True Blood/Season 5

Season Five of True Blood aired on Sunday evenings on HBO from June 10th, 2012 to August 26th, 2012, spanning a total of twelve episodes. Most of the main cast members from previous seasons return for season five (unless their character has been killed off, including Anna Paquin as the main protagonist, Sookie Stackhouse, Stephen Moyer as the morally questionable vampire, Bill Compton, Sam Trammell as shape-shifter Sam Merlotte, Ryan Kwanten as the village idiot, Jason Stackhouse, Rutina Wesley as the ever-biting Tara Thornton, and Alexander Skarsgard as Teutonic bad-boy vampire, Eric Northman, among others. New cast members joining the crew this season include Lucy Griffiths as Nora Gainsborough, Valentina Cervi as Salome Agrippa, Scott Foley as Patrick Devins and Christopher Meloni as Roman Zimojic. Other series regulars returning this time around include Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds, Chris Bauer as Andy Bellefleur, Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam De Beaufort, Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux, Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler, Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby and Michael McMillian as everyone's least-favorite pain in the ass, Steve Newlin.

Principal cast

 * Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse
 * Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton
 * Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte
 * Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse
 * Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton
 * Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman
 * Christopher Meloni as Roman Zimojic
 * Chris Bauer as Andy Bellefleur
 * Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam De Beaufort
 * Lauren Bowles as Holly Cleary
 * Valentina Cervi as Salome Agrippa
 * Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds
 * Scott Foley as Patrick Devins
 * Janina Gavankar as Luna Garza
 * Lucy Griffiths as Nora Gainsborough
 * Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur
 * Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux
 * Michael McMillian as Steve Newlin
 * Jim Parrack as Hoyt Fortenberry
 * Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler
 * Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby

Guest stars

 * Alec Gray as Coby Fowler
 * Chloe Noelle as Emma Garza
 * Laurel Weber as Lisa Fowler
 * Tanya Wright as Kenya Jones
 * John Rezig as Kevin Ellis
 * Carolyn Hennesy as Rosalyn Harris
 * Christopher Heyerdahl as Dieter Braun'''
 * Dale Dickey as Martha Bozeman
 * Louis Herthum as J.D. Carson
 * Kelly Overton as Rikki
 * William Sanderson as Bud Dearborne

Minor roles

 * Mariana Klaveno as Lorena Krasiki
 * Allan Hyde as Godric
 * Brit Morgan as Debbie Pelt
 * Jennifer Hasty as Sweetie Des Arts
 * Keram Malicki-Sanchez as Elijah Stormer
 * Aaron Christian Howles as Rocky Cleary
 * Noah Matthews as Wade Cleary

Production

 * Charlaine Harris - Creator
 * Alan Ball - Executive producer
 * Gregg Fienberg - Executive producer
 * Brian Buckner - Co-executive producer
 * Mark Hudis - Co-executive producer
 * Angela Robinson - Co-executive producer
 * Raelle Tucker - Co-executive producer


 * Alexander Woo - Co-executive producer
 * Bruce Dunn - Producer
 * Christina Jokanovich - Co-producer
 * Luis M. Patiño - Associate producer
 * Gianna Sobol - Associate producer
 * David Auge - Line producer
 * Marlis Pujol - Line producer

Directors

 * Daniel Attias
 * Daniel Minahan
 * David Petrarca
 * Lesli Linka Glatter
 * Michael Lehmann


 * Michael Ruscio
 * Romeo Tirone
 * Scott Winant
 * Stephen Moyer

Writers

 * Alan Ball
 * Alexander Woo
 * Angela Robinson


 * Brian Buckner
 * Mark Hudis
 * Raelle Tucker

Home video

 * True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season
 * Format: Region 1 DVD
 * Studio: HBO Studios
 * Released: May 21st, 2013
 * Discs: 5
 * Total running time: 720 minutes.
 * Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1.
 * Languages: English; French.
 * Subtitles: English; French; Spanish; Portuguese.