Dorian Gray (character)

Dorian Gray
Ivan Albright, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1943–44
First appearance	The Picture of Dorian Gray
Created by	Oscar Wilde
In-universe information
Family	Lord Kelso (grandfather), Lady Margaret Devereux (mother)
Significant others	Sibyl Vane, Hetty Merton
Relatives	Philip Herbert, Lady Elizabeth Devereux, George Willoughby, Lord Beckenham II
Nationality	English

Dorian Gray is a fictional character and the anti-hero of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is an aristocratic Victorian man.

Background

Dorian is the grandson of the late Lord Kelso. Dorian's mother, Lady Margaret Devereux, was portrayed as a beautiful aristocrat who married below her class without the consent of her father. Lord Kelso then paid a man to provoke Dorian's father, a junior military officer, into a duel, leading to the death of Dorian's father. Margaret then returned to Kelso's home, but died soon after. It is revealed that Lord Kelso raised Dorian until Kelso's death, but that the two had a mutual dislike for each other.

Depictions on screen and stage

• Dorian Grays Portræt (1910)

  Directed by Axel Strøm

  Starring Valdemar Psilander as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913)

  Directed by Phillips Smalley

  Starring Wallace Reid as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1915)

  Directed by Eugene Moore

• The Picture of Dorian Grey (1916)

  Directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold and Mikhail Doronin

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916)

  Directed by Fred W Durrant; screenplay by Rowland Talbot

  Starring Henry Victor as Dorian Gray

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  A postcard showing Bernd Aldor as Dorian Gray from the 1917 film

  Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1917)

  Directed by Richard Oswald; screenplay by Richard Oswald

  Starring Bernd Aldor as Dorian Gray

• Az Élet királya (1918)

  Directed by Alfréd Deésy; screenplay by József Pakots

  Starring Norbert Dán as Dorian Gray

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  Hurd Hatfield from the 1945 film adaptation

  The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

  Directed by Albert Lewin; screenplay by Albert Lewin

  Starring Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray

• Armchair Theatre: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1961) (made-for-television)

  Directed by Charles Jarrott

  Starring Jeremy Brett as Dorian Gray

• Golden Showcase: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1961) (made-for-television)

  Directed by Paul Bogart; screenplay by Jacqueline Babbin and Audrey Maas

  Starring John Fraser as Dorian Gray

• Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1961) (made-for-television)

  Directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth

  Starring Sebastian Fischer as Dorian Gray

• El Retrato de Dorian Gray (1969): A telenovela produced by Televisa

  Directed and produced by Ernesto Alonso

  Starring Enrique Álvarez Félix as Dorian Gray

• Dorian Gray, also known as The Evils of Dorian Gray or The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)

  Directed by Massimo Dallamano; screenplay by Marcello Coscia; Massimo Dallamano and Günter Ebert

  Starring Helmut Berger as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) (made-for-television)

  Directed by Glenn Jordan; screenplay by John Tomerlin

  Starring Shane Briant as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976) (made-for-television)

  Directed by John Gorrie; screenplay by John Osborne

  Starring Peter Firth as Dorian Gray

• Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (1977)

  Directed by Pierre Boutron; screenplay by Pierre Boutron

  Starring Patrice Alexsandre as Dorian Gray

• The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983) (made-for-television)

  Directed by Tony Maylam; screenplay by Ken August and Peter Lawrence

  Starring Belinda Bauer as a female Dorian Gray

  This version sees Dorian Gray as an actress and photographic model who becomes immortal, while an audition tape she made ages for her.

• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

  Directed by Stephen Norrington, produced by (and starring) Sean Connery

  Starring Stuart Townsend as Dorian Gray (in this movie, well above 20, considered "immortal", impervious to weapons, and killed by seeing his own portrait)

• Pact with the Devil, also known as Dorian (2004)

  Directed by Allan A. Goldstein; screenplay by Peter Jobin and Ron Raley

  Starring Ethan Erickson as Louis/Dorian

• Dorian (2004)

  Written and Directed by Brendan Dougherty Russo

  Starring Andrew Vanette as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (2004)

  Directed by David Rosenbaum; screenplay by David Rosenbaum

  Starring Josh Duhamel as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006)

  Directed by Duncan Roy; screenplay by Duncan Roy

  Starring David Gallagher as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (2007)

  Directed by Jon Cunningham; screenplay by Jon Cunningham and Deborah Warner

• The Picture (of Dorian Gray) (2009)

  Directed by Jonathan Courtemanche; script by Neal Utterback

  Starring Hanna Dillon, Lawrence Evans, and Miles Heymann

• Dorian Gray (2009)

  Directed by Oliver Parker; screenplay by Toby Finlay

  Starring Ben Barnes as Dorian Gray

• Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)

  Created by John Logan

  Starring Reeve Carney as Dorian Gray

• The Librarians (2014–2018)

  Created by John Rogers

  Starring Luke Cook as Dorian Gray

• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2019)

  Created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

  Starring Jedidiah Goodacre as Dorian Gray

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (2020, 2024)

  Directed by Kip Williams

  Starring Eryn Jean Norvill (Sydney production) and Sarah Snook (London production) as Dorian Gray and 25 other characters