Match the "Cheers" Actor to Their Character Quiz

Answer: Ted Danson

Sam Malone is the bartender and owner of Cheers. He owned the bar in seasons 1-6 and then repurchased the bar in season 8 for a reduced price of $1.00 but got it for $0.85. He was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He is a recovering alcoholic and a notorious womanizer. He has an on-again, off-again relationship with the waitress Diane Chambers.

Answer: Shelley Long

Diane Chambers becomes a waitress at Cheers after her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her. She gains a new nemesis, Carla Tortelli. She has an on-and-off relationship with bartender Sam Malone, her complete opposite. At the end of season five, she leaves to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer but returns as an award-winning cable television writer in the last episode, which was a triple episode.

Answer: George Wendt

Norm Peterson is the bar's best customer. He has had many jobs: accountant, interior decorator, and beer taster. Norm has a wife named Vera, who is often mentioned she is never seen. Norm's real name is "Hilary Norman Peterson". He is a lifelong fan of the Boston Celtics. In fact, Norm is the first word of Frederick Crane, son of Frasier Crane and Lilith Sternin.

Answer: John Ratzenberger

Cliff Clavin is a loudmouth know-it-all mailman. He lives with his mother, Esther Clavin. He is ridiculed by friends and enemies alike for his know-it-all attitude. John Ratzenberger suggested to the producers that a know-it-all character should be added; this led to the creation of Cliff Clavin.

Answer: Rhea Perlman

Carla Tortelli is a wisecracking waitress. She is a devoted and often-disappointed Boston Red Sox fan. Carla is a mean-spirited woman. She is Catholic-raised and highly superstitious. At the beginning of the series, she has four children with her ex-husband Nick Tortelli. By the end of the series, she ends up with eight children-including twins Elvis and Jesse-to Eddie Lebec, Carla's late husband.

Answer: Woody Harrelson

Woody Boyd comes from Hanover, Indiana, where he was voted the smartest student in school. Woody came to Cheers in 1985 at the beginning of the fourth season in season 4, episode 1, "Birth, Death, Love, and Rice". Woody came to Cheers, hoping to meet his "pen pal" Coach, with whom he swapped pens instead of letters.

He also established a "big brother/little brother" relationship with Sam Malone.

Answer: Nicholas Colasanto

Coach Ernie Pantusso is a slow, forgetful bartender with a caring personality and warm heart. Coach was originally Sam Malone's baseball coach, who now works for Sam at Cheers. That's how he gets the nickname Coach. Coach has a daughter, Lisa, who appears in only one episode: "Coach's Daughter" (1982). Nicholas Colasanto's last filmed appearance as Coach was in an episode titled "Cheerio, Cheers".

Answer: Kelsey Grammer

Frasier Crane made his first appearance in the Cheers third-season premiere, "Rebound (Part 1)", as Diane Chambers's love interest. Frasier Crane's
occupation is a psychiatrist. he was only intended to appear in a few episodes but was praised for his performance by the producers, prompting them to expand his role.

Answer: Kirstie Alley

Rebecca Howe made her first appearance in season 6, episode 1: "Home is the Sailor". She becomes the bar manager after Sam sells the bar. Rebecca was nicknamed Backseat Becky because of her behavior as a party girl at the University of Connecticut. Gradually, she becomes neurotic and falls in love with almost every rich man in Boston.

Answer: Roger Rees

Robin Colcord is an English multi-millionaire and love interest of the gold-digging Rebecca Howe. His first appearance on Cheers was in season 8, episode 1, "The Improbable Dream: Part 1". Robin was planning a hostile takeover of the company for which Rebecca worked.

He is arrested and sent to prison briefly, losing his business positions and money. His last appearance was in season 11, episode 14, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Bar," in which Robin claims to be a broke but humble vagabond and petty fugitive who asks to reunite with Rebecca.