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Only Murders in the Building is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. The main plot focuses on a trio of strangers (played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez), all with a shared interest in true crime podcasts, who become friends while investigating a succession of suspicious murders in the Arconia, their affluent Upper West Side apartment building, and producing their own podcast about the cases, titled Only Murders in the Building. Its three ten-episode seasons premiered on Hulu in August 2021, June 2022, and August 2023. In October 2023, it was renewed for a fourth season. The series has received critical acclaim since its debut, with reviewers highlighting its comedic approach to crime fiction as well as the cast performances. It has received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. For their performances, Martin and Short have gained acting nominations at the Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, and Gomez has also been nominated for two Golden Globes. Cast and characters Main Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage, a semi-retired actor who was the star of the popular 1990s crime drama, Brazzos, and later, as a result of the podcast, its 2020s revival Matthew Lamb as young Charles Martin Short as Oliver Putnam, an ambitious but financially struggling Broadway director who spawns the idea of the podcast and becomes its director, and later that of a new play Samuel Farnsworth as young Oliver (season 2) Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora, a young artist who is living alone in her aunt's unit and who was secretly best friends with the first season's murder victim, Tim Kono, throughout her childhood and teenage years Madeleine Valencia (season 1) and Caroline Valencia (season 2) as young Mabel Aaron Dominguez as Oscar Torres (season 1), a friend of Mabel and Tim who was wrongly convicted of the murder of their friend Zoe ten years earlier, has recently been released from prison, and dates Mabel for a while Amy Ryan as Jan Bellows (season 1; recurring season 2), a professional bassoonist who begins dating Charles, and later his stunt double Sazz Cara Delevingne as Alice Banks (season 2), an artist and briefly Mabel's love interest. Adina Verson as Poppy White (season 2; guest season 1), Cinda's ambitious but abused assistant. She later reveals her true identity as Becky Butler, the subject of the All Is Not OK in Oklahoma crime podcast Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris (season 3; recurring seasons 1–2), a cat-loving resident of the Arconia whose cat died the same night as Tim Kono Special guest Paul Rudd as Ben Glenroy (season 3; guest, season 2), a Hollywood actor who is murdered on the opening night of his first Broadway play named Death Rattle Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin (seasons 3–present), a struggling actress and Oliver's love interest, who stars in his Broadway play, and later its musical reinterpretation Recurring Julian Cihi as Tim Kono (season 1), a resident of the Arconia who dies in the first episode. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death spur Charles, Oliver, and Mabel to do their own investigation. Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Donna Williams, a detective who ends up becoming involved with each of the mysteries. She is introduced when she initially closes the Kono murder case but becomes interested again after her wife starts listening to the podcast. Tina Fey as Cinda Canning, the host of the true crime podcast All Is Not OK in Oklahoma, a parody of Sarah Koenig and her true crime podcast Serial. Jackie Hoffman as Uma Heller, an ornery Arconia resident Jayne Houdyshell as Bunny Folger (seasons 1–2), the iron-fisted board president of the Arconia whose murder is investigated in the second season. Houdyshell also voices Mrs. Gambolini (season 2), Bunny's pet parrot. Nathan Lane as Teddy Dimas (seasons 1–2), an old friend and patron of Oliver's family, who has ties to organized crime and agrees to sponsor the podcast. James Caverly as Theo Dimas, Teddy's son Ryan Broussard as Will Putnam, Oliver's son Teddy Coluca as Lester, the Arconia's doorman Vanessa Aspillaga as Ursula (seasons 1–2), the Arconia's building manager Russell G. Jones as Dr. Grover Stanley (seasons 1–2), a therapist who lives at the Arconia. Jaboukie Young-White as Sam, Daniel Oreskes as Marv, Ali Stroker as Paulette, and Orson Hong as Grant (seasons 1–2), enthusiastic fans of the Only Murders in the Building podcast. Zainab Jah as Ndidi Idoko (season 1), Tim Kono's next-door neighbor Maulik Pancholy as Arnav (season 1), Charles' next-door neighbor Olivia Reis as Zoe Cassidy (season 1), a friend of Mabel, Tim, and Oscar who died ten years earlier after falling from the roof of the Arconia. Jane Lynch as Sazz Pataki, Charles' stunt double, who dates everyone he dates after him. Zoe Colletti as Lucy (season 2), the teenage daughter of Charles' ex-girlfriend, with whom Charles has a tenuous father–daughter relationship. Michael Rapaport as Detective Kreps (season 2), a police detective investigating Bunny's murder Christine Ko as Nina Lin (season 2), Bunny's protégée and the Arconia's new board president Ariel Shafir as Ivan (season 2), a server at Bunny's regular diner Andrea Martin as Joy Payne (seasons 2–3), Charles' longtime makeup artist and love interest Jason Veasey as Jonathan Bridgecroft (seasons 2–3), Howard's neighbor and love interest, and an actor in Oliver's show Linda Emond as Donna DeMeo (season 3), a Broadway producer who funds Oliver's return to Broadway Ashley Park as Kimber Min (season 3), a young actress and influencer who plays Ben's love interest in Oliver's show Jeremy Shamos as Dickie Glenroy (season 3), Ben's adopted brother and manager Wesley Taylor as Clifford "Cliff" DeMeo (season 3), Donna's clingy son who co-produces Oliver's play Jesse Williams as Tobert (season 3), a camera operator hired by Ben to make a documentary about his Broadway debut and briefly Mabel's love interest Molly Shannon (season 4) Eva Longoria (season 4) Eugene Levy (season 4) Kumail Nanjiani (season 4) Zach Galifianakis (season 4) Desmin Borges (season 4) Siena Werber (season 4) Lilian Rebelo (season 4) Richard Kind (season 4) Daphne Rubin-Vega (season 4) Catherine Cohen (season 4) Jin Ha (season 4) Guest Adriane Lenox as Roberta (season 1), Oliver's ex-wife Sting as a fictionalized version of himself (season 1), an Arconia resident who was at odds with Tim Kono Roy Wood Jr. and Jacob Ming-Trent as Vaughn and Lucian (season 1), hosts of a horticulture podcast who give Charles and Oliver a ride Jimmy Fallon as himself (season 1) Mandy Gonzalez as Silvia Mora (season 1), Mabel's mother Amy Schumer as a fictionalized version of herself (season 2), who moves into Sting's former apartment and proposes a TV series to Oliver based on their podcast Ben Livingston as Charles' late father (season 2) Shirley MacLaine as.... 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