| Renfield | |
|---|---|
| Dracula character | |
_trailer_-_Renfield.png) Screenshot of actor Dwight Frye from the trailer for the film Dracula (1931). | |
| Created by | Bram Stoker |
| Portrayed by | Alexander Granach (Nosferatu, 1922 silent film) Dwight Frye (Dracula, 1931 English-language film) Pablo Álvarez Rubio (Drácula, 1931 Spanish-language film) Klaus Kinski (Count Dracula, 1970 film) Jack Shepherd (Count Dracula, 1977 TV film) Roland Topor (Nosferatu the Vampyre, 1979 film) Tony Haygarth (Dracula, 1979 film) Tom Waits (Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1992 film) Peter MacNicol (Dracula: Dead and Loving It) Ian Pfister (Dracula Reborn) Giovanni Franzoni (Dracula 3D) Nonso Anozie (Dracula, 2013 TV series) Samuel Barnett (Penny Dreadful, 2014 TV series) Mark Gatiss (Dracula) Sean Pertwee (The Invitation, 2022 film) Nicholas Hoult (Renfield, 2023 film) |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | The Fly Patient, The Fly Man,[1] The Zoophagous Patient |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
R. M. Renfield is a fictional character who appears in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.[2] He is Count Dracula's deranged, fanatically devoted servant and familiar, helping him in his plan to turn Mina Harker into a vampire in return for a continuous supply of insects to consume and the promise of immortality. Throughout the novel, he resides in an asylum, where he is treated by Dr. John Seward.
In the various film adaptations of the novel, he has been portrayed by actors such as Alexander Granach, Dwight Frye, Klaus Kinski, Tom Waits, Peter MacNicol, and Nicholas Hoult.