The following is a list of actors who have played Dracula in various media.
Radio and audio dramas
Name Title Date Type Bela Lugosi Stardom of Broadway - "Dracula" 1928 Radio episode (American) Orson Welles The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Dracula" 1938 Radio episode (American) Lorne Greene Stage 49 - "Dracula" 1949 Radio episode (Canadian) Thomas Studley Dracula 1960s RTÉ Radio play (Irish)David March Dracula 1975 BBC Radio play Vampirella 1976 BBC Radio play Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula 1981 BBC Radio play Aiden Grennell Vampirella 1992 RTÉ Radio play (Irish) Frederick Jaeger Dracula 1994 7 part serial (BBC Radio) David Suchet Dracula 2006 2 part serial (BBC Radio) Alexander Morton Voyage of the Demeter 2008 BBC Radio playSimon Templeman Dracula 2011 Recorded live reading (LA Theatre Works) Voices of Dracula 2021 Audio drama (AUK Studios) Giles Watling Sherlock Holmes - "The Tangled Skein" 2012 Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) Nicky Henson Dracula 2012 2 part serial (BBC Radio)Mark Gatiss Dracula 2016Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) Dracula's Guests2020 Dracula's War Tony Todd Dracula 2017 Audio play (Bleak December Inc.) Lewis MacLeod Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula 2017 BBC Radio play Attila Puskas The Holmwood Foundation 2024 Scripted podcast Karim Kronfli Re: Dracula 2025 Scripted podcast Brad Oliver Dracula: 2004 2025-present Scripted podcast
Stage plays
Name Title Date Type Edmund BlakeDracula 1924Play by Hamilton Deane Raymond Huntley 1927, 1928-1930 Bela Lugosi 1927-1929, 1932, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951 Courtney White 1931 Lloyd Battista 1973 Frank Langella 1977-1978 Raul Julia 1978-1980 Jean LeClerc 1978 Jeremy Brett 1978 Terence Stamp 1978 Martin Landau 1984 Christopher Bernau Passion of Dracula 1977 Play Joe Spano Dracula, A Musical Nightmare 1978 Musical Daniel Day-Lewis Dracula 1984 Adapted by Chris Bond Christopher ShyerDracula: A Chamber Musical 1997-1998Musical Juan Chioran 1999 Tom HewittDracula, the Musical 2001, 2004-2005Musical 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 NewmanDracula 2024Adapted by Kip Williams Cynthia Erivo 2026
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 School1988Animated 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 2022Made-for-television/streaming film (Canadian-American) Monster High 2 2023 Jake Herbert Dracula: The Original Living Vampire 2022 Direct-to-video film (American) Sean Cronin Wrath of Dracula 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 ŌtakeThe Monster Kid 1968-1969Anime (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 Christopher Bernau Broadway on Showtime - "Passion of Dracula" 1980 Televised stage performance 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 BerniHotel Transylvania: The Series 2017-2019Animated 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 productionBela 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 1944Universal 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 filmChristopher Lee Dracula 1958Hammer's Dracula series (British) Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave 1968 Count Dracula 1970West German-Italian-Spanish-British co-production Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970Hammer's Dracula series (British) Scars of Dracula 1970 Dracula A.D. 1972 1972 The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973 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-RobertsonDavid 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 Jamie Gillis Dracula Sucks 1978American pornographic 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 2012Animated 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 filmJason Isaacs Monster Family 2017Animated 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 2025 French-British-Finnish film
Video games Name Title Date Type Jeff Goldblum Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland 1996 Live-action segmentsAllan Wenger Dracula: Resurrection 1999Voice role Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary 2000 Richard Roxburgh Van Helsing 2004 Voice role Kevin Delaney Dracula: Origin 2008 Robert Carlyle Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2010Part 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
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