Season Five

Season Five is the fifth season of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was first announced on April 17, 2015, and officially confirmed on May 7, 2015 by ABC. Filming began on July 8, 2015 and lasted until April 2, 2016.

Season Five premiered on September 27, 2015 with "The Dark Swan", and ended with "Only You" immediately followed by "An Untold Story" on May 15, 2016.

Season Five's DVD/Blu-ray set was released on August 16, 2016.

New Characters

 * King Arthur
 * Sir Kay
 * Merida
 * Percival
 * Guinevere
 * Violet
 * Grif
 * Sir Morgan
 * Nimue
 * Lord Macintosh
 * Vortigan
 * Robin
 * Queen Elinor
 * King Fergus


 * Witch
 * Brennan Jones
 * Hades
 * Hercules
 * Megara
 * Fendrake the Healer
 * Captain Silver
 * Cleo Fox
 * Zeus
 * Groundsman
 * Orderly
 * Mr. Hyde
 * Evil Queen (Serum)

Recast Characters

 * Wes Brown as Gaston

Starring

 * Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
 * Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
 * Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills/Evil Queen (Serum)
 * Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David Nolan/Prince James
 * Emilie de Ravin as Belle/Belle French


 * Colin O'Donoghue as Hook
 * Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
 * Rebecca Mader as Zelena
 * Sean Maguire as Robin Hood
 * Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold

Guest Starring

 * Lee Arenberg as Grumpy/Leroy
 * Beverley Elliott as Granny
 * Keegan Connor Tracy as Mother Superior
 * Sinqua Walls as Lancelot
 * Timothy Webber as the Apprentice
 * David Anders as Dr. Whale
 * Meghan Ory as Ruby
 * Jamie Chung as Mulan
 * Eric Keenleyside as Maurice/Moe French
 * Barbara Hershey as Cora
 * Robbie Kay as Peter Pan


 * Giancarlo Esposito as Magic Mirror
 * Emma Caulfield as the Blind Witch
 * Tony Perez as Valet
 * Michael Raymond-James as Neal Cassidy
 * Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil
 * Bailee Madison as Young Snow White
 * Rachel Shelley as Milah
 * Bernard Curry as Liam Jones
 * Adrian Hough as Woodcutter
 * Geoff Gustafson as Stealthy
 * Tzi Ma as the Dragon

Co-Starring

 * Raphael Alejandro as Roland
 * Gabe Khouth as Sneezy/Mr. Clark
 * Michael Coleman as Happy/Happy
 * David-Paul Grove as Doc/Doc
 * Faustino di Bauda as Sleepy/Walter
 * Ingrid Torrance as Nurse Ratched


 * Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey/Dopey
 * Mig Macario as Bashful/Bashful
 * Paul Lazenby as Claude
 * Jason Burkart as Little John
 * Michael P. Northey as Friar Tuck

New Cast Members

 * Liam Garrigan as King Arthur
 * Andrew Jenkins as Percival
 * Amy Manson as Merida
 * Elliot Knight as Merlin
 * Joana Metrass as Guinevere
 * Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet
 * Giacomo Baessato as Grif
 * Dalila Bela as Young Guinevere
 * Ehren Kassam as Young Kay
 * Ryan Robbins as Sir Morgan
 * Paul Telfer as Lord Macintosh
 * Caroline Ford as Nimue
 * Glenn Keogh as King Fergus
 * Lily Knight as the Witch
 * Caroline Morahan as Queen Elinor
 * Oliver Bell as Young Killian
 * Adam Croasdell as Brennan Jones


 * Scott Hylands as Captain
 * Greg Germann as Hades
 * Kacey Rohl as Megara
 * Jonathan Whitesell as Hercules
 * Aaron Douglas as Fendrake the Healer
 * Costas Mandylor as Captain Silver
 * Teri Reeves as Dorothy Gale
 * Paul Scheer as the Scarecrow (Voice)
 * Wes Brown as Gaston
 * Ava Acres as Young Regina
 * Isabella Blake-Thomas as Young Zelena
 * Rya Kihlstedt as Cleo Fox
 * David Hoflin as Zeus
 * Hank Harris as Groundsman
 * Arnold Pinnock as the Orderly
 * Sam Witwer as Mr. Hyde

Lineup Changes

 * Michael Socha is no longer billed as "starring".
 * Rebecca Mader is now billed as "starring".
 * Sean Maguire is now billed as "starring".
 * Olivia Steele Falconer is billed as "guest starring" starting with "Dreamcatcher", previously billed as "co-starring".
 * Eric Keenleyside is once again billed as "guest starring".

Trivia

 * Jiminy Cricket appears in "Souls of the Departed", but Raphael Sbarge did not return to voice him.
 * The episode "Sisters" is dedicated in loving memory of Scott Nimerfro, who passed away on April 18, 2016, six days prior to the episode's airing.
 * Josh Dallas is the only starring cast member to appear in every episode this season, although appearing only in archive footage during the episode "The Bear King".