The following is a list of actors who have played Van Helsing in various media. Primarily focusing on portrayals of Professor Abraham Van Helsing, it also covers the character's adaptational descendents and successors who share the name and fill the same role.
Radio and audio dramas
Name Title Date Type Edward Van Sloan Stardom of Broadway - "Dracula" 1928 Radio episode (American) George Coulouris The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Dracula" 1938 Radio episode (American) Lister Sinclair Stage 49 - "Dracula" 1949 Radio episode (Canadian) Ivan Hanly Dracula 1960s RTÉ Radio play (Irish)Aubrey Woods Dracula 1975 BBC Radio play Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula 1981 BBC Radio play Finlay Welsh Dracula 1994 BBC Radio serial Dracula 2006 2 part serial (BBC Radio) David Selby Dracula 2011 Recorded live reading (LA Theatre Works) John Banks Sherlock Holmes - "The Tangled Skein" 2012 Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) John Dougall Dracula 2012 2 part serial (BBC Radio) Tim Curry Dracula 2014 Audio drama (Audible) Nigel Betts Dracula 2016 Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) Anthony D.P. Mann Dracula 2017 Audio play (Bleak December Inc.)Glen McCready Dracula's Guests2020Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) Dracula's War Colin Baker Voices of Dracula 2021 Audio drama (AUK Studios) Basil Waite The Holmwood Foundation 2024 Scripted podcast Alan Burgon Re: Dracula 2025 Scripted podcast Flloyd Kennedy Dracula: 2004 2025-present Scripted podcast
Stage plays Name Title Date Type Hamilton DeaneDracula 1924Play by Hamilton Deane Sam Livesey 1927-1928 Norman Partriege 1927-1929 Edward Van Sloan 1927-1928 Maurice Morris 1931 Jerome Dempsey 1977-1980 Peter Walker 1977-1980 Stephen Scott 1977-1980 David Hurst 1978-1979 George Martin 1978-1979 Michael Burg Passion of Dracula 1977 Play Victoria Hardcastle Dracula 1984 Adapted by Chris Bond Victor A. YoungDracula: A Chamber Musical 1997Musical Gordon McLaren 1998 Michael Fletcher 1999 Stephen McKinley HendersonDracula, the Musical 2004-2005Musical by Frank Wildhorn Chuck Wagner 2004-2005 Thomas Borchert 2005-2006 Drew Sarich 2005-2006 Mike Cosgrove 2010 Soma Suzuki 2011 Yang Jun-mo 2014 Zahra NewmanDracula 2024Adapted by Kip Williams Cynthia Erivo 2026
Television and DTV films Name Title Date Type Ota Sklenčka Hrabě Drakula 1971 Czechoslovak film Nigel Davenport Bram Stoker's Dracula 1974 Television film (British) Frank Finlay Count Dracula 1977 Television film (British) David Lee Moroni Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary 2002 Recorded ballet production (Canadian) Hugh Jackman Van Helsing: The London Assignment 2004 Animated direct-to-video film (American) Casper Van Dien Dracula 3000 2004 Made-for-television film (American-South African)Rhett Giles Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire 2005Direct-to-video film (American) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse 2006 David Suchet Dracula 2006 Television film (British) Cam Clarke Monster High: Fright On! 2011 Animated TV special (American Keith Reay Dracula Reborn 2012 Direct-to-video film (American) Jon Voight Dracula: The Dark Prince 2013 American film Kathryn HahnHotel Transylvania: Transformania2022Animated streaming film, "Hotel Transylvania" franchise (American) Jim Gaffigan Christina Prouty Dracula: The Original Living Vampire 2022 Direct-to-video film (American)Mark Topping Bram Stoker's Van Helsing 2021Direct-to-video film (British) Wrath of Dracula 2023
Television series Name Title Date Type Bernard Archard Mystery and Imagination - "Dracula" 1968 Feature length TV episode (British) Nehemiah Persoff Purple Playhouse - "Dracula" 1973 TV episode (Canadian) Bent Børgesen Draculas ring 1978 Danish miniseries Malachi Throne Broadway on Showtime - "Passion of Dracula" 1980 Televised stage performance Bernard Behrens Dracula: The Series 1990-1991 American-Canadian series Giancarlo Giannini Dracula 2002 Miniseries (Italian-German) Terence MaynardYoung Dracula 2006-2008TV series (British) Terry Haywood 2006-2012 Jo-Anne Knowles 2007-2012 Thomas Kretschmann Dracula 2013 TV series (British-American) David Warner Penny Dreadful - "Demimonde" and "What Death Can Join Together" 2014 TV series (American-British) Kelly OvertonVan Helsing 2016-2021TV series (American-Canadian) Michael Eklund 2018-2019 Dolly Wells Dracula 2020 TV serial (British)
Theatrical films Name Title Date Type John Gottowt Nosferatu 1922 German film Paul Askonas Drakula halála 1923 Austrian productionEdward Van Sloan Dracula 1931Universal's Dracula series (American) Dracula's Daughter 1936 Eduardo Arozamena Dracula 1931 Universal's Dracula series (Spanish) Kemal Emin Bara Drakula İstanbul'da 1952 Turkish filmPeter Cushing Dracula 1958Hammer's Dracula series (British) The Brides of Dracula 1960 Dracula A.D. 1972 1972 The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires 1974 Hammer's Dracula series (British-Hong Kong) Herbert Lom Count Dracula 1970West German-Italian-Spanish-British co-production Dennis Price Son of Dracula 1974 British film Reggie Nalder Dracula Sucks 1978American pornographic film Walter Ladengast Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 West German-French film Richard Benjamin Love at First Bite 1979 American film Laurence Olivier Dracula 1979 Adapted from Hamilton Deane's play (British-American) Jack Gwillim The Monster Squad 1987 American film Anthony Hopkins Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 American film Mel Brooks Dracula: Dead and Loving It 1995 American-French film Christopher Plummer Dracula 2000 2000 American film Hugh Jackman Van Helsing 2004 American-Czech film Rutger Hauer Dracula 3D 2012 Italian-French-Spanish production Kathryn HahnHotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation2018Animated film, "Hotel Transylvania" franchise (American) Jim Gaffigan George Maguire Nosferatu 2023 American film Willem Dafoe Nosferatu 2024 American film Titus Welliver Abraham's Boys 2025 American film Christoph Waltz Dracula 2025 French-British-Finnish film
Video games Name Title Date Type Hugh Jackman Van Helsing 2004 Voice role
See also List of actors who have played Dracula
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