What is the name of the vampire in the 1922 film 'Nosferatu'?

The vampire in the 1922 film Nosferatu is Count Orlok.

Played by Max Schreck, Orlok is the film’s sinister Transylvanian vampire, who travels to the fictional German city of Wisborg and brings plague with him. His gaunt, rat-like appearance became one of cinema’s most influential vampire designs.

Nosferatu was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. To disguise the connection, the filmmakers changed character names: Count Dracula became Count Orlok, Jonathan Harker became Thomas Hutter, and Mina Harker became Ellen Hutter. The changes did not prevent legal action from Stoker’s widow, Florence Balcombe, who successfully sued the production company.

A common mix-up is answering “Nosferatu.” That word is the film’s title and a term used for the vampire, but Count Orlok is the character’s canonical name in the original 1922 film. “Dracula” identifies the literary character who inspired him, not the name used in the film.