Famous They Played Vampires

• Aaliyah

  Pop singer and actress who sang "Try Again"

• Ant, Adam

  Face-striped singer of "Goody Two Shoes"

• Beckinsale, Kate

  The vampire Selene in the Underworld films

• Cage, Nicolas

  The action film star who won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas

• Cruise, Tom

  Star of the Mission Impossible movie series

• Dafoe, Willem

  The Green Goblin in the 2002 movie Spider-Man

• Davis, Geena

  The leggy star of Thelma and Louise

• Deneuve, Catherine

  The mysterious French beauty who starred in Belle du Jour

• Depp, Johnny

  Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies

• Dunst, Kirsten

  Mary Jane in the Spider-Man film series

• Elvira

  Vampy TV host of late-night horror movies

• Hamilton, George

  Super-tanned actor and star of Dancing With the Stars 2

• Hayek, Salma

  Star of the movie Frida

• Hutton, Lauren

  Gap-toothed supermodel and co-star of American Gigolo

• Lee, Christopher

  Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy

• Lugosi, Bela

  Star of the 1931 movie Dracula

• Meyer, Stephenie

  The author of the teen vampire romance Twilight

• Murphy, Eddie

  The star of the Beverly Hills Cop films

• Oldman, Gary

  Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies

• Pattinson, Robert

  Edward Cullen, the hunky vampire in the Twilight movies

• Pitt, Brad

  The star of Fight Club and Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood

• Reubens, Paul

  The comedian who created the alter ego Pee-wee Herman

• Schreck, Max

  Star of F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu

• Skarsgård, Alexander

  Vampire sheriff Eric Northman on TV's True Blood

• Snipes, Wesley

  Star of the Blade vampire movies

• Sutherland, Kiefer

  Star of the TV series 24

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