Martin portrayed the title character Vlad Dracula in the USA film "". The film was shot in 2000 on authentic locations in Romania and tells the story of Prince Vlad III Dracula, "the Impaler" (1431–1476), who inspired the name of Bram Stoker's fictional vampire count. Peter Weller, Jane March and Roger Daltrey co-starred in "Dark Prince", which premiered in October 2000. Martin then guest-starred as the fictional Count Dracula on the fifth season premiere of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ("Buffy vs. Dracula") alongside his previous "All My Children" co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar. Rudolf Martin proceeded to guest-star in five episodes of the Fox thriller "24" in which he played two different characters, one of them impersonating the other.