Scripted series · HBO
Vice Principals
Someone's got to teach this school a lesson.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Danny McBride
Neal Gamby
18 eps
Walton Goggins
Lee Russell
18 eps
Dale Dickey
Nash
9 eps
Kimberly Hébert Gregory
Dr. Belinda Brown
11 eps
Georgia King
Amanda Snodgrass
18 eps
Busy Philipps
Gale Liptrapp
18 eps
Sheaun McKinney
Dayshawn
18 eps
Shea Whigham
Ray Liptrapp
18 eps
Edi Patterson
Jen Abbott
15 eps
Blayze Hippensteel
Todd Frechette
1 eps
Mike O'Gorman
Bill Hayden
9 eps
Ryan Paynter
Patrick Cole
1 eps
Amy Farrington
Principal Cavanaugh
1 eps
Maya Gabrielle Love
Janelle Gamby
15 eps
RJ Cyler
Luke Brown
4 eps
Susan Park
Christine Russell
11 eps
James M. Connor
Martin Seychelles
12 eps
June Kyoto Lu
Mi-Cha
11 eps
Owen Harn
Jackie
1 eps
Brian Howe
Jeremy Haas
7 eps
Robin Bartlett
Octavia LeBlanc
6 eps
Katy Purnell
Carrie
1 eps
Brian Tyree Henry
Tavis Brown
3 eps
Bill Murray
Principal Welles
1 eps
Celia Weston
Mrs. Libby
2 eps
Rebecca Tilney
Maria Welles
1 eps
Marcuis Harris
Officer Terrence Willows
7 eps
Ashley Rae Spillers
Janice Swift
8 eps
Fisher Stevens
Brian Biehn
4 eps
Christopher Thornton
Mr. Milner
5 eps
Artemis
Trish Mullins
1 eps
Scott Caan
Sweat Dogs Trainer
1 eps
Nancy Linehan Charles
June Russell
1 eps
Emily Johnson
Lacey Russell
1 eps
Breeda Wool
Lynn Russell
1 eps
Keong Sim
Kevin Yoon
1 eps
Steve Little
Vice Principal Miggs
1 eps
Brad Beyer
Trainer
1 eps
Adam Holbrook
Motorcycle Rider
2 eps
Joseph Poliquin
Weed Smoking Teen
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Vice Principals actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Vice Principals reads strongest on Bingeability, Humour and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 18 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20169 episodes
7.1IMDbNeal Gamby and Lee Russell, two high-school vice principals, forge an unholy alliance to take down the school's new principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.
Best episode · S01E08 Gin
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20179 episodes
7.2IMDbAs the tumultuous school year at North Jackson High continues, Gamby and Russell learn that the only thing harder than gaining power is holding on to it.
Best episode · S02E02 Slaughter
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E05
A Compassionate Man
Russell’s birthday bash is marred by a revelation about his wife’s college boyfriend.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
S02E02
Slaughter
Gamby fingers a suspect, with Dayshawn’s help. Russell tests out a kindness strategy at school.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by Ben Dougan, John Carcieri
S01E08
Gin
Gamby and Russell look to finish what they started; Gamby confronts Amanda about her relationship with Hayden.
- Directed by Jody Hill
- Written by John Carcieri, Danny McBride
S02E01
Tiger Town
Recovering from his wounds, Gamby returns to a dramatically changed North Jackson High.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Danny McBride
S02E03
The King
Gamby’s search for his shooter leads him into a novelist’s graduate-school class. Russell’s ire is fueled by an unflattering caricature.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Adam Countee
S02E04
Think Change
A death in Russell’s family forces Gamby to step up to the plate as North Jackson’s acting principal.
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E09
The Union of the Wizard & The Warrior
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
S02E08
Venetian Nights
- Directed by Danny McBride
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
S02E07
Spring Break
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
S02E06
The Most Popular Boy
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Hayes Davenport
S02E05
A Compassionate Man
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
S02E04
Think Change
- Directed by David Gordon Green
- Written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Danny McBride
Showrunner
Jody Hill
Creator
Stephanie Laing
Executive producer
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Jonathan Watson
Executive producer
David Gordon Green
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Ben Dougan
Writer
- Photo unavailable
John Carcieri
Writer
Adam Countee
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Hayes Davenport
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Jeff Fradley
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Tim Saccardo
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ben DouganProducer
- Stephanie LaingExecutive Producer
- Jonathan WatsonExecutive Producer
- Adam CounteeProducer
- Hayes DavenportProducer
- Danny McBrideExecutive Producer
Writing
- Ben DouganWriter
- John CarcieriWriter
- Adam CounteeWriter
- Hayes DavenportWriter
- Jeff FradleyWriter
- Danny McBrideWriter
Direction
- Danny McBrideDirector
- David Gordon GreenDirector
- Jody HillDirector
Music
- Joseph StephensOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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