Canceled

Happy Face

Melissa, you can't hide forever.

Created by: Jennifer Cacicio

6.8 62

2025

1 season

DramaCrime

The story of Melissa Reed, daughter of Keith Jesperson, aka the Happy Face Killer. After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she must face a reckoning of her own identity.

Seasons

Season 1

Cast

Annaleigh Ashford

Keith Jesperson aka 'Happy Face Killer'

Tamera Tomakili

Benjamin Mackey

Michael O'Neill

D.A. Craig Calloway

Zara Nikou Sichani

Charles Zuckermann

Beverley Elliott

Denise's Friend

Kathleen Duborg

Jennifer Spence

Kiefer O'Reilly

Zabryna Guevara

Patrick Gilmore

Eric Keenleyside

Chanelle Peloso

Ms. Walters, Mrs. Walters

Texas Prison Guard #1

Debbie Podowski

Philip Ettinger

Jonathan Whitesell

Hilary McCormack

Christopher Pearce

Gregory Greenwood

Melissa G. Moore

Segment Producer

Carson Bokenfohr

John the Lawyer

Doris Maria Bregolisse

Richard Elias Anderson

Female Bartender

Johnny Scozzafava

Paul Moniz de Sa

Spokane Officer #1

Ben Christensen

Spokane Officer #2

General Store Clerk

Lola Rose Mackay

Elizabeth Weinstein

Harrold Griffin

Gardiner Millar

Darryl Scheelar

Belinda Williams

Lynnette Kissoon

Aaron Paul Stewart

Thrift Store Employee

Nevin Burkholder

New Store Clerk

Texan Prison Guard #2

Texas Prison Guard #3

Junior Associate

Michael St. John Smith

Black-Eyed Inmate

Melissah Charboneau

Female Bar Patron

Lawyer (uncredited)

Young Carl O'Neill

Les (Keith's Father)

OSP Prison Guard

Emmanuel Amadeo Badal

Basketball Prisoner

Brittany Clough