Count Orlok

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Count Orlok
Max Schreck as Count Orlok (1922)
First appearance	Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
Created by	F. W. Murnau
Based on	Count Dracula by Bram Stoker
Portrayed by	Max Schreck Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre, Nosferatu in Venice) Willem Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire) Doug Jones (unreleased Remix remake) Bill Skarsgård (Robert Eggers remake)
In-universe information
Aliases	The Bird of Death Nosferatu
Species	Vampire
Gender	Male
Nationality	Romanian

Count Orlok (German: Graf Orlok; Romanian: Contele Orlok), commonly but erroneously known as Nosferatu,^[1] is a fictional character who appears in the silent film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) and in its remake Nosferatu (2024), which is based on Bram Stoker's character Count Dracula.^[2][3]

The actor Max Schreck plays Count Orlok in the silent film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922). Actor Bill Skarsgård plays Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu (2024). The 1922 film is an unauthorized and unofficial adaptation of the novel Dracula. Character names were changed, including changing Count Dracula's name to Count Orlok, in an attempt to avoid accusations of copyright infringement. However, the original intertitles explicitly state that the film is based on Stoker's novel. In the 2024 remake film, the names from the 1922 film are maintained.