American Horror Story Season 11 Characters, Ranked
Posted on June 1, 2023
Season 11 of AHS served as a dark and terrifying allegory for 1980s New York. Here's a look at the best characters it featured.
#1 BIG DADDY
With a name like Big Daddy, it was never in doubt that this character was going to be intriguing. As it turned out, he was a lot more than that. The character begins showing up as a massive leather-clad figure. Despite his human appearance, he's better described as an entity. Big Daddy proves to be the assailant behind many of the attacks against the gay men of the city. While it isn't made literally clear who or what he is, there's some pretty clear evidence that the character was actually an allegory for AIDS.
Since he shows up, stalks, attacks, and generally decimates the people who encounter him, his spooky appearances served a greater purpose against the backdrop of the virus in the show and its relation to the actual AIDS epidemic that shattered the lives of so many gay men and other people during the '80s.
Like many past characters from other seasons of the show, he's a masked assailant who haunts it but is actually a representation of more significance than he appears to be. He's played by Matthew William Bishop, an actor who fits the bill size-wise. However, when Big Daddy finally reveals himself, he's noticeably smaller and takes on the appearance of an angelic-looking blonde man, likely played by a different actor.
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Posted on Nov 10, 2022
It turns out the actor behind AHS’s mysterious ‘Big Daddy’ mask is quite the big daddy
Posted on Nov 9, 2022
American Horror Story: NYC, dubbed the anthology series’ “gayest season yet,”, features no shortage of established, hunky talent.
But there’s one newcomer who’s instilling fear–and a dose of intrigue–as the story unfolds, and he goes by Big Daddy.
The character is suspected of committing all sorts of dastardly deeds, though we’re still thinking there’s a Murphy-esque midseason twist that might clear his name.
Though he shows ample skin, Big Daddy appears in a full leather mask, leaving many fans wondering: Who are you, Big Daddy?!
"Big Daddy" Wraps AHS: NYC Filming, Somehow Looks Bigger In Real Life
Posted on October 27, 2022 by Ray Flook
Four episodes into Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk's American Horror Story: NYC, and we're officially hooked. Why? Because it's living up to its pre-season hype of being something completely different than what AHS fans have experienced in the past. And based on the promo for next week's episodes, it looks like we might be getting a deeper AHS universe connection with a visit from Shachath (The Angel of Death), originally played by Frances Conroy in "Asylum." Now, we could rattle off a list of things we're appreciating about the season, but the obvious one has to be the presence of & mystery behind "Big Daddy" (Matthew William Bishop). And it's Bishop who's offering us an important update on how AHS: NYC filming is going, taking to social media to let fans know that he's wrapped filming on the season.
Who Plays Big Daddy on 'AHS: NYC'? Meet the Man Behind the Mask
BY JAMIE LERNER OCT. 21 2022,
Another season of American Horror Story means another mystery to unravel. While the series focuses on the horror genre, there’s always an underlying mystery that we try to solve at home as the plot unfolds. However, the AHS: NYC character “Big Daddy” is intriguing from the start.