List of fictional werewolves

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This is a List of fictional werewolves who appear in works of fiction, literature, television, comics, films and legends.

Literature

Name Author Work Notes
Jacob Black Stephenie Meyer Twilight series Jacob is characterized as having primarily dark features by his "dark russet skin", "dark eyes", and "black hair". In Twilight, he is described as a lanky 6' 2" fifteen-year-old with hair down to his shoulders. By Breaking Dawn, Jacob's growing character stands at 7 feet and has a muscular build.
Draugluin J. R. R. Tolkien Legendarium Bred from the wolves and inhabited with an evil spirit sent by Morgoth himself, Draugluin was the sire of all werewolves of Beleriand, including Carcharoth, and lived with his master Sauron in Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the former watchtower of Finrod Felagund.
Fenrir Greyback J. K. Rowling Harry Potter A werewolf who is involved with the Death Eaters, allowed to use their robes but not ranking highly enough to carry the Dark Mark.[1] He is known as the most savage werewolf ever to live and is greatly feared throughout the wizarding world.
Remus Lupin J. K. Rowling Harry Potter A werewolf who was bitten when he was young by Fenrir Greyback. Despite wizarding society discriminating against werewolves, he briefly teaches at Hogwarts and fights against the Death Eaters.
Arthur Vines Jaromy Henry The Blood Maker and the Witch's Curse A descendent of the first werewolf to have been cursed by the witch, Griselda, who carries the Werewolf Crux allowing him to change from human to wolf form at will.
Samson Vines Jaromy Henry The Blood Maker and the Witch's Curse The son of Arthur Vines who was born with the ability to change from wolf form to human form at will. He is believed to be the Moon Taker as foretold by an ancient prophecy. He used his powers to convince the Tribe that he was their new king and successfully dethroned his father as King of the Werewolves. He is hunting for the cruxes, including the one his father, Arthur Vines, possesses.
Grubbs Grady Darren Shan The Demonata One of the main characters in The Demonata series by Darren Shan. He is the protagonist of the first book (Lord Loss), the third (Slawter), the fifth (Blood Beast) the sixth (Demon Apocalypse), the eighth (Wolf Island) and the tenth (Hell's Heroes).
Delphine Angua von Überwald Terry Pratchett Discworld A Captain in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, Angua is the daughter of the Baron and Baroness of Überwald. She first appears in Men at Arms, having rebelled against her family's werewolf lifestyle and moved to the city, where she joins the City Watch and begins a relationship with Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson. She reappears in several subsequent books in the series, including The Fifth Elephant in which she returns to Überwald to confront her family.

Film

Lawrence Talbot The Wolfman The classic sereies of films from the 1940's which starred Lon Cheney Jr. as The Wolfman.
Jacob Black The Twilight Saga Taylor Lautner played the part of Jacob Black in the film adaptation of Twilight.[2] Due to major physical changes in the character of Jacob between Twilight and New Moon, director Chris Weitz considered replacing Lautner in the sequel with an actor who could more accurately portray "the new, larger Jacob Black."[3]
Michael Corvin Underworld a fictional character from the Underworld films, portrayed by Scott Speedman.[4] He also appears in the novelizations of these films.[5][6]
David Kessler An American Werewolf in London While backpacking on the Yorkshire Moors, American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman are attacked by a werewolf. Jack dies, but David survives and is cursed. Despite warnings from the decomposing spirit of Jack Goodman, David refuses to commit suicide, and as a result prowls the city of London (two nights in a row).

Television

Name Show Notes
Quentin Collins Dark Shadows several characters featured in the 1966-1971 ABC cult TV Gothic horror-soap opera Dark Shadows. All variations of the character have been played by actor David Selby.
Scott McCall Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) Scott McCall, portrayed by Tyler Posey, is the series' protagonist.
Derek Hale Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) This character is played by Tyler Hoechlin.
Isaac Lahey Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) This character is played by Daniel Sharman.
Eric Cord Werewolf (TV series) College student Eric Cord is forced to kill his werewolf best friend, and is now on the run. Whilst a fugitive, Eric must find the originator of his werewolf bloodline and destroy it. Unlike usual werewolf fiction, Eric transformation occurs at random instead of a full moon.
Red Riding Hood/Ruby Once Upon A Time Red from being affected by the genetically-inherited lycanthropy at wolfstime, her grandmother being the last from her family. Her eyes change from Green to Gold on transforming.
George Sands Being Human After being attacked by a werewolf in Scotland, George himself becomes a werewolf. He lives with vampire Mitchell and ghost Annie first in Bristol, then in Barry.
Hayley Marshall-Kenner The Vampire Diaries This character is played by Phoebe Tonkin

Animation

Name Show Notes
Fangface Fangface Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth transforms into a werewolf named Fangface whenever he sees the moon, a picture of the moon, or anything resembling the moon. Fangface has brown fur with tan paws, muzzle, and tail tip. He has one large fang in the middle of his upper jaw, which protrudes over his lower lip.
Wilford B. Wolf Animaniacs
Wolfie Casper's Scare School Most of the time wolfie is just like a puppy, he loves bones and chase his tail, but when he sees the full moon, and he loses his mind.

Comics

Name Publisher 1st appearance Notes
Aardwolf Marvel Comics Night Thrasher vol. 2, #3 (October 1993)
Captain Dark Horse Comics Hellsing vol. 3 possesses immense superhuman ability, even while in human form. This includes superhuman senses, strength (strong enough to bend steel bars or shatter limbs with a single kick), speed, reflexes/reactions, agility, dexterity, flexibility, coordination, balance, and endurance.
Evo DC/Wildstorm Gen¹³ Volume 2 #7 (1996) Real name, Michael Heller, was a member of the super human team DV8 one of the few young men and women selected to be part of Ivana Baiul's Gen¹³ project at International Operations. Heller gladly agreed to join the program because it, as he put it, " it beats spending eight months in juvie hall."
Jack Russell Marvel Comics Marvel Spotlight #2 (Feb. 1972) Born Jacob Russoff, his lycanthropy is inherited from a long line of Lycanthropes.

References

  1. ↑ Rowling, J. K. (2007). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. London: Bloomsbury/New York City: Scholastic, et al. UK ISBN 1-55192-976-7/U.S. ISBN 0-545-01022-5., chapter 23.
  2. ↑ "'Twilight' to film one or two days in LaPush". Peninsula Daily News. 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2008-03-10. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ Larry Carroll (2008-12-15). "'New Moon' Casting News: Michael Copon, Ben Barnes Push For Roles In 'Twilight' Sequel". MTV. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  4. ↑ Tanya Krzywinska, Sex and the Cinema (Wallflower Press, 2006), 158.
  5. ↑ Greg Cox, Danny McBride, Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Underworld: Book 1 (Simon and Schuster, 2003), 86.
  6. ↑ Greg Cox, Underworld: Evolution (Simon and Schuster, 2006), 64.
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