Renfield

For the film, see Renfield (film). For other uses, see Renfield (disambiguation).

Renfield
Dracula character
Screenshot of actor Dwight Frye from the trailer for the film Dracula (1931).
Created byBram Stoker
In-universe information
NicknameThe Fly Patient, The Fly Man, The Zoophagous Patient
GenderMale
NationalityBritish

R. M. Renfield is a fictional character who appears in Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. 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, Roland Topor, Tom Waits, Peter MacNicol, Simon McBurney and Nicholas Hoult.

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