Only Murders in the Building (abbreviated to OMITB) is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. The show focuses on a trio of strangers (played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez) with a shared interest in true crime podcasts, who become friends while investigating a succession of suspicious murders in the Arconia, their upscale apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side, and producing their own podcast about the cases, titled Only Murders in the Building. Its five seasons premiered on Hulu in August 2021, June 2022, August 2023, August 2024, and September 2025. In October 2025, the series was renewed for a sixth season, branded as Only Murders in London, which is slated to premiere on December 8, 2026.
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, Short, and Gomez have gained acting nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards, and the cast of the fourth season received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Cast and characters Main
Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage, a misanthropic semi-retired actor who was the star of the popular 1990s crime drama series Brazzos and, as a result of the podcast's success, goes on to star in its 2020s revival Matthew Lamb as young Charles (season 2) Martin Short as Oliver Putnam, an ambitious but financially struggling Broadway director who spawns the idea of the podcast and becomes its director Samuel Farnsworth (season 2) and Hayes McCracken (season 5) as young Oliver Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora, a young artist and apartment renovator living alone in her aunt's unit, who was part of a quartet called "The Hardy Boys", that solved pretend mysteries throughout her childhood and teenage years, which included her best friend Tim Kono, the first season's murder victim Madeleine Valencia (season 1), Caroline Valencia (season 2), and Isabella Aparicio (season 5) as young Mabel Aaron Dominguez as Oscar Torres (season 1), a friend of Mabel and Tim who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of their friend Zoe Cassidy 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; guest season 4), a professional bassoonist who begins dating Charles. 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 Canning'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–present; recurring seasons 1–2), a cat-loving resident of the Arconia whose cat died the same night as Tim Kono. He becomes Oliver's assistant in season 3 for his play and becomes more invested in helping with the podcast during season 4.
Special guest Paul Rudd as: Ben Glenroy (season 3; guest season 2), a Hollywood actor best known for playing television superhero CoBro, who is murdered on the opening night of his first Broadway play. Glen Stubbins (season 4), Ben Glenroy's Irish-born former stunt double. the voice of L.E.S.T.R. (season 5), the new robot-doorman of the Arconia, named after the previous human doorman Lester Coluca. Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin (season 3–present), a struggling actress and Oliver's love interest, and later wife, who stars in his Broadway play, and later its musical reinterpretation. Zach Galifianakis (season 4) as a fictionalized version of himself, portraying Oliver in the film adaptation of the podcast. Eugene Levy (season 4) as a fictionalized version of himself, portraying Charles in the film adaptation of the podcast. Eva Longoria (season 4) as a fictionalized version of herself, portraying Mabel in the film adaptation of the podcast.
Recurring
Julian Cihi as Tim Kono (season 1; guest season 5), 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 Detective Donna Williams, an NYPD 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 (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3, 5), 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; guest seasons 3, 5), 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 Theodore "Teddy" Dimas, Sr. (seasons 1–2, 5), an old friend and patron of Oliver's family, who has ties to the local Greek mafia and agrees to sponsor the podcast. James Caverly as Theodore "Theo" Dimas, Jr. (season 1; guest seasons 2–3, 5), Teddy's deaf son. Ryan Broussard as Will Putnam (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3–4), Oliver's son Teddy Coluca as Lester Coluca (seasons 1–2, 4–5; guest season 3), the Arconia's doorman, whose murder is investigated in season 5 Emory Cohen as young Lester (guest season 5) Vanessa Aspillaga as Ursula (seasons 1–2, 5), the Arconia's building manager Russell G. Jones as Dr. Grover Stanley (seasons 1–2, 5), 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 Kapoor (season 1), Charles's 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. Zoe Colletti as Lucy (season 2), the teenage daughter of Charles's ex-girlfriend, with whom Charles has a tenuous father–daughter relationship. Michael Rapaport as Detective Daniel 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 (season 3; guest season 2), Charles's longtime makeup artist and love interest Jason Veasey as Jonathan Bridgecroft (season 3; guest season 2), 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; guest season 4), 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 Don Darryl Rivera as Bobo Malone (season 3), an actor in Oliver's show Gerald Caesar as Ty Wessex (season 3), an actor in Oliver's show Allison Guinn as K. T. Knoblauer (season 3), the stage manager for Oliver's show Jane Lynch as Sazz Pataki (season 4; guest seasons 1–3, 5), Charles's stunt double, who dates everyone he dates after him, and whose popularity with their coworkers often surpasses his. She is shot dead by an unknown assailant at the end of the third season with a snipe ostensibly meant for Charles. Molly Shannon as Bev Melon (season 4), a producer at Paramount Studios, intending to make a film adaptation from the podcast Catherine Cohen as Trina Brothers (season 4), Tawny's twin sister and the co-director of the film adaptation of the podcast Jin Ha as Marshall P. Pope/Rex Bailey (season 4), the screenwriter of the film adaptation of the podcast Siena Werber as Tawny Brothers (season 4), Trina's twin sister and the co-director of the film adaptation of the podcast Desmin Borges as Alfonso (season 4), the patriarch of a family living in the Arconia's west tower Richard Kind as Vince Fish (season 4–present), a resident of the west tower who wears an eye patch as a result of perpetual pink eye Kumail Nanjiani as Rudy Thurber (season 4), a fitness influencer and resident of the west tower who decorates his apartment with Christmas decorations year-round as a result of a Christmas-centric video becoming a hit Daphne Rubin-Vega as Inez (season 4), Alfonso's wife Lilian Rebelo as Ana (season 4), Alfonso and Inez's daughter Téa Leoni as Sofia Caccimelio (season 5; guest season 4), a woman who seeks to hire Charles and Mabel to investigate her husband's disappearance Bobby Cannavale as Nicky Caccimelio (season 5), Sofia's husband, an infamous mobster who disappeared from the public Dane DiLiegro as Johnny Caccimelio (season 5), Sofia and Nicky's eldest son Dianne Wiest as Lorraine Coluca (season 5), Lester's wife Jermaine Fowler as Randall (season 5), Lester's protégée and the Arconia's new doorman Keegan-Michael Key as Mayor Beau Tillman (season 5), New York's current mayor Beanie Feldstein as Althea (or "Thē") (season 5), a famous pop singer and Mabel's former childhood friend Logan Lerman as Jay Pflug (season 5), a billionaire whose fortune comes from his family's pharmaceutical company Christoph Waltz as Bash Steed (season 5), a billionaire who made his fortune in artificial intelligence and is implied to be much older than he appears Renée Zellweger as Camila White (season 5), a billionaire whose fortune comes from hotels and lifestyle businesses David Patrick Kelly as Miller (season 5), the trash collector at the Arconia
Guest
Episodes
Season 1 (2021)
Season 2 (2022)
Season 3 (2023)
Season 4 (2024)
Season 5 (2025)
Production Development Steve Martin conceived the idea for Only Murders in the Building ten years before its premiere. His original idea involved three elderly men who discover that they are all obsessed with solving crimes, but are too old and tired to go outside, so they decide to only solve crimes that are in the building. The idea later developed with one of the old men changed to a younger woman. In January 2020, it was announced that Martin and Martin Short would star in the then untitled Hulu series, created by Martin and John Hoffman, with Martin, Short, and Hoffman as executive producers, alongside Dan Fogelman, with 20th Television serving as the studio; Selena Gomez would then join as the series's third main lead.
Hulu renewed the series for a second season in September 2021, a third season in July 2022, a fourth season in October 2023, a fifth season in September 2024, and a sixth season in October 2025.
Casting Alongside the initial announcement, it was announced Martin and Short would star in the series. In August 2020, Gomez joined the cast and also serves as an executive producer. In November 2020, Aaron Dominguez joined the cast in a series regular role. In January 2021, Amy Ryan joined the cast in a series regular role and Nathan Lane joined the cast in a recurring role.