergen Williams	Alice Gunderson	General Hospital	2001–2015	14 years
Cady McClain	Dixie Cooney	All My Children	1988–1996, 1998–2002, 2005–2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013	14 years
Kristen Alderson	Starr Manning	One Life to Live	1998–2012	14 years
Maura West	Carly Snyder	As the World Turns	1995–1996, 1997–2010	14 years
Jay Hammer	Fletcher Reade	Guiding Light	1984–1998, 1999, 2009	14 years
Beth Chamberlin	Beth Raines	Guiding Light	1989–1991, 1997–2009	14 years
Patricia Mauceri	Carlotta Vega	One Life to Live	1995–2009	14 years
William Christian	Derek Frye	All My Children	1991–2005	14 years
Bernard Barrow	Johnny Ryan	Ryan's Hope	1975–1989	14 years
Ron Hale	Rooger Coleridge	Ryan's Hope	1975–1989	14 years
Michael Levin	Jack Fenelli	Ryan's Hope	1975–1989	14 years
Helen Gallagher	Maeve Ryan	Ryan's Hope	1975–1989	14 years
Ellen Holly	Carla Gray	One Life to Live	1968–1980, 1983–1985	14 years
Elizabeth Hubbard	Althea Davis	The Doctors	1964–1969, 1970–1978, 1981–1982	14 years
Lydia Bruce	Maggie Powers	The Doctors	1968–1982	14 years
Carl Lowe	Bob Rogers	Search for Tomorrow	1965–1979	14 years
Stephen Nichols	Steve Johnson Stefano DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1985–1990, 2006–2009, 2015–2018, 2019—	16 years
Jon Lindstrom	Ryan Chamberlain Kevin Collins	General Hospital	1992–1997, 2002, 2004, 2013–	16 years
Jennifer Gareis	Donna Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	2006–2015, 2016, 2017–	16 years
Galen Gering	Rafe Hernandez	Days of Our Lives	2008–	16 years
Eric Martsolf	Brady Black	Days of Our Lives	2008–	16 years
Lisa LoCicero	Olivia Falconeri	General Hospital	2008–	16 years
Judith Chapman	Jill Abbott Gloria Abbott Bardwell	The Young and the Restless	1994, 2005–2018, 2020	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
Tanya Boyd	Celeste Perrault	Days of Our Lives	1994–2007	13 years
Mark LaMura	Mark Dalton	All My Children	1976–1989, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005	13 years
Marcy Walker	Liza Colby	All My Children	1981–1984, 1995–2005	13 years
John Callahan	Edmund Grey	All My Children	1992–2005	13 years
Erin Torpey	Jessica Buchanan	One Life to Live	1990–2003	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
Larry Gates	H.B. Lewis	Guiding Light	1983–1996	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
Nancy Addison Altman	Jillian Coleridge	Ryan's Hope	1975–1988, 1989	13 years
Jed Allan	Don Craig	Days of Our Lives	1971, 1972–1985	13 years
Forrest Compton	Mike Karr	The Edge of Night	1971–1984	13 years
Hugh Franklin	Charles Tyler	All My Children	1970–1983	13 years
Lucille Wall	Lucille Weeks	General Hospital	1963–1976, 1982	13 years
Hugh Marlowe	Jim Matthews	Another World	1969–1982	13 years
Billie Lou Watt	Ellie Harper Bergman	Search for Tomorrow	1968–1981	13 years
Terry O'Sullivan	Arthur Tate	Search for Tomorrow	1952–1955, 1956–1966	13 years
Don Diamont	Bill Spencer Jr.	The Bold and the Beautiful	2009–	15 years
Aaron D. Spears	Justin Barber	The Bold and the Beautiful	2009–	15 years
Haley Pullos	Molly Lansing	General Hospital	2009—	15 years
Thad Luckinbill	J. T. Hellstrom	The Young and the Restless	1999–2010, 2017–2018, 2019	12 years
Daniel Goddard	Cane Ashby	The Young and the Restless	2007–2019	12 years
Blake Gibbons	Coleman Ratcliffe	General Hospital	2002–2014	12 years
Vincent Irizarry	David Hayward	All My Children	1997–2006, 2008–2011, 2013	12 years
Richard Fancy	Benny Abrahms Bernie Abrahms	General Hospital	1997–2003, 2006–2012	12 years
David Fumero	Cristian Vega	One Life to Live	1998–2003, 2004–2005, 2005–2011	12 years
Cameron Mathison	Ryan Lavery	All My Children	1998–2002, 2003–2011	12 years
Julianna McCarthy	Liz Foster	The Young and the Restless	1973–1982, 1984–1986, 1993, 2003–2004, 2008, 2010	12 years
Kelly Ripa	Hayley Santos	All My Children	1990–2002, 2010	12 years
Terri Conn	Katie Peretti	As the World Turns	1998–2010	12 years
Marj Dusay	Alexandra Spaulding	Guiding Light	1993–1997, 1998–1999, 2002–2009	12 years
Kamar de los Reyes	Antonio Vega	One Life to Live	1995–1998, 2000–2009	12 years
Richard Van Vleet	Chuck Tyler	All My Children	1975–1984, 1989–1992, 1995, 2005	12 years
Bobbie Eakes	Macy Alexander	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2000, 2001, 2002–2003	12 years
Heather Tom	Victoria Newman	The Young and the Restless	1991–2003	12 years
Tom Eplin	Jake McKinnon	Another World	1985–1986, 1988–1995, 1995-1999	12 years
Sharon Wyatt	Tiffany Donely	General Hospital	1981–1984, 1986–1995, 2021	12 years
Lauren-Marie Taylor	Stacey Donovan Forbes	Loving	1983–1995	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
Kathleen Noone	Ellen Dalton	All My Children	1977–1989	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
Nat Polen	Jim Craig	One Life to Live	1969–1981	12 years
Teri Keane	Martha Marceau	The Edge of Night	1963–1975	12 years
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood	Steffy Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	2008–2013, 2015—	14 years
Scott Clifton	Liam Spencer	The Bold and the Beautiful	2010—	14 years
Chad Duell	Michael Corinthos	General Hospital	2010—	14 years
Louise Sorel	Vivian Alamain	Days of Our Lives	1992–2000, 2009–2011, 2017–2018, 2020	11 years
Jason Thompson	Patrick Drake	General Hospital	2005–2016	11 years
Debbi Morgan	Angie Hubbard	All My Children	1982–1990, 2008–2011, 2013	11 years
John Reilly	Sean Donely	General Hospital	1984–1995, 2013	11 years
Melissa Archer	Natalie Buchanan	One Life to Live	2001–2012, 2013	11 years
Eddie Alderson	Matthew Buchanan	One Life to Live	2001–2012	11 years
William Wintersole	Mitchell Sherman	The Young and the Restless	1986–1996, 1998, 2003, 2008–2009, 2011	11 years
Lee Meriwether	Ruth Martin	All My Children	1996–1998, 2002–2011	11 years
Anthony Herrera	James Stenbeck	As the World Turns	1980–1983, 1986–1989, 1997–1999, 2001–2002, 2003–2005, 2008, 2009, 2010	11 years
Trent Dawson	Henry Coleman	As the World Turns	1999–2010	11 years
Nathan Purdee	Hank Gannon	One Life to Live	1992–2003, 2009	11 years
Barbara Crampton	Leanna Love	The Young and the Restless	1987–1993, 1998–2002, 2006–2007	11 years
Socorro Santiago	Isabella Santos	All My Children	1993–2004	11 years
Stephen T. Kay	Reginald Jennings	General Hospital	1992–2003	11 years
James Kiberd	Trevor Dillon	All My Children	1989–2000	11 years
Barbara Berjer	Bridget Connell	Another World	1985–1996, 1997, 1998	11 years
Barbara Berjer	Barbara Norris Thorpe	Guiding Light	1971–1981, 1989, 1995–1996	11 years
Dan Frazer	Dan McClosky	As the World Turns	1985–1996	11 years
Nada Rowand	Kate Rescott Slavinsky	Loving	1984–1995	11 years
Gail Brown	Clarice Hobson	Another World	1975–1986, 1989, 1993	11 years
Ken Meeker	Rafe Garretson	One Life to Live	1980–1991	11 years
John Gabriel	Seneca Beaulac	Ryan's Hope	1975–1985, 1988–1989	11 years
Brenda Dickson	Jill Foster Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1973–1980, 1983–1987	11 years
Millee Taggart	Janet Bergman Collins	Search for Tomorrow	1971–1982	11 years
Ivan Bonar	Chase Murdock	General Hospital	1966–1971, 1973–1979	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
Lyle Sudrow	Bill Bauer	Guiding Light	1948–1959	11 years
Dominic Zamprogna	Dante Falconeri	General Hospital	2009–2018, 2019, 2020—	13 years
Camila Banus	Gabi Hernandez	Days of Our Lives	2010–2014, 2015—	13 years
Tuc Watkins	David Vickers	One Life to Live	1994–1996, 2001, 2002, 2003–2006, 2007–2012, 2013	10 years
Adrienne Frantz	Amber Moore	The Bold and the Beautiful	1997–2005, 2010–2012	10 years
Catherine Hickland	Lindsay Rappaport	One Life to Live	1998–2008, 2009, 2012	10 years
John Loprieno	Cord Roberts	One Life to Live	1986–1992, 1993–1997, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011	10 years
Barbara Tarbuck	Jane Jacks	General Hospital	1996–2000, 2002–2007, 2009–2010	10 years
Kurt McKinney	Matt Reardon	Guiding Light	1994–2000, 2005–2009	10 years
Orlagh Cassidy	Doris Wolfe	Guiding Light	1999–2009	10 years
Crystal Chappell	Olivia Spencer	Guiding Light	1999–2009	10 years
Vasili Bogazianos	Benny Sago	All My Children	1980–1990, 2005	10 years
Robyn Richards	Maxie Jones	General Hospital	1993–2001, 2002–2004	10 years
Patrick Tovatt	Cal Stricklyn	As the World Turns	1988–1998, 2001	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
Tom Wiggin	Kirk Anderson	As the World Turns	1988–1998	10 years
David Forsyth	John Hudson	Another World	1987–1997	10 years
Ronald Drake	Jasper Sloane	All My Children	1982–1992	10 years
Gerald Anthony	Marco Dane	One Life to Live	1977–1986, 1989–1990	10 years
Earl Hindman	Bob Reid	Ryan's Hope	1975–1984, 1988–1989	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
Jadrien Steele	John Reid Ryan	Ryan's Hope	1975–1985	10 years
Robin Blake	Judy Clampett	General Hospital	1964–1974	10 years
Fran Sharon	Cookie Pollock	The Edge of Night	1962–1964, 1964–1972	10 years
Ann Williams	Eunice Gardner Wyatt	Search for Tomorrow	1966–1976	10 years
Lynn Loring	Patti Barron	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1961	10 years

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