Van Helsing (film) Van Helsing (film) Van Helsing is a 2004 American horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers. It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Van Helsing, and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious. The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and '40s (also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley), of which Sommers is a fan. The eponymous character was inspired by the Dutch vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing from Irish author Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula". Distributed by Universal Pictures, the
Mike Stoker Mike Stoker Charles Michael Stoker (born June 25, 1941, in Los Angeles, California) is a retired firefighter, engineer and captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD). He was an actor on the NBC / Universal TV series "Emergency!" and used his real name for the series (which ran from 1972–1978). Stoker was cast in the role primarily because he was an actor with a Screen Actors Guild card, and a qualified firefighter specialist engineer able to drive and operate the fire engine. During the time "Emergency!" was in production, Stoker was an engineer at LACoFD Station 69 in