List of actors who have played Dracula
The following is a list of actors[note 1] who have played Dracula in various media.
Radio and audio dramas
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bela Lugosi | Stardom of Broadway - "Dracula"[1] | 1928 | Radio episode (American) |
| Orson Welles | The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Dracula" | 1938 | Radio episode (American) |
| Lorne Greene | Stage 49 - "Dracula"[2] | 1949 | Radio episode (Canadian) |
| Thomas Studley | Dracula[3] | 1960s | RTÉ Radio play (Irish) |
| David March | Dracula[4] | 1975 | BBC Radio play |
| Vampirella[5] | 1976 | BBC Radio play | |
| Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula[6] | 1981 | BBC Radio play | |
| Aiden Grennell | Vampirella[7] | 1992 | RTÉ Radio play (Irish) |
| Frederick Jaeger | Dracula[8] | 1994 | 7 part serial (BBC Radio) |
| David Suchet | Dracula | 2006 | 2 part serial (BBC Radio) |
| Alexander Morton | Voyage of the Demeter[9] | 2008 | BBC Radio play |
| Simon Templeman | Dracula[10] | 2011 | Recorded live reading (LA Theatre Works) |
| Giles Watling | Sherlock Holmes - "The Tangled Skein"[11] | 2012 | Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) |
| Nicky Henson | Dracula[12] | 2012 | 2 part serial (BBC Radio) |
| Tony Todd | Dracula[13] | 2016 | Audio play (Bleak December Inc.) |
| Lewis MacLeod | Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula[14] | 2017 | BBC Radio play |
Stage plays
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Blake | Dracula | 1924 | Play by Hamilton Deane |
| Raymond Huntley | 1927, 1928-1930 | ||
| Bela Lugosi | 1927-1929, 1932, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951 | ||
| Lloyd Battista | 1973 | ||
| Frank Langella | 1977-1978 | ||
| Raul Julia | 1978-1980 | ||
| Jean LeClerc | 1978 | ||
| Jeremy Brett | 1978 | ||
| Terence Stamp | 1978 | ||
| Martin Landau | 1984 | ||
| Joe Spano | Dracula, A Musical Nightmare | 1978 | Musical |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Dracula[15] | 1984 | Adapted by Chris Bond |
| Christopher Shyer | Dracula: A Chamber Musical | 1997-1998 | Musical |
| Juan Chioran | 1999 | ||
| Tom Hewitt | Dracula, the Musical | 2001, 2004-2005 | Musical by Frank Wildhorn |
| Chuck Wagner | 2004-2005 | ||
| Thomas Borchert | 2005-2006 | ||
| Drew Sarich | 2005-2006 | ||
| Andy Vitolo | 2010 | ||
| Yōka Wao | 2011 | ||
| Johan Wikström | 2014 | ||
| Ryu Jung Han | 2014 | ||
| Kim Junsu | 2014 | ||
| Zahra Newman | Dracula | 2024 | Adapted by Kip Williams |
Television and DTV films
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilja Racek | Hrabě Drakula | 1971 | Czechoslovak film |
| Allen Swift | Mad Mad Mad Monsters | 1972 | Animated special (American) |
| Jack Palance | Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1974 | Television film (British) |
| Louis Jourdan | Count Dracula | 1977 | Television film (British) |
| Judd Hirsch | The Halloween That Almost Wasn't | 1979 | Television film (American) |
| Zale Kessler | Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | 1988 | Animated television film (American) |
| Hamilton Camp | Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf | ||
| French Tickner | Monster Mash | 2000 | Direct-to-video animated film (Italian-American) |
| Zhang Wei-Qiang | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary | 2002 | Recorded ballet production (Canadian) |
| Stephen Billington | Dracula II: Ascension | 2003 | Direct-to-video film, sequel to Dracula 2000 (American-Romanian) |
| Langley Kirkwood | Dracula 3000 | 2004 | Made-for-television film (American-South African) |
| Rutger Hauer | Dracula III: Legacy | 2005 | Direct-to-video film, sequel to Dracula II: Ascension (American-Romanian) |
| Paul Logan | Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire | 2005 | Direct-to-video film (American) |
| Peter Stormare | The Batman vs. Dracula | 2005 | Animated film (American) |
| Marc Warren | Dracula | 2006 | Television film (British) |
| Andrew Bryniarski | Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest | 2008 | Direct-to-video film (American) |
| Michael R. Thomas | House of the Wolf Man | 2009 | American film |
| Stuart Rigby | Dracula Reborn | 2012 | Direct-to-video film (American) |
| Luke Roberts | Dracula: The Dark Prince | 2013 | American film |
| Brian Hull | Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | 2022 | Animated streaming film, "Hotel Transylvania" franchise (American) |
| Steve Valentine | Monster High: The Movie | 2022 | Made-for-television/streaming film (Canadian-American) |
| Monster High 2 | 2023 | ||
| Jake Herbert | Dracula: The Original Living Vampire[16] | 2022 | Direct-to-video film (American) |
| Sean Cronin | Wrath of Dracula[17] | 2023 | Direct-to-video film (British) |
Television series
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Rogers | Doctor Who - "The Chase" | 1965 | British |
| Denholm Elliott | Mystery and Imagination - "Dracula" | 1968 | Feature length TV episode (British) |
| Hiroshi Ōtake | The Monster Kid | 1968-1969 | Anime (Japanese) |
| Kaneta Kimotsuki | 1980-1982 | ||
| Larry Storch | Groovie Goolies | 1970-1972 | American animated series |
| Francis Lederer | Night Gallery - "A Question of Fear/The Devil Is Not Mocked" | 1971 | Segment: "The Devil Is Not Mocked" (American) |
| Norman Welsh | Purple Playhouse - "Dracula" | 1973 | TV episode (Canadian) |
| Henry Polic II | Monster Squad | 1976 | American series |
| Bent Børgesen | Draculas ring | 1978 | Danish miniseries |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Drak Pack | 1980 | American animated series |
| Geordie Johnson | Dracula: The Series | 1990-1991 | American-Canadian series |
| Joe Flaherty | Little Dracula | 1991 | American animated series |
| Robert Bockstael | Monster Force | 1994 | American-Canadian animated series |
| Rudolf Martin | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Buffy vs. Dracula" | 2000 | TV episode (American) |
| Patrick Bergin | Dracula | 2002 | Miniseries (Italian-German) |
| Keith-Lee Castle | Young Dracula | 2006-2014 | TV series (British) |
| Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Dracula | 2013 | TV series (British-American) |
| Christian Camargo | Penny Dreadful | 2016 | TV series (American-British) |
| David Berni | Hotel Transylvania: The Series | 2017-2019 | Animated series, Hotel Transylvania franchise (American) |
| Ivan Sherry | 2019 | ||
| Graham McTavish | Castlevania | 2017-2018, 2021 | Animated series (American) |
| Tricia Helfer | Van Helsing | 2019-2021 | TV series (American-Canadian) |
| Claes Bang | Dracula | 2020 | TV serial (British) |
| Ken Marino | Monster High - "Food Fight/Unfinished Brain-ness" | 2022 | American animated series |
Theatrical films
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Schreck | Nosferatu | 1922 | German film |
| Paul Askonas | Drakula halála | 1923 | Austrian production |
| Bela Lugosi | Dracula | 1931 | Universal's Dracula series (American) |
| Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Universal Monsters series (American) | |
| Carlos Villarías | Dracula | 1931 | Universal's Dracula series (Spanish) |
| John Carradine | House of Frankenstein | 1944 | Universal Monsters series (American) |
| House of Dracula | 1945 | ||
| Billy the Kid versus Dracula | 1966 | American film | |
| Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula | 1979 | American film | |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Son of Dracula | 1943 | Universal's Dracula series (American) |
| Atif Kaptan | Drakula İstanbul'da | 1952 | Turkish film |
| Christopher Lee | Dracula | 1958 | Hammer's Dracula series (British) |
| Dracula: Prince of Darkness | 1966 | ||
| Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | 1968 | ||
| Count Dracula | 1970 | West German-Italian-Spanish-British co-production | |
| Taste the Blood of Dracula | 1970 | Hammer's Dracula series (British) | |
| Scars of Dracula | 1970 | ||
| Dracula A.D. 1972 | 1972 | ||
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | 1973 | ||
| Dracula A.D. 1972 | 1972 | ||
| Dracula and Son | 1976 | French production | |
| Francis Lederer | The Return of Dracula | 1958 | American film |
| Allen Swift | Mad Monster Party | 1967 | Stop-motion animated film (American) |
| Aldo Monti | Santo en el tesoro de Drácula | 1968 | Mexican film |
| Alexander D'Arcy | Blood of Dracula's Castle | 1969 | American film |
| Zandor Vorkov | Dracula vs. Frankenstein | 1971 | American film |
| Charles Macaulay | Blacula | 1972 | American film |
| Howard Vernon | Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein | 1972 | Portuguese-Spanish-Liechtensteiner film |
| Paul Naschy | Count Dracula's Great Love | 1973 | Spanish film |
| Udo Kier | Blood for Dracula | 1974 | Italian-French film |
| Dan Meaden | Son of Dracula | 1974 | British film |
| John Forbes-Robertson David de Keyser (voice dub, uncredited) Chan Shen (as Dracula's host) | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | 1974 | Hammer's Dracula series (British-Hong Kong) |
| David Niven | Vampira | 1974 | British film |
| Gary R. Holstrom | Deafula | 1975 | American film |
| Stephen Boyd | Blood for Dracula | 1977 | West German film |
| Michael Pataki | Dracula's Dog | 1977 | American film |
| Klaus Kinski | Nosferatu the Vampyre | 1979 | West German-French film |
| George Hamilton | Love at First Bite | 1979 | American film |
| Frank Langella | Dracula | 1979 | Adapted from Hamilton Deane's play (British-American) |
| Miles O'Keeffe | Waxwork | 1987 | American film |
| Duncan Regehr | The Monster Squad | 1987 | American film |
| Gary Oldman | Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1992 | American film |
| Antony Georghiou | U.F.O. | 1993 | British film |
| Anthony Crivello | Monster Mash | 1995 | American film |
| Leslie Nielsen | Dracula: Dead and Loving It | 1995 | American-French film |
| Phil Fondacaro | The Creeps | 1997 | American film |
| Gerard Butler | Dracula 2000 | 2000 | American film |
| Toni Bertorelli | Zora the Vampire | 2000 | Italian film |
| Richard Roxburgh | Van Helsing | 2004 | American-Czech film |
| Dominic Purcell | Blade: Trinity | 2004 | American film |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Dracula 3D | 2012 | Italian-French-Spanish production |
| Mitch Powell | Saint Dracula 3D | 2012 | |
| Adam Sandler | Hotel Transylvania | 2012 | Animated film, "Hotel Transylvania" franchise (American) |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | 2015 | ||
| Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | 2018 | ||
| Sudheer Sukumaran | Dracula 2012 | 2013 | Indian film |
| Eliseu Huertas | Story of My Death | 2013 | Spanish-French-Romanian production |
| Luke Evans | Dracula Untold | 2014 | American film |
| Jason Isaacs | Monster Family | 2017 | Animated films (German-British) |
| Monster Family 2 | 2021 | ||
| Thomas Doherty | The Invitation | 2022 | American film |
| Nicolas Cage | Renfield | 2023 | American film |
| Javier Botet | The Last Voyage of the Demeter | 2023 | American film |
| Doug Jones | Nosferatu | 2023 | American film |
| Bill Skarsgård | Nosferatu | 2024 | American film |
| Caleb Landry Jones | Dracula: A Love Tale | TBA | Upcoming French-British-Finnish production |
Video games
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Wenger | Dracula: Resurrection | 1999 | Voice role |
| Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary | 2000 | ||
| Kevin Delaney | Dracula: Origin | 2008 | |
| Robert Carlyle | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | 2010 | Part of the Castlevania series |
| Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate | 2013 | ||
| Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | 2014 |
See also
- List of actors who have played Van Helsing
Notes
- ^ The gender-neutral term actors is used in this article. Also note that this list includes female actors, namely Tricia Helfer.
References
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- ^ Dracula Starring Lorne Greene, retrieved 2025-02-08
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- ^ "Vampirella by Angela Carter". BBC Radio 4 Extra. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
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- ^ "2.4. Sherlock Holmes: The Tangled Skein – Sherlock Holmes". Big Finish.
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- ^ "Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula, Unmade Films – BBC Radio 4". BBC.
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