Where Is The ‘True Blood’ Cast Now? 2018 Update

It’s been 10 years since HBO’s vampire drama “True Blood” premiered on Sept. 7, 2008, and the cast has been making huge waves in the acting world all the years since.

The show, which was created by Alan Ball and was based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” novels by Charlaine Harris, aired its series finale in 2014. While it’s been four years since fans last saw the characters on the series, they’ve likely seen the actors who played them in many other projects.

Here’s what the cast of “True Blood” is up to now, in 2018:

Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse)

The 36-year-old actress took her experience as the lead in “True Blood” to move over as the main character of WGN’s mystery-thriller series “Bellevue” in 2017. She also starred with Sarah Gadon and Zachary Levi in the 2017 mini-series “Alias Grace.” Coming up, she has the 2018 movie “Tell It to the Bees,” the 2019 flick “The Irishman” and her comedy series “Flack.”

Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton)

Not letting time pass him by, Moyer has quickly found one role after another since wrapping the HBO series. He had a 2015 TV show, “The Bastard Executioner,” a couple movies in 2016 and 2017, as well as the series “Shots Fired” last year. Currently, he stars as Reed Strucker on Fox’s “The Gifted.”

Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte)

The next couple years are going to be very busy for Trammell. The actor’s new horror series, “The Order,” premieres later this year. He also has two movies — thriller “Hospitality" and drama “It’s Time” — coming out in 2018, too. Next year, he has “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase,” “Life Support” and a couple more movies and shows in the works.

Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse)

After a few movies in 2014 and 2015, Kwanten has really been getting back into the world of TV over the last two years. He voiced a character in the animated show “Apollo Gauntlet” in 2017 and headlines the Crackle’s 2018 series “The Oath.” His action-comedy flick “Supercon” also came out this year.

Chris Bauer (Andy Bellefleur)

From 2014 to 2017, he worked on the show “Survivor’s Remorse,” before moving over to “The Deuce” and “Law & Order True Crime.” His new movie “A Dog’s Way Home” is set to come out in 2019.

Carrie Preston (Arlene Fowler)

The actress was recently in a few episodes of “The Good Fight” and of “Brockmire,” and she’s a series regular on TNT’s “Claws.” She has two movies in the works, including “30 Miles from Nowhere.”

Rutina Wesley (Tara Thornton)

Aside from portraying the character of Reba McClain on the “Hannibal” series in 2015, Wesley was also on “Arrow” that same year. She’s been starring as Nova Bordelon on “Queen Sugar” since 2016.

Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman)

The 42-year-old actor took on the iconic role of Tarzan for the 2016 film “The Legend of Tarzan” and then played Perry Wright in the breakout HBO series “Big Little Lies” in 2017, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe. He has a slew of new projects in the works, including the mini-series “The Little Drummer Girl” and film “Flarsky,” which also stars Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen.

Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica Hamby)

She went from the gritty “True Blood” to the also gritty Marvel Netflix shows “Daredevil,” “The Defenders” and “The Punisher.” In all three of those shows, she plays Karen Page. Coming up, she has the movies “Silver Lake” and “The Maze.”

Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam De Beaufort)

While starring on the HBO series, the actress was also on the ABC show “Once Upon a Time,” which she continued to be on after “True Blood” ended. She finished up her role as Maleficent on the ABC series in 2015. She’s been doing movies ever since, including 2016’s “Nocturnal Animals” and the upcoming “Rich Boy, Rich Girl.”

Joe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux)

A year after “True Blood” finished up, Manganiello starred in “Magic Mike XXL” with Channing Tatum. Most recently, he was in the 2018 action flick “Rampage.” Next, he can be seen in the movies “Stano” and “Shoplifters of the World,” among others.