Erik is the titular central character of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, best known to English speakers as The Phantom of the Opera. The character has been adapted to alternative media several
Lon Chaney as Erik, The Phantom, in Universal's 1925 silent film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, or simply The Phantom of the Opera, is a 2004 musical romantic drama film based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name, itself an adaptation
Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)
…1998 film adaptation starring Julian Sands as Erik is notable in that the character is not deformed and has instead a classically handsome face. In the 2004 film adaptation of the Lloyd Webber musical, Erik's makeup was made to look much less gruesome than previous adaptations of the story. Instead of a skull-like face…
Theatrical release poster