The vampire craze is at an all-time high right now.
Take Twilight, for example. The franchise, starring Robert Pattinson as a vamp named Edward Cullen, has earned $2.5 billion in the global box office, according to Forbes.
And then there’s True Blood. The HBO hit lasted seven seasons and had four million viewers tune in to the series finale last summer.
But the obsession with vampires was also apparent several years prior through things like the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series and the film Interview with the Vampire.
It could be the fearless nature of the bloodsuckers or their immortality that keeps audiences intrigued. But, wherever the fascination stems from, the supernatural has become a lucrative theme in film and television.
Here are 12 of the actors who have owned their role as these beloved supernatural creatures.
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1. If you were a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you were probably obsessed with Angel (David Boreanaz) and his love affair with Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar).
2. Or you loved Spike (James Marsters) and wondered why Buffy wouldn't reciprocate his love.
3. Speaking of love: Edward Cullen's (Robert Pattinson) relationship with Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) on Twilight is probably many people's guilty pleasure.
4. Ian Somerhalder plays the tough guy well as Damon Salvatore on Vampire Diaries.
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5. You can't have one Salvatore brother without the other. Here's Stefan (Paul Wesley).
6. Of course, there's their love interest Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev).
7. It's easy to fall in love with Aidan Waite (Sam Witwer) on Being Human, especially because of his moral conscience.
8. Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire. Enough said!
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9. True Blood's Pam De Beaufort (Kristin Bauer van Straten) is easily one of the toughest vamps ever.
10. Well, she learned from the best — her maker, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård).
11. Then there's sweet Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll).
12. And her maker, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), who always tried to do the right thing.
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