Portrayals in Media
A major character in the novel and most of its film adaptations, Harker has been portrayed to date in film, theatre, and television by many actors, including:
- Gustav von Wangenheim (as Thomas Hutter) in Nosferatu (1922)
- David Manners (as John Harker) in Dracula (1931)
- Barry Norton (as Juan Harker) in Dracula (1931, Spanish Version)
- John Van Eyssen in Dracula (1958)
- Fred Williams in Count Dracula (1969)
- Bosco Hogan in Count Dracula (1977)
- Bruno Ganz in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
- Trevor Eve in Dracula (1979)
- Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- Steven Weber in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
- Hardy Krüger, Jr. in Dracula (2002)
- Johnny A. Wright in Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
- Rafe Spall in Dracula (2006)
- Unax Ugalde in Dracula (2012)
A few of the adaptions have Harker succumbing to vampirism (either from Dracula or the brides) and having to be killed.
In the Frank Wildhorn musical, Dracula, the Musical, Jonathan was played by Darren Ritchie. In the St. Gallen Switzerland and Graz Austria productions, Jonathan was played by the Swedish musical theater actor, Jesper Tydén.
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