List of longest-serving soap opera actors

This is a list of longest-serving soap opera actors from radio and television soap operas, sorted by country. The list details actors with ten or more years spent on one soap opera, despite itinerant breaks in some cases with the actor/actress portraying multiple roles.

Longest serving soap opera actors worldwide

Country	Rank	Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration
UK	1	Lesley Saweard	Christine Barford	The Archers	1953—	63 years
UK	2	Patricia Greene	Jill Archer	The Archers	1957—	59 years
UK	3	Norman Painting	Phil Archer	The Archers	1950–2009	59 years
UK	4	June Spencer	Peggy Woolley	The Archers	1951–1953, 1962—	56 years
UK	5	William Roache	Ken Barlow	Coronation Street	1960–	56 years
UK	6	Eileen Derbyshire	Emily Bishop	Coronation Street	1961-	55 years
UK	7	Angela Piper	Jennifer Aldridge	The Archers	1963—	53 years
USA	8	Helen Wagner	Nancy Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1981, 1983, 1985–2010	50 years
USA	9	Don Hastings	Bob Hughes	As the World Turns	1960–2010	50 years
USA	10	Eileen Fulton	Lisa Grimaldi	As the World Turns	1960–2010	50 years

Longest serving television soap opera actors worldwide by country

Australia

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Ray Meagher	Alf Stewart	Home and Away	1988—	28 years
Tom Oliver	Lou Carpenter	Neighbours	1988, 1992–2016	24 years	[1]
Lynne McGranger	Irene Roberts	Home and Away	1993—	23 years
Alan Fletcher	Karl Kennedy	Neighbours	1994—	22 years
Jackie Woodburne	Susan Kennedy	Neighbours	1994—	22 years	[2]
Ryan Moloney	Toadfish Rebecchi	Neighbours	1995, 1996—	20 years
Kate Ritchie	Sally Fletcher	Home and Away	1988–2008, 2013	20 years	[3]
Stefan Dennis	Paul Robinson	Neighbours	1985–1992, 1993, 2004—	19 years	[4]
Ian Smith	Harold Bishop	Neighbours	1987–1991, 1996–2009, 2011, 2015	17 years	[5]
Ada Nicodemou	Leah Patterson-Baker	Home and Away	2000—	16 years
Norman Coburn	Donald Fisher	Home and Away	1988–2003, 2004, 2005, 2007	15 years
Kym Valentine	Libby Kennedy	Neighbours	1994–2004, 2005, 2007–2011, 2014	14 years
Lyn Collingwood	Colleen Smart	Home and Away	1988, 1989, 1997, 1999–2013	14 years
Emily Symons	Marilyn Chambers	Home and Away	1989–1992, 1995–1999, 2001, 2010—	13 years
John Wood	Tom Croydon	Blue Heelers	1993–2006	13 years
Julie Nihill	Chris Riley	Blue Heelers	1993–2006	13 years
Martin Sacks	PJ Hasham	Blue Heelers	1993–2006	13 years
Carla Bonner	Stephanie Scully	Neighbours	1999–2010, 2013, 2015—	12 years	[6]
Judy Nunn	Ailsa Stewart	Home and Away	1988–2000, 2002, 2003	12 years
Anne Haddy	Helen Daniels	Neighbours	1985–1997	12 years	[7]
Brian Wenzel	Frank Gilroy	A Country Practice	1981–1993	12 years
Shane Porteous	Terence Elliott	A Country Practice	1981–1993	12 years
Joyce Jacobs	Esme Watson	A Country Practice	1981–1993	12 years
Anne Charleston	Madge Bishop	Neighbours	1986–1992, 1996–2001, 2015	11 years	[8]
Judith McGrath	Von Ryan	All Saints	1998–2009	11 years
Lorrae Desmond	Shirley Dean-Gilroy	A Country Practice	1981–1992	11 years
Gordon Piper	Bob Hatfield	A Country Practice	1981–1992	11 years
Ryan Clark	Sam Marshall	Home and Away	1991–2001, 2002, 2005	10 years
Syd Heylen	Vernon 'Cookie' Locke	A Country Practice	1982–1992	10 years

Belgium

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Jef De Smedt	Jan Van Den Bossche	Familie	1991—	25 years
Annie Geeraerts	Anna Dierckx	Familie	1991—	25 years
Jacky Lafon	Rita Van Den Bossche	Familie	1991–2015	24 years
Ray Verhaeghe	Albert Thielens	Familie	1993—	24 years
Pol Goossen	Frank Bomans	Thuis	1995—	21 years
Janine Bisschops	Jenny Verbeeck	Thuis	1995—	21 years
Annick Segal	Rosa Verbeeck	Thuis	1995—	21 years
Marleen Merckx	Simonne Backx	Thuis	1995—	21 years
Leah Thys	Marianne Bastiaens	Thuis	1995—	21 years
Mark Willems	Luc Bomans	Thuis	1996—	20 years
Monica Van Lierde	Ann De Decker	Thuis	1995–1998, 2001—	18 years
Martine Jonckheere	Marie-Rose De Putter	Familie	1991–1997, 2005–2015	16 years
Gunther Levi	Peter Van Den Bossche	Familie	1999—	17 years
Silvia Claes	Trudy Tack De Rixart De Waremme	Familie	1999—	17 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
Hilde Van Wesepoel	Linda Desmet	Familie	2001—	15 years
Chris Van Tongelen	Bart Van den Bossche	Familie	2001—2015	15 years
Bart Van Avermaet	Waldek Kozinsky	Thuis	2001—	15 years
Anne Somers	Veronique Van den Bossche	Familie	1991–1994, 2001–2012	14 years
Peter Bulckaen	Max Moelands	Wittekerke	1994–2008	14 years
Chris Boni	Yvette De Schrijver	Thuis	2001–2005, 2006—	14 years
Vanya Wellens	Femke De Grote	Thuis	2002—	14 years
Caroline Maes	Mieke Van Den Bossche	Familie	2002—	14 years
Vicky Versavel	Brenda Vermeir	Familie	1997–2002, 2003–2011	13 years
Steph Goossens	Cois Pelkmans	Thuis	1997–2010	13 years
Sally-Jane Van Horenbeeck	Peggy Verbeeck	Thuis	1995–2000, 2002, 2006, 2008—	13 years
Ann Pira	Nancy De Grote	Thuis	2003—	13 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
Alex Van Haecke	Peter Olivier	Wittekerke	1997–2008	11 years
Riet van Gool	Monique Maeterlinck	Familie	1991–2002	11 years
Barbara Bracke	Elke Baertsoen	Familie	1997–2008	11 years
Chris Deleu	Marthe Vermeir	Familie	1997–2008, 2011	11 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
Patsy Van der Meeren	Marie van Goethem	Thuis	1998–2008	10 years
Hilde Gijsbrechts	Elke Bran	Wittekerke	1998–2008	10 years
Ron Cornet	Jean-Paul Derdeyn	Wittekerke	1998–2008	10 years

Finland

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Esko Kovero	Ismo Laitela	Salatut elämät	1999—	17 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
Jarmo Koski	Seppo Taalasmaa	Salatut elämät	1999–2013	14 years
Aake Kalliala	Mauri Alho	Kotikatu	1998–2012	14 years
Petteri Jamalainen	Hessu Pennanen	Kotikatu	1996–2009	13 years
Anu Palevaara	Jenni Vainio	Salatut elämät	1999–2001, 2002–2011, 2012–2013	12 years
Maija-Liisa Peuhu	Ulla Taalasmaa	Salatut elämät	1999–2007, 2010, 2013—	11 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
Timo Jurkka	Lasse Sievinen	Salatut elämät	2004–2012, 2013–2015	10 years
Laura Malmivaara	Tuija Kangasharju	Kotikatu	2002–2012	10 years

Germany

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Andrea Spatzek	Gabi Zenker	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Marie-Luise Marjan	Helga Beimer	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Joachim Hermann Luger	Hans Beimer	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Moritz A. Sachs	Klaus Beimer	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Ludwig Haas	Ludwig Dressler	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Hermes Hodolides	Vasily Sarikakis	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Sybille Waury	Tanja Schildknecht	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Amorn Surangkanjanajai	Gung Pham Kien	Lindenstraße	1985—	31 years
Julia Stark	Sarah Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1987–2003, 2004—	28 years
Georg Uecker	Carsten Flöter	Lindenstraße	1986–1992, 1995—	27 years
Irene Fischer	Anna Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1987–2013, 2015—	27 years
Knut Hinz	Hajo Scholz	Lindenstraße	1990–2016	26 years
Jo Bolling	Andy Zenker	Lindenstraße	1990–1992, 1993—	25 years
Sontje Peplow	Lisa Dağdelen	Lindenstraße	1991—	25 years
Rebecca Siemoneit-Barum	Iffi Zenker	Lindenstraße	1990–2012, 2014—	24 years
Bill Mockridge	Erich Schiller	Lindenstraße	1991–2015, 2016	24 years
Marianne Rogée	Isolde Pavarotti	Lindenstraße	1986–2009, 2010, 2011	23 years
Wolfgang Bahro	Jo Gerner	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1993—	23 years
Moritz Zielke	Momo Sperling	Lindenstraße	1992–2001, 2002—	23 years
Johannes Scheit	Tom Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1989–2011, 2012, 2013	22 years
Petra Blossey	Irene Weigel	Unter Uns	1994—	22 years
Ursula Cantieni	Johanna Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Wolfgang Hepp	Hermann Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Peter Schell	Karl Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Horst Hildebrand	Leo Vogt	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Anne von Linstow	Monique Guiton	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Christiane Bachschmidt	Kati Schönfeldt	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Edgar M Marcus	Franz Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Roland Frey	Toni Willmann	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Friedrich Graumann	Schorsch Huber	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Luis Lamprecht	Josef Zimmerman	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994—	22 years
Annemarie Wendl	Else Kling	Lindenstraße	1985–2006	21 years
Adelheid Theil	Claudia Heilert	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–2006, 2007—	21 years
Lisbeth Felder	Lioba Weber	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995—	21 years
Heidi Vogel-Reinsch	Leni Riedlinger	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995—	21 years
Christoph Hagin	Dieter Weiss	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995—	21 years
Thomas Meinhardt	Heinz Faller	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1995—	21 years
Gabriele Metzger	Charlie Schneider	Verbotene Liebe	1995—	21 years
Harry Rowohlt	Harry Rennep	Lindenstraße	1995—	21 years
Isabell Hertel	Ute Weigel	Unter Uns	1995—	21 years
Margret van Munster	Rosi Koch	Lindenstraße	1988–2007	19 years
Viktoria Brams	Inge Busch	Marienhof	1992–2011	19 years
Claus Vinçon	Kathe Eschweiler	Lindenstraße	1996–2006, 2007—	19 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
Gert Schaefer	Heinz August Pasulke	Schloss Einstein	1998—	18 years
Thomas Rühmann	Roland Heilmann	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Maren Gilzer	Yvonne Habermann	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Jutta Kammann	Ingrid Rischke	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Dieter Bellmann	Gernot Simoni	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Hendrikje Fitz	Pia Heilmann	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Ursula Karruseit	Charlotte Gauß	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Alexa Maria Surholt	Sarah Marquardt	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Karsten Kühn	Jakob Heilmann	In aller Freundschaft	1998—	18 years
Domna Adamopoulou	Elena Sarikakis	Lindenstraße	1985–1996, 1997–2013, 2014–2015	28 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
Sara Turchetto	Marcella Varese	Lindenstraße	1998–2001, 2002—	17 years
Erkan Gündüz	Murat Dağdelen	Lindenstraße	1999—	17 years
Dominique Kusche	Sophie Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1998–2010, 2011–2015	16 years
Wolfgang Seidenberg	Frank Töppers	Marienhof	1995–2011	16 years
Horst D. Scheel	Hans Wilhelm Hülsch	Lindenstraße	1988–2004, 2007, 2009	16 years
Ruth Köppler	Paula Dörflinger	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–2010	16 years
Hermann Ruhr	Ludwig Leiser	Die Fallers - Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie	1994–2010	16 years
Konrad Krauss	Arno Brandner	Verbotene Liebe	1995–2009, 2010–2012	16 years
Daniel Fehlow	Leon Moreno	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	1996–1998, 1999, 2001–2004, 2005—	16 years
Joris Gratwohl	Alex Behrend	Lindenstraße	2000—	16 years
Holger Franke	Wolfgang Weigel	Unter Uns	1994–2009	15 years
Willi Herren	Olli Klatt	Lindenstraße	1992–2007, 2012, 2014	15 years
Imke Brügger	Rebecca Mattern	Unter Uns	1997–2012	15 years
Franz Rampelmann	Olaf Kling	Lindenstraße	1993–2008	15 years
Jan Grünig	Mürfel Ziegler	Lindenstraße	1999–2013, 2015—	15 years
Cosima Viola	Jack Aichinger	Lindenstraße	2001—	15 years
Felix von Jascheroff	John Bachmann	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2001–2014, 2015—	14 years
Anna-Sophia Claus	Lea Starck	Lindenstraße	1999–2013	14 years
Sven Thiemann	Charly Kolbe	Marienhof	1996, 1997–2011	14 years
Philipp Neubauer	Philipp Sperling	Lindenstraße	1993–2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012—	14 years
Ole Dahl	Paul Dağdelen	Lindenstraße	2002—	14 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
Jacqueline Svilarov	Nina Zöllig	Lindenstraße	1999–2007, 2008, 2010, 2011—	13 years
Ulrike Frank	Katrin Flemming	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2002–2003, 2004—	13 years
Anne Menden	Emily Badak	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2004—	12 years
Jörn Schlönvoigt	Philip Höfer	Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten	2004—	12 years
Gunnar Solka	Lotti Lottman	Lindenstraße	2004—	12 years
Marcus Off	Phil Seegers	Lindenstraße	1986–1987, 1994–1998, 2002–2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 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
Beatrice Kaps-Zurmahr	Andrea Neumann	Lindenstraße	2004–2009, 2010—	11 years
Katharina Witza	Toni Zeker	Lindenstraße	2005—	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
Susanne Steidle	Regina Zirkowski	Marienhof	1996–2007	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
Michael Jäger	Matthias Kruse	Marienhof	1995–2006, 2007	11 years
Moritz Hein	Max Zenker	Lindenstraße	1987–1998	11 years
Toni Snétberger	Enzo Buchstab	Lindenstraße	2006–2016	10 years
Giovanni Arvaneh	Sülo Özgentürk	Marienhof	1994–1997, 1998, 2003–2010	10 years
Sigo Lorfeo	Paolo Varese	Lindenstraße	1993–2003, 2006	10 years
Leonore Capell	Andrea Süsskind	Marienhof	1995–2005	10 years
Renate Köhler	Marlene Schmitt	Lindenstraße	1991–2001	10 years

Hungary

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Szőke Zoltán	Berényi Miklós	Barátok közt	1998—	18 years
Ábrahám Edit	Berényi Claudia	Barátok közt	1998—	18 years
Varga Izabella	Balogh Nóra	Barátok közt	1998—	18 years
Várkonyi András	Kertész Vilmos	Barátok közt	1998—	18 years
Tihanyi-Tóth Csaba	Novák László	Barátok közt	1998—	18 years
Rékasi Károly	Bartha Zsolt	Barátok közt	1998—	18 years
Csomor Csilla	Berényi Zsuzsa	Barátok közt	1998–2008, 2011—	15 years
R. Kárpáti Péter	Berényi András	Barátok közt	1998–2012	14 years
Németh Kristóf	Kertész Géza	Barátok közt	1999–2012	13 years
Fodor Zsóka	Kertész Vilmosné Magdolna	Barátok közt	1998–2011	13 years
Kővári Tamás	Novák Csaba	Barátok közt	1998–2010	12 years
Kinizsi Ottó	Balassa Imre	Barátok közt	1999–2010	11 years
Kiss Zoltán	Csurgó István	Barátok közt	1998–2009	11 years

Ireland

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Tom Jordon	Charlie Kelly	Fair City	1989—	27 years
Tony Tormey	Paul Brennan	Fair City	1989—	27 years
Jim Bartley	Bela Doyle	Fair City	1989—	27 years
Sarah Flood	Suzanne Halpin	Fair City	1989–2013	24 years
Martina Stanley	Dolores Molloy	Fair City	1992—	24 years
Pat Nolan	Barry O'Hanlon	Fair City	1989–2011	22 years	[9]
Ciara O'Callaghan	Yvonne Gleeson	Fair City	1991–2004, 2008—	21 years
Celia Murphy	Niamh Cassidy	Fair City	1995—	21 years
Joan Brosnan Walsh	Mags Kelly	Fair City	1989–2009	20 years
Diarmuid Mac An Adhastair	Séamus O`Catháin	Ros na Rún	1996—	20 years
Dave Duffy	Leo Dowling	Fair City	1996—	20 years
Seamus Power	Dermot Fahey	Fair City	1996—	20 years
Jean Costello	Rita Doyle	Fair City	1989–2008, 2010	19 years
Niamh Quirke	Rachel Brennan	Fair City	1997—	19 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
Maclean Burke	Damien Halpin	Fair City	1998—	18 years
Joe Lynch	Dinny Byrne	Glenroe	1983–2000	17 years
Mary McEvoy	Biddy McDermott Byrne	Glenroe	1983–2000	17 years
David Mitchell	Jimmy Doyle	Fair City	1991–2008	17 years
Aisling O'Neill	Carol Meehan	Fair City	1999—	17 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
Mick Nolan	Ray O'Connell	Fair City	2000—	16 years
Sorcha Furlong	Orla Kirwan	Fair City	2000—	16 years
Claudia Carroll	Nicola Prendergast	Fair City	1990–2005, 2008	15 years
Una Crawford O'Brien	Renee Phelan	Fair City	1998–2009, 2012—	15 years
Tommy O'Neill	John Deegan	Fair City	2001—	15 years
Rachel Sarah Murray	Jo Fahey	Fair City	2000–2011, 2012–2015	14 years
Shiela McWade	Kay Costello	Fair City	1994–2008	14 years
Paul Raynor	Harry Molloy	Fair City	1992–2005	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
Seamus Moran	Mike Gleeson	Fair City	1996–2008	12 years
Rebecca Smith	Annette Daly	Fair City	1997–2009	12 years
Bryan Murray	Bob Charles	Fair City	2005—	11 years
Grace Barry	Mary-Ann Byrne	Glenroe	1990–2001	11 years
Gemma Doorly	Sarah O'Leary	Fair City	2001–2011	10 years

Italy

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Patrizio Rispo	Raffaele Giordano	Un posto al sole	1996—	20 years
Luisa Amatucci	Silvia Graziani	Un posto al sole	1996—	20 years
Alberto Rossi	Michele Saviani	Un posto al sole	1996—	20 years
Germano Bellavia	Guido Del Bue	Un posto al sole	1996—	20 years
Marzio Honorato	Renato Poggi	Un posto al sole	1996—	20 years
Carmen Scivittaro	Teresa Diacono	Un posto al sole	1998—	18 years
Peppe Zarbo	Franco Boschi	Un posto al sole	1998—	18 years
Marina Tagliaferri	Giulia Poggi	Un posto al sole	1996–2008, 2011—	17 years
Claudia Ruffo	Angela Poggi	Un posto al sole	1996–2007, 2010—	17 years
Luca Turco	Niko Poggi	Un posto al sole	1999—	17 years
Ilenia Lazzarin	Viola Bruni	Un posto al sole	2001—	15 years
Marina Giulia Cavalli	Ornella Bruni	Un posto al sole	2001—	15 years
Riccardo Polizzy Carbonelli	Roberto Ferri	Un posto al sole	2001—	15 years
Elisabetta Coraini	Laura Beccaria	CentoVetrine	2001-2015	14 years
Sergio Troiano	Valerio Bettini	CentoVetrine	2001-2015	14 years
Pietro Genuardi	Ivan Bettini	CentoVetrine	2001–2014	13 years
Nina Soldano	Marina Giordano	Un posto al sole	2003—	13 years
Davide Devenuto	Andrea Pergolesi	Un posto al sole	2003—	13 years
Lucio Allocca	Otello Testa	Un posto al sole	2003—	13 years
Michelangelo Tommaso	Filippo Sartori	Un posto al sole	2002–2007, 2008-2009; 2010—	12 years
Delia Boccardo	Tilly Nardi	Incantesimo	1998–2008	10 years

Netherlands

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Jette van der Meij	Laura Selmhorst	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1990—	26 years
Bartho Braat	Jef Alberts	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1991–2016	25 years
Caroline De Bruijn	Janine Elschot	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1992—	24 years
Erik de Vogel	Ludo Sanders	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1996—	20 years
Wilbert Gieske	Robert Alberts	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1990–2008, 2015–2016	19 years
Bart Peereboom	Marcel Boeve	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	2000—	16 years
Pamela Teves	Bettina Wertheimer	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2010	16 years
Frits Jansma	JP	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2010	16 years
Ferri Somogyi	Rik de Jong	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1995–2002, 2003, 2004, 2007–2014, 2015, 2016–	15 years
Wik Jongsma	Govert Harmsen	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1991–2006	15 years
Sabine Koning	Anita de Jong	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1992–2003, 2004, 2006–2009, 2014	14 years
Inge Schrama	Sjors Langeveld	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	2003—	13 years
Annemieke Verdoorn	Joyce Couwenberg	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1996–2008	12 years
Everon Jackson Hooi	Bing Mauricius	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	2005—	11 years
Marly van der Velden	Nina Sanders	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	2005—	11 years
Bettina Berger	Renée Couwenberg	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2005	11 years
Melline Mollerus	Lisette Krol	Onderweg Naar Morgen	1994–2005	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
Babette van Veen	Linda Dekker	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	1990–1998, 2005–2006, 2015—	10 years
Ruud Feltkamp	Noud Alberts	Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden	2006—	10 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

Poland

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Agnieszka Kotulanka	Krystyna Lubicz	Klan	1997—2014	19 years
Tomasz Stockinger	Paweł Lubicz	Klan	1997—	19 years
Barbara Bursztynowicz	Elżbieta Chojnicka	Klan	1997—	19 years
Andrzej Grabarczyk	Jerzy Chojnicki	Klan	1997—	19 years
Izabela Trojanowska	Monika Ross	Klan	1997—	19 years
Małgorzata Ostrowska-Królikowska	Grażyna Lubicz	Klan	1997—	19 years
Paulina Holtz	Agnieszka Lubicz	Klan	1997—	19 years
Kaja Paschalska	Aleksandra Lubicz	Klan	1997—	19 years
Joanna Żółkowska	Anna Surmacz	Klan	1997—	19 years
Tomasz Bednarek	Jacek Borecki	Klan	1997—	19 years
Jacek Borkowski	Piotr Rafalski	Klan	1997—	19 years
Jerzy Kamas	Stefan Ziętecki	Klan	1997—	19 years
Piotr Swend	Maciej Lubicz	Klan	1997—	19 years
Zofia Merle	Stefania Wróbel-Malec	Klan	1998—	18 years
Maria Winiarska	Alicja Marczyńska	Klan	1998—	18 years
Jan Piechociński	Feliks Nowak	Klan	1998—	18 years
Agnieszka Kaczorowska	Bożena Lubicz	Klan	1999—	17 years
Renata Pękul	Renata Zaburzańska	Klan	1999—	17 years
Andrzej Strzelecki	Tadeusz Koziełło	Klan	1999—	17 years
Małgorzata Foremniak	Zofia Stankiewicz-Burska	Na dobre i na złe	1999—	17 years
Dariusz Jakubowski	Dariusz Wójcik	Na dobre i na złe	1999—	17 years
Marian Opania	Tadeusz Zybert	Na dobre i na złe	1999—	17 years
Anna Powierza	Czesława Kurzawska	Klan	2000—	16 years
Katarzyna Tlałka	Kinga Kuczyńska	Klan	2000—	16 years
Kazimiera Utrata	Stanisława Dorobczuk	Klan	2000—	16 years
Mirosław Jękot	Antoni Zaburzański	Klan	2000—	16 years
Dariusz Lewandowski	Dariusz Kurzawski	Klan	2000—	16 years
Andrzej Precigs	Julian Deptuła	Klan	2000—	16 years
Teresa Lipowska	Barbara Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Witold Pyrkosz	Lucjan Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Joanna Koroniewska	Małgorzata Chodakowska	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Kacper Kuszewski	Marek Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Dominika Ostałowska	Marta Budzyńska	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Rafał Mroczek	Paweł Zduński	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Marcin Mroczek	Piotr Zduński	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Katarzyna Cichopek	Kinga Filarska	M jak miłość	2000—	16 years
Piotr Garlicki	Stefan Tretter	Na dobre i na złe	2000—	16 years
Piotr Cyrwus	Ryszard Lubicz	Klan	1997–2012	15 years
Ewa Kania	Zofia Borecka	Klan	1998–2002, 2005—	15 years
Andrzej Precigs	Zbigniew Filarski	M jak miłość	2001—	15 years
Hanna Mikuć	Krystyna Filarska-Marszałek	M jak miłość	2001—	15 years
Sławomir Holland	Aspirant Staszek	M jak miłość	2001—	15 years
Bartosz Opania	Witold Latoszek	Na dobre i na złe	2001—	15 years
Grażyna Zielińska	Maria Zbieć	Na dobre i na złe	2001—	15 years
Agnieszka Wosińska	Dorota Lubicz	Klan	1997–2011	14 years
Dorota Naruszewicz	Beata Borecka	Klan	1997–2011	14 years
Laura Łącz	Gabriela Wilczyńska	Klan	2002—	14 years
Krystian Domagała	Mateusz Mostowiak	M jak miłość	2002—	14 years
Jacek Lenartowicz	Jan Zawadzki	M jak miłość	2002—	14 years
Michalina Robakiewicz	Kamila Chojnicka	Klan	2003—	13 years
Anna Mucha	Magdalena Marszałek	M jak miłość	2003—	13 years
Marcin Troński	Bogdan Sawicki	Klan	1998–2007, 2009–2012	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
Maja Barełkowska	Barbara	Klan	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
Stanisław Banasiuk	Andrzej Kuczyński	Klan	2001–2011	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

United Kingdom

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
William Roache	Ken Barlow	Coronation Street	1960–2013, 2014–	55 years	[10]
Eileen Derbyshire	Emily Bishop	Coronation Street	1961, 1962–1966, 1967—	53 years	[11]
Barbara Knox	Rita Tanner	Coronation Street	1964, 1972—	43 years	[12]
Betty Driver	Betty Williams	Coronation Street	1969–2011	42 years	[13][14]
Helen Worth	Gail Rodwell	Coronation Street	1974, 1975—	41 years	[15]
Anne Kirkbride	Deirdre Barlow	Coronation Street	1972, 1973–1993, 1994–2014	40 years	[16]
Gareth Lewis	Meic Pearce	Pobol y Cwm	1975–2015	40 years
Sue Nicholls	Audrey Roberts	Coronation Street	1979, 1980–1981, 1982, 1984, 1985—	32 years	[17]
Michael Le Vell	Kevin Webster	Coronation Street	1983–2013, 2014—	32 years	[18]
Elizabeth Dawn	Vera Duckworth	Coronation Street	1974, 1976–2008, 2010	32 years	[19]
Adam Woodyatt	Ian Beale	EastEnders	1985—	31 years	[20]
Richard Thorp	Alan Turner	Emmerdale	1982–2013	31 years	[21]
Sally Dynevor	Sally Metcalfe	Coronation Street	1986—	30 years	[22]
Christopher Chittell	Eric Pollard	Emmerdale	1986—	30 years	[23]
Derek Thompson	Charlie Fairhead	Casualty	1986—	30 years
Johnny Briggs	Mike Baldwin	Coronation Street	1976–2006	30 years	[24][25]
Huw Ceredig	Reg Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1974–2003	29 years
Bill Tarmey	Jack Duckworth	Coronation Street	1979, 1981, 1982–2010	28 years	[26][27]
Gwyn Elfyn	Denzil Rees	Pobol y Cwm	1984–2012	28 years	[28]
Clive Hornby	Jack Sugden	Emmerdale	1980–2008	28 years	[29]
Bryan Mosley	Alf Roberts	Coronation Street	1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1971–1999	28 years	[30]
Simon Gregson	Steve McDonald	Coronation Street	1989–2015, 2016—	27 years	[31]
June Brown	Dot Branning	EastEnders	1985–1993, 1997–2012, 2013—	26 years	[32]
Andrew Teilo	Hywel Llywelyn	Pobol y Cwm	1990—	26 years
Pam St. Clement	Pat Evans	EastEnders	1986–2012, 2016	26 years	[33]
Stan Richards	Seth Armstrong	Emmerdale	1978–2003, 2004	25 years	[34]
Debbie Jones	Rhian Hâf Harries	Pobol y Cwm	1979–2004	25 years
Julie Goodyear	Bet Lynch	Coronation Street	1966, 1970–1995, 2002, 2003	25 years	[35]
Steve McFadden	Phil Mitchell	EastEnders	1990–2003, 2005—	24 years
Jeff Stewart	Reg Hollis	The Bill	1984–2008	24 years	[36]
Jane Rossington	Jill Richardson	Crossroads	1964–1988, 2001	24 years	[37]
Yoland Williams	Tegid Morris	Pobol y Cwm	1976–2000	24 years
Thelma Barlow	Mavis Wilton	Coronation Street	1971, 1972, 1973–1997	24 years	[38]
Jack Howarth	Albert Tatlock	Coronation Street	1960–1984	24 years	[39]
Arwyn Davies	Mark Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1993—	23 years
Trudie Goodwin	June Ackland	The Bill	1983, 1984–2007	23 years	[40]
Jean Alexander	Hilda Ogden	Coronation Street	1964–1987	23 years	[17]
Doris Speed	Annie Walker	Coronation Street	1960–1983	23 years	[41]
Graham Cole	Tony Stamp	The Bill	1987–2009	22 years	[42]
Sheila Mercier	Annie Sugden	Emmerdale	1972–1994, 1995, 1996, 2009	22 years	[43]
Eileen McCallum	Isabel Blair	Take the High Road	1980–2002, 2003	22 years	[44]
Jeannie Fisher	Morag Kerr	Take the High Road	1981–2003	22 years
Peter Adamson	Len Fairclough	Coronation Street	1961–1983	22 years	[17]
Steve Halliwell	Zak Dingle	Emmerdale	1994–2002, 2003—	21 years
David Neilson	Roy Cropper	Coronation Street	1995—	21 years
Nick Pickard	Tony Hutchinson	Hollyoaks	1995—	21 years
John Middleton	Ashley Thomas	Emmerdale	1996–2017	21 years
Mark Wingett	Jim Carver	The Bill	1983, 1984–2005, 2007	21 years	[45]
Wendy Richard	Pauline Fowler	EastEnders	1985–2006	21 years	[46]
Gwyneth Guthrie	Mary Mack	Take the High Road	1982–2003	21 years
Susan Hanson	Diane Parker	Crossroads	1966–1987	21 years
Patricia Phoenix	Elsie Tanner	Coronation Street	1960–1973, 1976–1984	21 years	[47]
Jane Cox	Lisa Dingle	Emmerdale	1996—	20 years
Mark Charnock	Marlon Dingle	Emmerdale	1996—	20 years
Jimmy McKenna	Jack Osborne	Hollyoaks	1996—	20 years
Kelvin Fletcher	Andy Sugden	Emmerdale	1996–2016	20 years
Paula Tilbrook	Betty Eagleton	Emmerdale	1994–2014, 2015	20 years	[48]
Sean Wilson	Martin Platt	Coronation Street	1985–2005	20 years	[49]
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
Bernard Youens	Stan Ogden	Coronation Street	1964–1984	20 years	[50]
Violet Carson	Ena Sharples	Coronation Street	1960–1980	20 years	[51]
Beverley Callard	Liz McDonald	Coronation Street	1989–1998, 2000–2001, 2003, 2004–2010, 2011, 2013—	19 years
Malcolm Hebden	Norris Cole	Coronation Street	1994–1996, 1997, 1999—	19 years
Dominic Brunt	Paddy Kirk	Emmerdale	1997—	19 years
Kevin Kennedy	Curly Watts	Coronation Street	1983–1998, 1999–2003	19 years	[51]
Ronald Magill	Amos Brearly	Emmerdale	1972–1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995	19 years	[52]
Frazer Hines	Joe Sugden	Emmerdale	1972–1983, 1984, 1986–1994	19 years
Arthur Pentelow	Henry Wilks	Emmerdale	1972–1991	19 years
James Hooton	Sam Dingle	Emmerdale	1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2000—	18 years
Alan Halsall	Tyrone Dobbs	Coronation Street	1998—	18 years
Victoria Plucknett	Diane Ashurst	Pobol y Cwm	1998—	18 years
Sid Owen	Ricky Butcher	EastEnders	1988–2000, 2002–2004, 2008–2012	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
Perry Fenwick	Billy Mitchell	EastEnders	1998, 1999—	17 years
Elizabeth Estensen	Diane Sugden	Emmerdale	1999—	17 years
Nia Caron	Anita Pierce	Pobol y Cwm	1999—	17 years
Jimmi Harkishin	Dev Alahan	Coronation Street	1999—	17 years
Deena Payne	Viv Hope	Emmerdale	1993–2008, 2009–2011	17 years
Ian Bleasdale	Josh Griffiths	Casualty	1989–2006, 2007, 2016	17 years
Eric Richard	Bob Cryer	The Bill	1984–2001, 2002, 2003, 2004	17 years
Ifan Huw Dafydd	Dic Deryn	Pobol y Cwm	1982–1999	17 years
Frederick Pyne	Matt Skilbeck	Emmerdale	1972–1989	17 years
Noele Gordon	Meg Richardson	Crossroads	1964–1981, 1983	17 years
Letitia Dean	Sharon Mitchell	EastEnders	1985–1994, 1995, 2001, 2002–2004, 2005–2006, 2012—	16 years
Jack P. Shepherd	David Platt	Coronation Street	2000—	16 years
Sue Cleaver	Eileen Grimshaw	Coronation Street	2000—	16 years
Tony Audenshaw	Bob Hope	Emmerdale	2000—	16 years
Patrick Mower	Rodney Blackstock	Emmerdale	2000—	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
Hywel Emrys	Derek Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1988–2004	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
Ronald Allen	David Hunter	Crossroads	1969–1985	16 years
Margot Bryant	Minnie Caldwell	Coronation Street	1960–1976	16 years
Gillian Taylforth	Kathy Sullivan	EastEnders	1985–1998, 1999–2000, 2015—	15 years
Natalie Cassidy	Sonia Fowler	EastEnders	1993–1997, 1998–2007, 2010, 2011, 2014—2016	15 years
Andrew Whyment	Kirk Sutherland	Coronation Street	2000, 2001—	15 years
Rudolph Walker	Patrick Trueman	EastEnders	2001—	15 years
Hugh Quarshie	Ric Griffin	Holby City	2001—	15 years
Shirley Stelfox	Edna Birch	Emmerdale	2000–2015	15 years
Julie Hesmondhalgh	Hayley Cropper	Coronation Street	1998–2007, 2008–2014	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
Samia Ghadie	Maria Connor	Coronation Street	2000–2009, 2010–2015, 2016—	14 years
Jane Danson	Leanne Battersby	Coronation Street	1997–2000, 2004–2006, 2007—	14 years
Ashley Taylor Dawson	Darren Osborne	Hollyoaks	1999–2000, 2003—	14 years
Jennie McAlpine	Fiz Stape	Coronation Street	2001–2014, 2015—	14 years
Nicola Wheeler	Nicola King	Emmerdale	2001–2006, 2007—	14 years
Charley Webb	Debbie Dingle	Emmerdale	2002—2016	14 years
Deirdre Davis	Eileen Donachie	River City	2002—	14 years
Stephen Purdon	Bob Adams	River City	2002—	14 years
Barbara Windsor	Peggy Mitchell	EastEnders	1994–2003, 2004, 2005–2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	14 years
Siw Hughes	Kath Jones	Pobol y Cwm	1993–2007, 2014	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
Jill Summers	Phyllis Pearce	Coronation Street	1982–1996	14 years
Roger Tonge	Sandy Richardson	Crossroads	1964–1967, 1970–1981	14 years
Jack Haig	Archie Gibbs	Crossroads	1967–1981	14 years
Jeff Hordley	Cain Dingle	Emmerdale	2000–2006, 2009—	13 years
Charlotte Bellamy	Laurel Thomas	Emmerdale	2002–2004, 2005—	13 years
Lucy Pargeter	Chas Dingle	Emmerdale	2002, 2003—	13 years
Helen Pearson	Frankie Osborne	Hollyoaks	2002–2015, 2016—	13 years
Ellis Hollins	Tom Cunningham	Hollyoaks	2003—	13 years
Meg Johnson	Pearl Ladderbanks	Emmerdale	2003—	13 years
Sally Howitt	Scarlett Mullen	River City	2003—	13 years
Sam Aston	Chesney Brown	Coronation Street	2003—	13 years
Laila Morse	Mo Harris	EastEnders	2000–2012, 2013, 2014–2015, 2016	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
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
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
Joy Andrews	Tish Hope	Crossroads	1967–1980	13 years
Stephanie Waring	Cindy Savage	Hollyoaks	1996–2001, 2002, 2004, 2008–2010, 2011—	12 years
Emma Atkins	Charity Dingle	Emmerdale	2000–2005, 2009—	12 years
Antony Cotton	Sean Tully	Coronation Street	2003, 2004—	12 years
Nick Miles	Jimmy King	Emmerdale	2004—	12 years
Brooke Vincent	Sophie Webster	Coronation Street	2004—	12 years
Cathy Shipton	Lisa "Duffy" Duffin	Casualty	1986–1993, 1998–2003, 2006, 2015, 2016—	12 years
Darren Jeffries	Sam O'Brien	Hollyoaks	1997–2008, 2016–2017	12 years
Suzanne Packer	Tess Bateman	Casualty	2003–2015, 2016	12 years
Charles Lawson	Jim McDonald	Coronation Street	1989–2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007–2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014	12 years
Patsy Palmer	Bianca Butcher	EastEnders	1993–1999, 2002, 2008–2014	12 years
Paul Samson	Raymond Henderson	River City	2002–2014	12 years
Helen Flanagan	Rosie Webster	Coronation Street	2000–2012	12 years
Leonard Fenton	Dr. Legg	EastEnders	1985–1997, 2000, 2004, 2007	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
Gretchen Franklin	Ethel Skinner	EastEnders	1985–1997, 2000	12 years
Michael Starke	Sinbad Sweeney	Brookside	1984, 1985, 1987, 1988–2000	12 years
Diana Davies	Caroline Bates	Emmerdale	1984–1996, 1997, 1999	12 years
Lynsay King	Sarah-Louise Platt	Coronation Street	1987–1999	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
Kate Ford	Tracy Barlow	Coronation Street	2002–2007, 2010—	11 years
Billy McElhaney	Jimmy Mullen	River City	2005—	11 years
Jessica Fox	Nancy Osborne	Hollyoaks	2005—	11 years
Adrian Lewis Morgan	Dr Jimmi Clay	Doctors	2005—	11 years
Rosie Marcel	Jac Naylor	Holby City	2005—	11 years
Eden Taylor-Draper	Belle Dingle	Emmerdale	2005—	11 years
Derek Martin	Charlie Slater	EastEnders	2000–2011, 2013, 2016	11 years
Charlie Hardwick	Val Pollard	Emmerdale	2004–2015	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
Sarah Jayne Dunn	Mandy Richardson	Hollyoaks	1996–2006, 2007, 2008, 2010–2011, 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
Beth Robert	Lisa Morgan	Pobol y Cwm	1989–2000	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
Jean Rogers	Dolly Skilbeck	Emmerdale	1980–1991	11 years
Christopher Quinten	Brian Tilsley	Coronation Street	1978–1989	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
Laurie Brett	Jane Beale	EastEnders	2004–2012, 2014—	10 years
Freddie Jones	Sandy Thomas	Emmerdale	2005–2008, 2009—	10 years
Kym Marsh	Michelle Connor	Coronation Street	2006—	10 years
Diane Parish	Denise Fox	EastEnders	2006—	10 years
Lorna Fitzgerald	Abi Branning	EastEnders	2006—	10 years
Isabel Hodgins	Victoria Barton	Emmerdale	2006—	10 years
Matthew Wolfenden	David Metcalfe	Emmerdale	2006—	10 years
Rita Simons	Roxy Mitchell	EastEnders	2007—2017	10 years
Alison King	Carla Connor	Coronation Street	2006–2016	10 years
Jane Hazlegrove	Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon	Casualty	2006–2016	10 years
Jessie Wallace	Kat Moon	EastEnders	2000—2004, 2005, 2010—2016	10 years
Dean Gaffney	Robbie Jackson	EastEnders	1993–2003, 2004, 2010, 2015	10 years
Paul Bradley	Elliot Hope	Holby City	2005–2015	10 years
Annelise Manojlovic	Gabby Thomas	Emmerdale	2005–2015	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
Eirlys Britton	Beth James	Pobol y Cwm	1994–2004	10 years
Shaun Williamson	Barry Evans	EastEnders	1994–2004	10 years
Tiffany Chapman	Rachel Dixon	Brookside	1993–2003	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
Claire King	Kim Tate	Emmerdale	1989–1999	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
Tony Pitts	Archie Brooks	Emmerdale	1983–1993	10 years
Arthur Leslie	Jack Walker	Coronation Street	1960–1970	10 years

United States

Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
Helen Wagner	Nancy Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1981, 1983, 1985–2010	50 years	[53][54][55][56]
Don Hastings	Bob Hughes	As the World Turns	1960–2010	50 years	[57]
Eileen Fulton	Lisa Grimaldi	As the World Turns	1960–1965, 1966-1983, 1984-2010	47 years	[58][59]
Rachel Ames	Audrey Hardy	General Hospital	1964–2007, 2009, 2013, 2015	43 years	[60]
Frances Reid	Alice Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–2007	42 years	[61][62]
Suzanne Rogers	Maggie Horton	Days of Our Lives	1973–1984, 1985–2003, 2004—	41 years
Susan Lucci	Erica Kane	All My Children	1970–2011	41 years	[63]
Erika Slezak	Victoria Lord	One Life to Live	1971–2012, 2013	41 years	[64]
Jeanne Cooper	Katherine Chancellor	The Young and the Restless	1973–2013	40 years	[65]
Ray MacDonnell	Joe Martin	All My Children	1970–2010, 2011, 2013	40 years	[66]
Leslie Charleson	Monica Quartermaine	General Hospital	1977—	39 years	[67]
Susan Seaforth Hayes	Julie Williams	Days of Our Lives	1968–1984, 1990–1995, 1999—	39 years
John Clarke	Mickey Horton	Days of Our Lives	1965–2004	39 years	[68][69]
Doug Davidson	Paul Williams	The Young and the Restless	1978—	38 years
Kathryn Hays	Kim Hughes	As the World Turns	1972–2010	38 years	[70]
Melody Thomas Scott	Nikki Newman	The Young and the Restless	1979—	37 years	[71]
Eric Braeden	Victor Newman	The Young and the Restless	1980—	36 years	[72][73]
Jacklyn Zeman	Bobbie Spencer	General Hospital	1977–2010, 2013—	36 years
Bill Hayes	Doug Williams	Days of Our Lives	1970–1984, 1986–1987, 1993–1996, 1999–	35 years
Patricia Bruder	Ellen Lowell	As the World Turns	1960–1995, 1998	35 years	[74]
Mary Stuart	Joanne Gardner	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1986	35 years	[75]
Larry Haines	Stu Bergman	Search for Tomorrow	1951–1986	35 years	[76]
Larry Bryggman	John Dixon	As the World Turns	1969–2004, 2010	35 years	[77][78]
Michael Storm	Larry Wolek	One Life to Live	1969–2004	35 years	[79][80][81]
Ruth Warrick	Phoebe Tyler Wallingford	All My Children	1970–2005	35 years	[82]
Marie Masters	Susan Stewart	As the World Turns	1968–1979, 1986–2010	35 years	[83]
Deidre Hall	Marlena Evans	Days of Our Lives	1976–1987, 1991–2009, 2011—	34 years
Kate Linder	Esther Valentine	The Young and the Restless	1982—	34 years
Charita Bauer	Bert Bauer	Guiding Light	1950–1984	34 years	[84]
James Reynolds	Abe Carver	Days of Our Lives	1981–1990, 1991–2003, 2004—	33 years
John Beradino	Steve Hardy	General Hospital	1963–1996	33 years	[85]
Stuart Damon	Alan Quartermaine	General Hospital	1977–2008, 2011, 2012, 2013	33 years	[86]
Peter Hansen	Lee Baldwin	General Hospital	1965–1986, 1992–2004	33 years	[87]
Robert S. Woods	Bo Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979-1986, 1988-2012, 2013	31 years
Tracey E. Bregman	Lauren Fenmore	The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful	1983–1999, 2000, 2001—	32 years
Eileen Herlie	Myrtle Fargate	All My Children	1976–2008	32 years	[88]
Colleen Zenk	Barbara Ryan	As the World Turns	1978–2010	32 years	[89]
Peggy McCay	Caroline Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983, 1985–2003, 2004—	30 years
John Aniston	Victor Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1985–1997, 1998—	30 years
Don MacLaughlin	Chris Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1986	30 years
Henderson Forsythe	David Stewart	As the World Turns	1960–1990	30 years	[90]
Anthony Geary	Luke Spencer Bill Eckert	General Hospital	1978–1984, 1991–1993, 1993–2015	29 years
Jess Walton	Jill Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1987—	29 years
John McCook	Eric Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987—	29 years
Katherine Kelly Lang	Brooke Logan	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987—	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
Josh Taylor	Chris Kositchek Roman Brady	Days of Our Lives	1977–1981, 1982–1987, 1997—	28 years
Philip Carey	Asa Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–2007, 2008	28 years
Emily McLaughlin	Jessie Brewer	General Hospital	1963–1991	28 years
Peter Bergman	Jack Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1989—	27 years
Patty Weaver	Gina Roma	The Young and the Restless	1982–2009, 2013	27 years
Mary Fickett	Ruth Martin	All My Children	1970–1996, 1999–2000	27 years
David Canary	Adam Chandler Stuart Chandler	All My Children	1983–2010, 2011, 2013	27 years
Jerry Douglas	John Abbott Alistair Wallingford	The Young and the Restless	1982–2009, 2010, 2011	27 years
Victoria Wyndham	Rachel Cory Hutchins Justine Duvalier	Another World	1972–1999	27 years
Lauralee Bell	Christine Blair	The Young and the Restless	1983–2001, 2002–2006, 2010, 2011, 2012—	26 years
Kristian Alfonso	Hope Brady Gina Von Amberg	Days of Our Lives	1983–1987, 1990, 1994—	26 years
Drake Hogestyn	John Black	Days of Our Lives	1986–2007, 2008–2009, 2011–2013, 2014—	26 years
Jerry Ver Dorn	Ross Marler	Guiding Light	1979–2005	26 years
Tina Sloan	Lillian Raines	Guiding Light	1983–2009	26 years
Elizabeth Hubbard	Lucinda Walsh	As the World Turns	1984–2010	26 years
Kristina Wagner	Felicia Jones	General Hospital	1984–2003, 2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2012—	25 years
Kristoff St. John	Neil Winters	The Young and the Restless	1991—	25 years
John J. York	Mac Scorpio	General Hospital	1991—	25 years
Susan Flannery	Stephanie Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–2012	25 years
Ronn Moss	Ridge Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–2012	25 years
Michael E. Knight	Tad Martin Ted Orsini	All My Children	1982–1986, 1988–1990, 1992–2011	25 years
Kathleen Widdoes	Emma Snyder	As the World Turns	1985–2010	25 years
Anna Lee	Lila Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–2003	25 years
Denise Alexander	Lesley Webber	General Hospital	1972–1984, 1996–2009, 2013	25 years
Constance Ford	Ada Hobson	Another World	1967–1992	25 years
Beth Maitland	Traci Abbott Connelly	The Young and the Restless	1982–1996, 1999, 2001, 2006–	24 years
Patricia Elliott	Renée Buchanan	One Life to Live	1987–2011	24 years
Walt Willey	Jackson Montgomery	All My Children	1987–2011	24 years
Robert Newman	Joshua Lewis	Guiding Light	1981–1984, 1986–1991, 1993–2009	24 years
Frances Heflin	Mona Tyler	All My Children	1970–1994	24 years
Theo Goetz	Papa Bauer	Guiding Light	1948–1972	24 years
Peter Reckell	Bo Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983–1987, 1990–1992, 1995–2012, 2015	23 years
Scott Holmes	Tom Hughes	As the World Turns	1987–2010	23 years
Frank Parker	Shawn Brady	Days of Our Lives	1983–1984, 1985–1989, 1990–2008	23 years
Carolyn Conwell	Mary Williams	The Young and the Restless	1980–2003, 2004	23 years
Kin Shriner	Scott Baldwin	General Hospital Port Charles	1977–1983, 1987–1993, 1997–2004, 2007–2008, 2013—	23 years
Robin Strasser	Dorian Lord	One Life to Live	1979–1987, 1993–2000, 2003–2011, 2013	23 years
Shell Kepler	Amy Vining	General Hospital	1979–2002	23 years
William Johnstone	James T Lowell	As the World Turns	1956–1979	23 years
Melissa Reeves	Jennifer Horton	Days of Our Lives	1985–1995, 2000–2006, 2010—	22 years
Maurice Benard	Sonny Corinthos	General Hospital	1993–1997, 1998—	22 years
Sharon Case	Sharon Newman	The Young and the Restless	1994—	22 years
Joshua Morrow	Nicholas Newman	The Young and the Restless	1994—	22 years
Jill Larson	Opal Cortlandt	All My Children	1989–2011, 2013	22 years
Don Diamont	Brad Carlton	The Young and the Restless	1985–1996, 1998–2009	22 years
Frank Dicopoulos	Frank Cooper	Guiding Light	1987–2009	22 years
Maureen Garrett	Holly Norris	Guiding Light	1976–1980, 1988–2006, 2009	22 years
Ellen Demming	Meta Bauer	Guiding Light	1952–1974	22 years
Ann Flood	Nancy Pollock	The Edge of Night	1962–1984	22 years
Christian LeBlanc	Michael Baldwin	The Young and the Restless	1991–1993, 1997—	21 years
Alison Sweeney	Sami Brady Colleen Brady	Days of Our Lives	1993–2014, 2015	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
Lynn Herring	Lucy Coe	General Hospital Port Charles	1986–1991, 1992–2004, 2012—	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
Joseph Mascolo	Stefano DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1982–1985, 1988, 1991, 1993–1996, 1997–2001, 2006-2016	20 years
Eileen Davidson	Ashley Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1982-1988, 1999-2007, 2008–2012, 2013, 2014—	20 years
Bryan Dattilo	Lucas Roberts	Days of Our Lives	1993–2001, 2002–2010, 2012—	20 years
Nancy Lee Grahn	Alexis Davis	General Hospital	1996—	20 years
Lauren Koslow	Kate Roberts	Days of Our Lives	1996—	20 years
Kimberly McCullough	Robin Scorpio	General Hospital	1985–1996, 1997, 1998–1999, 2000, 2004, 2005–2012, 2013–2014, 2015-2016	20 years
Hillary B. Smith	Nora Hanen	One Life to Live	1992–2012, 2013	20 years
Hunter Tylo	Taylor Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1990–2002, 2004, 2005–2013, 2014	20 years
Renée Jones	Nikki Wade Lexie Carver	Days of Our Lives	1982–1983, 1993–2012	20 years
Michael Damian	Danny Romalotti	The Young and the Restless	1980–1998, 2002–2004, 2008, 2012, 2013	20 years
Ellen Dolan	Margo Hughes	As the World Turns	1989–1993, 1994–2010	20 years
Benjamin Hendrickson	Hal Munson	As the World Turns	1985–2004, 2005–2006	20 years
Jordan Clarke	Billy Lewis	Guiding Light	1982–1986, 1989–1993, 1996–1998, 1999–2009	20 years
Susan Brown	Gail Baldwin	General Hospital	1977–1985, 1992–2004	20 years
Anne Jeffreys	Amanda Barrington	General Hospital	1984–2004	20 years
Mandel Kramer	Bill Marceau	The Edge of Night	1959–1979	20 years
Wally Kurth	Ned Ashton	General Hospital	1991-2007, 2012 -	20 years
Santos Ortega	Will Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1976	20 years
Jane Elliot	Tracy Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–1980, 1989–1993, 1996, 2003—	19 years
Rebecca Herbst	Elizabeth Webber	General Hospital	1997—	19 years
Winsor Harmon	Thorne Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1996–2015	19 years
Kassie DePaiva	Blair Cramer	One Life to Live	1993–2012, 2013	19 years
Steve Burton	Jason Morgan	General Hospital	1991–2000, 2001, 2002–2012	19 years
Tonya Lee Williams	Olivia Winters	The Young and the Restless	1990–2005, 2007–2011	19 years
Daniel McVicar	Clarke Garrison	The Bold and the Beautiful	1987–1992, 1996–2010	19 years
Martha Byrne	Lily Walsh Snyder Rose D'Angelo	As the World Turns	1985–1989, 1993–2008	19 years
Clint Ritchie	Clint Buchanan	One Life to Live	1979–1998, 1999, 2003, 2004	19 years
Norma Connolly	Ruby Anderson	General Hospital	1979–1998	19 years
James Pritchett	Matt Powers	The Doctors	1963–1982	19 years
Tricia Cast	Nina Webster	The Young and the Restless	1986–2001, 2008, 2009–2012, 2013, 2014	18 years
Kelley Menighan Hensley	Emily Stewart	As the World Turns	1992–2010	18 years
Marilyn Chris	Wanda Webb Wolek	One Life to Live	1972-1976, 1980-1994	18 years
Schae Harrison	Darla Forrester	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2007, 2014	18 years
Genie Francis	Laura Spencer	General Hospital	1976–1984, 1993–2002, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015-	18 years
Lillian Hayman	Sadie Gray	One Life to Live	1968–1986	18 years
John Ingle	Edward Quartermaine	General Hospital	1993–2004, 2006–2012	17 years
Elizabeth Keifer	Blake Marler	Guiding Light	1992–2009	17 years
Beth Ehlers	Harley Cooper	Guiding Light	1987–1993, 1997–2008	17 years
Darlene Conley	Sally Spectra	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2006	17 years
Linda Dano	Felicia Gallant	Another World	1982–1999	17 years
Michael Zaslow	Roger Thorpe	Guiding Light	1971–1980, 1989–1997	17 years
William Roerick	Bruce Banning Henry Chamberlain	Guiding Light	1972–1974, 1980–1995	17 years
Irene Dailey	Liz Matthews	Another World	1975–1986, 1987–1993	17 years
Joseph Gallison	Neil Curtis	Days of Our Lives	1974–1991	17 years
Judi Evans	Adrienne Kiriakis Bonnie Lockhart	Days of Our Lives	1986–1991, 2003–2008, 2010—	16 years
Arianne Zucker	Nicole Walker	Days of Our Lives	1998–2006, 2008—	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
James DePaiva	Max Holden	One Life to Live	1987–1990, 1991–2003, 2007	16 years
Stephen Schnetzer	Cass Winthrop	Another World	1982–1986, 1987–1999	16 years
Don Stewart	Mike Bauer	Guiding Light	1968–1984, 1997	16 years
Michelle Stafford	Phyllis Summers Sheila Carter	The Young and the Restless	1994–1997, 2000–2013	16 years
Mary Beth Evans	Kayla Brady	Days of Our Lives	1986–1992, 2006–2009, 2010—	15 years
Ingo Rademacher	Jasper Jacks	General Hospital	1996–2000, 2001–2012, 2013	15 years
Ron Hale	Mike Corbin	General Hospital	1995–2010	15 years
Peter Simon	Ed Bauer	Guiding Light	1981–1984, 1986–1996, 2002–2004, 2009	15 years
Grant Aleksander	Phillip Spaulding	Guiding Light	1982–1984, 1986–1991, 1996–2004, 2009	15 years
Ron Raines	Alan Spaulding	Guiding Light	1994–2009	15 years
Beth Chamberlin	Beth Raines	Guiding Light	1989-1991, 1994, 1997–2009	15 years
Brad Maule	Tony Jones	General Hospital	1984–1999, 2000, 2006	15 years
John Castellanos	John Silva	The Young and the Restless	1989–2004	15 years
Al Freeman Jr.	Ed Hall	One Life to Live	1972–1987, 1988, 2000	15 years
Edward Mallory	Bill Horton	Days of Our Lives	1966–1980, 1991, 1992–1993	15 years
Douglass Watson	Mac Cory	Another World	1974–1989	15 years
Beverly Penberthy	Pat Matthews	Another World	1967–1982	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
Walter Greazel	Winston Grimsley	The Edge of Night	1956–1971	15 years
Tyler Christopher	Nikolas Cassadine Connor Bishop	General Hospital	1996–1999, 2003–2011, 2013—	14 years
Beau Kazer	Brock Reynolds	The Young and the Restless	1974–1980, 1984–1986, 1990–1992, 1999–2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013	14 years
Cady McClain	Dixie Cooney	All My Children	1988–1996, 1998–2002, 2005–2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013	14 years
Christie Clark	Carrie Brady Reed	Days of Our Lives	1986–1991, 1992–1999, 2005–2006, 2010, 2011–2012	14 years
Maura West	Carly Snyder	As the World Turns	1995–1996, 1997–2010	14 years
Helen Gallagher	Maeve Ryan	Ryan's Hope	1975-1989	14 years
Barbara Tarbuck	Jane Jacks	General Hospital	1996–2010	14 years
Jay Hammer	Fletcher Reade	Guiding Light	1984–1998, 1999, 2009	14 years
Timothy D. Stickney	R.J. Gannon	One Life to Live	1994-2008	14 years
Bobbie Eakes	Macy Alexander	The Bold and the Beautiful	1989–2003	14 years
Ellen Holly	Carla Gray	One Life to Live	1968–1980, 1983–1985	14 years
Jed Allan	Don Craig	Days of Our Lives	1971–1985	14 years
Kristen Alderson	Starr Manning	One Life to Live	1998–2012	14 years
Lydia Bruce	Maggie Powers	The Doctors	1968–1982	14 years
Elizabeth Hubbard	Althea Davis	The Doctors	1964–1969, 1970–1978, 1981–1982	14 years
Christel Khalil	Lily Winters	The Young and the Restless	2002–2005, 2006—	13 years
Greg Rikaart	Kevin Fisher	The Young and the Restless	2003—	13 years
Kelly Monaco	Sam Morgan Alicia Montenegro	General Hospital	2003—	13 years
Tristan Rogers	Robert Scorpio	General Hospital	1980–1992, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013–2014	13 years
Michael Park	Jack Snyder	As the World Turns	1997–2010	13 years
Victoria Rowell	Drucilla Winters	The Young and the Restless	1990–1998, 2000, 2002–2007	13 years
Rosemary Prinz	Penny Hughes	As the World Turns	1956–1968, 1985, 1986–1987, 1993, 1998, 2000	13 years
Scott DeFreitas	Andy Dixon	As the World Turns	1985–1995, 1997–2000	13 years
Anna Stuart	Donna Hudson	Another World	1983–1986, 1989–1999	13 years
Michael Evans	Douglas Austin	The Young and the Restless	1980–1985, 1987–1995	13 years
David Lewis	Edward Quartermaine	General Hospital	1978–1989, 1991–1993	13 years
Forrest Compton	Mike Karr	The Edge of Night	1971–1984	13 years
Lucille Wall	Lucille Weeks	General Hospital	1963–1976, 1982	13 years
Erin Torpey	Jessica Buchanan	One Life to Live	1990-2003	13 years
Thaao Penghlis	Tony DiMera Andre DiMera	Days of Our Lives	1981–1985, 1993–1995, 2002–2005, 2007–2009, 2015-	12 years
Finola Hughes	Anna Devane Liesl Obrecht	General Hospital	1985–1991, 1995, 2006–2008, 2012—	12 years
Bryton James	Devon Hamilton	The Young and the Restless	2004—	12 years
Vincent Irizarry	David Hayward	All My Children	1997–2006, 2008–2011, 2013	12 years
Richard Fancy	Bennie Abrahms Bernie Abrahms	General Hospital	1997–2003, 2006–2012	12 years
Lauren-Marie Taylor	Stacey Donovan Forbes	Loving	1983-1995	12 years
Terri Conn	Katie Snyder	As the World Turns	1998–2010	12 years
Julianna McCarthy	Liz Foster	The Young and the Restless	1973–1982, 1984–1986, 1993, 2003–2004, 2008, 2010	12 years
Marj Dusay	Alexandra Spaulding	Guiding Light	1993–1997, 1998–1999, 2002–2009	12 years
Sharon Wyatt	Tiffany Donely	General Hospital	1981–1984, 1986–1995, 2008	12 years
Tanya Boyd	Celeste Perrault	Days of Our Lives	1994–2001, 2002–2007	12 years
Stephen Kay	Reginald Jennings	General Hospital	1992–2004	12 years
Heather Tom	Victoria Newman	The Young and the Restless	1991–2003	12 years
Tom Eplin	Jake McKinnon	Another World	1985–1986, 1988–1999	12 years
Frank Maxwell	Dan Rooney	General Hospital	1978–1990	12 years
Jacqueline Courtney	Alice Matthews	Another World	1964–1975, 1984–1985, 1989	12 years
Lois Kibbee	Geraldine Weldon	The Edge of Night	1970–1971, 1973–1984	12 years
Mart Hulswit	Ed Bauer	Guiding Light	1969–1981	12 years
Wally Kurth	Justin Kiriakis	Days of Our Lives	1987-1991, 2009-	11 years
Jason Thompson	Patrick Drake	General Hospital	2005—2016	11 years
Laura Wright	Carly Corinthos	General Hospital	2005—	11 years
Amelia Heinle	Victoria Newman	The Young and the Restless	2005—	11 years
Judith Chapman	Jill Foster Abbott Gloria Bardwell	The Young and the Restless	1994 2005—	11 years
Debbi Morgan	Angie Hubbard	All My Children	1982–1990, 2008–2011, 2013	11 years
John Reilly	Sean Donely	General Hospital	1984–1995, 2008, 2013	11 years
Matthew Ashford	Jack Deveraux	Days of Our Lives	1987–1993, 2001–2003, 2004–2006, 2007, 2011–2012	11 years
William Wintersole	Mitchell Sherman	The Young and the Restless	1986–1996, 1998, 2003, 2008–2009, 2011	11 years
Trent Dawson	Henry Coleman	As the World Turns	1999–2010	11 years
Ken Meeker	Rafe Garretson	One Life to Live	1980-1991	11 years
Eddie Alderson	Matthew Buchanan	One Life to Live	2001-2012	11 years
Melissa Archer	Natalie Buchanan	One Life to Live	2001-2012, 2013	11 years
Nathan Purdee	Hank Gannon	One Life to Live	1992-2003, 2009	11 years
James Kiberd	Trevor Dillon	All My Children	1989-2000	11 years
Barbara Crampton	Leanna Love	The Young and the Restless	1987–1993, 1998–2002, 2006–2007	11 years
Barbara Berjer	Barbara Norris Thorpe	Guiding Light	1971–1981, 1989, 1995–1996	11 years
Barbara Berjer	Bridget Connell	Another World	1985–1996	11 years
Brenda Dickson	Jill Foster Abbott	The Young and the Restless	1973–1980, 1983–1987	11 years
Teri Keane	Martha Marceau	The Edge of Night	1964–1975	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
Nadia Bjorlin	Chloe Lane	Days of Our Lives	1999–2005, 2007–2011, 2013, 2015, 2016—	10 years
Kirsten Storms	Maxie Jones	General Hospital	2005-2011, 2012—	10 years
Alley Mills	Pamela Douglas	The Bold and the Beautiful	2006—	10 years
Louise Sorel	Vivian Alamain	Days of Our Lives	1992–2000, 2009–2011	10 years
Adrienne Frantz	Amber Moore April Knight	The Bold and the Beautiful	1997–2005, 2010–2012	10 years
Crystal Chappell	Olivia Spencer	Guiding Light	1999–2009	10 years
Orlagh Cassidy	Doris Wolfe	Guiding Light	1999–2009	10 years
Catherine Hickland	Lindsay Rappaport	One Life to Live	1998-2008, 2009, 2012	10 years
Matt Crane	Matt Cory	Another World	1988-1997, 1998–1999	10 years
Patrick Tovatt	Cal Stricklyn	As the World Turns	1988–1998	10 years
Tom Wiggin	Kirk Anderson	As the World Turns	1988–1998	10 years
David Forsyth	John Hudson	Another World	1987–1997	10 years
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
Fran Sharon	Cookie Pollock	The Edge of Night	1962–1972	10 years
Scott Reeves	Ryan McNeil	The Young and the Restless	1991-2001	10 years
Noelle Beck	Trisha Alden	Loving	1984-1993, 1995	10 years

New Zealand, South Africa, Greece and Scandinavia

Country	Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
New Zealand	Michael Galvin	Chris Warner	Shortland Street	1992–1996, 2000—	20 years
South Africa	Christine Basson	Nora Roelofse Naude	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
South Africa	Shaleen Surtie-Richards	Ester Willemse	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
South Africa	Brümilda van Rensburg	Louwna Roelofse Vorster Edwards Von Badenburg Edwards	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
South Africa	Hennie Smit	Bertie Roelofse	Egoli: Place of Gold	1992–2010	18 years
Norway	Anette Hoff	Juni Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	1998–2005, 2006—	18 years
Greece	Christos Politis	Yagos Drakos	The Shine	1991–2005	14 years
New Zealand	Angela Bloomfield	Rachel McKenna	Shortland Street	1993–1999, 2001–2003, 2007, 2009—	15 years
New Zealand	Karl Burnett	Nick Harrison	Shortland Street	1992–2005	13 years
Norway	Kim Kolstad	Jens August Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	1998–2000, 2001–2005, 2007—2013	12 years
South Africa	Michelle Botes	Cherel de Villiers	Isidingo	1998–2007, 2010–2013	12 years
Norway	Sossen Krogh	Astrid Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	1998–2010	12 years
Norway	Elin Sogn	Julie Anker-Hansen	Hotel Cæsar	2000–2004, 2005—2012	11 years
Norway	Tom Eddie Brudvik	Svein Krogstad	Hotel Cæsar	1999–2010	11 years
Norway	Rudy Claes	Eva Rosenkrantz	Hotel Cæsar	2004–	12 years
South Africa	Lesego Motsepe	Letti Matabane	Isidingo	1998–2008	10 years

Longest serving radio soap opera actors worldwide

Country	Actor	Character	Soap Opera	Years	Duration	Reference
UK	Norman Painting	Phil Archer	The Archers	1950–2009	59 years	[91]
UK	Patricia Greene	Jill Archer	The Archers	1957—	59 years
UK	June Spencer	Peggy Woolley	The Archers	1951–1953, 1962—	56 years
UK	Angela Piper	Jennifer Aldridge	The Archers	1963—	53 years
UK	Arnold Peters	Len Thomas David Latimer Jack Woolley	The Archers	1953–1966, 1968–1973, 1980–2011	49 years	[92]
UK	Alan Devereux	Sid Perks	The Archers	1963–2010	47 years
UK	Bob Arnold	Tom Forrest	The Archers	1951–1998	47 years
UK	Colin Skipp	Tony Archer	The Archers	1967–2013	46 years	[93]
UK	Jack May	Nelson Gabriel	The Archers	1951–1997	46 years
UK	Judy Bennett	Shula Hebden-Lloyd	The Archers	1971—	45 years
UK	Terry Molloy	Mike Tucker	The Archers	1973—	43 years
UK	Brian Hewlett	Neil Carter	The Archers	1973—	43 years
UK	Patricia Gallimore	Pat Archer	The Archers	1974—	42 years
UK	Pauline Seville	Mrs Perkins	The Archers	1951–1990	39 years
UK	Charles Collingwood	Brian Aldridge	The Archers	1975—	41 years
UK	George Hart	Jethro Larkin	The Archers	1951–1987	36 years
UK	Trevor Harrison	Eddie Grundy	The Archers	1979—	37 years
UK	Sara Coward	Caroline Sterling	The Archers	1979—	37 years
UK	Anne Cullen	Carol Tregorran	The Archers	1954–1990, 2007, 2010	36 years
UK	Chris Gittins	Walter Gabriel	The Archers	1953–1988	35 years
UK	Timothy Bentinck	David Archer	The Archers	1982—	34 years
UK	Graham Roberts	George Barford	The Archers	1973–2004	31 years
UK	Alison Dowling	Elizabeth Pargetter	The Archers	1983—	33 years
UK	Hedli Niklaus	Libby Jones Eva Lenz Kathy Perks	The Archers	1977, 1978-1981, 1983—	35 years
UK	Charlotte Martin	Susan Carter	The Archers	1983—	33 years
UK	Elizabeth Marlowe	Lilian Archer	The Archers	1961–1991	30 years
UK	Gwen Berryman	Doris Archer	The Archers	1951–1980	29 years
UK	Edward Kelsey	Joe Grundy	The Archers	1985—	31 years
UK	Carole Boyd	Lynda Snell	The Archers	1986—	30 years
UK	Graham Blockey	Robert Snell	The Archers	1986—	30 years
USA	J. Anthony Smythe	Henry Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1959	27 years
USA	Virginia Payne	Ma Perkins	Ma Perkins	1933–1960	27 years
UK	Felicity Finch	Ruth Archer	The Archers	1987—	29 years
UK	Gwenda Wilson	Aunt Laura Wilson	The Archers	1951–1977	26 years
UK	Philip Molloy	Will Grundy	The Archers	1989—	27 years
USA	Bernice Berwin	Hazel Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1958	26 years
UK	Souad Faress	Usha Franks	The Archers	1990—	26 years
UK	Mollie Harris	Martha Woodford	The Archers	1970–1995	25 years
USA	Charles Egelston	Shuffle Shober	Ma Perkins	1933–1958	25 years
UK	Rosalind Adams	Clarrie Grundy	The Archers	1988–2012	24 years
UK	Leslie Dunn	Paul Johnson	The Archers	1954–1978	24 years
USA	Minetta Ellen	Fanny Barbour	One Man's Family	1932–1955	23 years
UK	Graham Seed	Nigel Pargetter	The Archers	1983–1986, 1992–2011	22 years	[94]
UK	Denis Folwell	Jack Archer	The Archers	1951–1972	21 years
UK	Margot Boyd	Marjorie Antrobus	The Archers	1984–2004	20 years
UK	Michael Lumsden	Alistair Lloyd	The Archers	1997—	19 years
UK	Philip Garston-Jones	Jack Woolley	The Archers	1962–1980	18 years
UK	Tom Graham	Tom Archer	The Archers	1997–2014	17 years
UK	Richard Attlee	Kenton Archer	The Archers	2000—	16 years
UK	Barry Farrimond	Ed Grundy	The Archers	2000—	16 years
UK	Sunny Ormonde	Lilian Bellamy	The Archers	2000—	16 years
UK	Robert Lister	Lewis Carmichael	The Archers	2004—	12 years

See also

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