Max Schreck's vampire in F.W. Murnau's 1922 "Nosferatu" is one of the most iconic actor transformations and horror movie creatures in cinema history. It's an image that captivated director Robert ...

Count Orlok was originated by actor Max Schreck, and he is a nobleman and vampire. That remains the same in Robert Eggers' stunning remake of the horror classic, but Skarsgård's iteration of the ...

Count Orlok (Max Schreck) looming over his victim in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. Klaus Kinski in Nosferatu The Vampyre.

Actual scenes of Schreck as Count Orlok were woven into the music video for the 1981 Queen ... A sepia-tinted image of Max Schreck as Orlok in 1922's Nosferatu. From the Everett Collection.

He has nearly 50 film credits to his name, but Max Schreck is only remembered for one thing. In 1922, he appeared as the hook-nosed, claw-handed Count Orlok in Nosferatu.

If Count Orlok has been around since 1590 and Nosferatu takes place in 1838, then that means he’s spent at least 248 years as ...

Whether he's Count Orlok, Count Dracula, or Nosferatu the Vampyre, a roster of talented actors completely transformed themselves to take on the role. ... Max Schreck, Nosferatu (1922) ...

German actor Max Schreck starred in quite a few films after Nosferatu, but there was ever only one role he was inextricably linked to, and that’s this film’s Count Orlok. With a gaunt physique ...