Renfield — Count Dracula Character Profile

About Renfield

Psychiatric patient who consumes insects to absorb life force, linked to Dracula.

Renfield — Character Profile

Alignment

Neutral

Species

Human

Abilities

Zoophagy, Enhanced strength under influence, Psychiatric insight

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 3/10
• Charisma: 2/10
• Morality: 5/10
• Influence: 4/10

Quick Facts about Renfield

Manner of Death

Homicide

Nationality

[[British people

Renfield appears in 5 titles

• Dracula (1931) — character page
• Count Dracula (1970)
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — character page
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) — character page
• Renfield (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Klaus Kinski

Appears in

Count Dracula (1970)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Renfield — Power Supernatural Influence — Dracula (Christopher Lee)

  Renfield's behavior shows a disturbing connection to Dracula's presence.

  Renfield reacts violently whenever Dracula is nearby, and the plot identifies Renfield as being linked to Dracula.

• Renfield — Professional Clinical Subject — Van Helsing (Herbert Lom)

  Van Helsing studies Renfield's unusual condition within the clinic setting.

  Renfield is a patient at the clinic, and his behavior becomes a subject of interest to Van Helsing and the other men.

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More characters from Count Dracula

• Dracula (Christopher Lee)
• Van Helsing (Herbert Lom)
• Mina Harker (Maria Rohm)
• Vampire Woman (uncredited) (Emma Cohen)
• Lucy Westenra (Soledad Miranda)
• Van Helsing's servant (uncredited) (Jesús Franco)
• Vampire Woman (uncredited) (Jeannine Mestre)
• Crying Mother (uncredited) (Teresa Gimpera)
• Jonathan Harker (Fred Williams)
• Greta (uncredited) (Colette Giacobine)
• Van Helsing's Servant (uncredited) (Moisés Augusto Rocha)
• Renfield's Warden (uncredited) (Franco Castellani)