Professor Abraham Van Helsing — Bram Stoker's Dracula Character Profile

About Professor Abraham Van Helsing

An experienced vampire hunter and mentor to Dr. Seward. He recognizes Lucy's condition, leads the group in tracking and destroying Dracula's boxes of soil, and protects Mina from the brides using a communion wafer and a ring of fire. He guides the final pursuit to Transylvania and witnesses the Count's death and Mina's liberation.

Professor Abraham Van Helsing appears in 12 titles

• Dracula (1931) — character page
• Dracula's Daughter (1936) — character page
• Dracula (1958) — character page
• The Brides of Dracula (1960) — character page
• Count Dracula (1970) — character page
• Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) — character page
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) — character page
• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) — character page
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — character page
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
• Dracula 2000 (2000) — character page
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Anthony Hopkins

Appears in

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Bram Stoker's Dracula

• Dracula (Gary Oldman)
• Mina Murray / Elisabeta (Winona Ryder)
• Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves)
• Dracula's Bride (Florina Kendrick)
• Lucy Westenra (Sadie Frost)
• Lord Arthur Holmwood (Cary Elwes)
• Hobbs (I.M. Hobson)
• Mr. Hawkins (Jay Robinson)
• Older Woman (Nancy Linehan Charles)
• Dr. Jack Seward (Richard E. Grant)
• Sister Agatha (Dagmar Stansova)
• Dracula's Bride (Michaela Bercu)