Dracula (Penny Dreadful)

Dracula is the main antagonist of the third season the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, and the overarching antagonist of the entire series. He is a vampire, and the brother of Lucifer. He is portrayed by Christian Camargo, who also portrayed Brian Moser in Dexter.

Character overview
Dracula is portrayed as a fallen angel, the brother of Lucifer, who haunts the Earth as a vampire. He makes the living his slaves by promising them their most secret desires, and then draining their blood. Throughout the series, he seeks to make protagonist Vanessa Ives his "bride", and bring about the Apocalypse. He does so by posing as zoologist Dr. Alexander Sweet and pretending to understand her loneliness and alienation. He also has several "brides" at his disposal who threaten Vanessa's friends Ethan Chandler and Malcolm Murray, who seek to protect her.

In the series
Dracula first appears to Vanessa when he possesses an orderly in the sanitarium in which she is institutionalized, to compete with his brother, who possesses the same body; while Lucifer promises her forgiveness for her otherwordly powers, Dracula simply offers her unconditional acceptance, and a place at his side when he takes over the world. While Vanessa is able to resist his power and that of his brother, they both continue to plague her throughout the series. Dracula especially antagonizes her by seducing her best friend, Mina Murray, and setting in motion a chain of events that results in Mina's death.

He next appears in his guise as Dr. Alexander Sweet, and seduces Vanessa. When Vanessa realizes who he truly is, she tries to renounce him. but she brings him into her service by promising to love her as she truly is. When she succumbs to his power, Dracula is able to bring on an apocalypse in London, in which darkness is eternal and the "children of the night" - rodents and vampires - reign supreme.