Scripted series · AMC
Interview with the Vampire
Who wants to live forever?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jacob Anderson
Louis de Pointe du Lac
15 eps
Sam Reid
Lestat de Lioncourt
15 eps
Bailey Bass
Claudia de Lioncourt de Pointe du Lac
7 eps
Delainey Hayles
Claudia de Lioncourt de Pointe du Lac
8 eps
Ben Daniels
Santiago
8 eps
Eric Bogosian
Daniel Molloy
15 eps
Assad Zaman
Armand
15 eps
Steven G. Norfleet
Paul de Pointe du Lac
1 eps
Kalyne Coleman
Grace de Pointe du Lac
5 eps
John DiMaggio
Alderman Fenwick
3 eps
Chris Stack
Thomas 'Tom' Anderson
5 eps
Rae Dawn Chong
Florence de Pointe du Lac
4 eps
Jeff Pope
Finn O'Shea
3 eps
Dana Gourrier
Bricktop Williams
3 eps
Christian Robinson
Levi Freniere
5 eps
Najah Bradley
Lily
1 eps
Eugenie Nall Bondurant
Miss Carol
1 eps
Rachel Handler
Peg Leg Doris
3 eps
Mike Harkins
Father Matthias
1 eps
Aurélien Barnes
Remy Dupre
1 eps
Joi Richardson
Working Gal
1 eps
Andre De'Sean Shanks
Fair Play Waiter
1 eps
Kyle Roussel
Jelly Roll Morton
2 eps
Jude Severin
Wedding Pastor
1 eps
Rosha Washington
Funny Guest
1 eps
Nicole Elaine Heinen
Iolanta
1 eps
Jody Thompson
Cornfed Salesman
1 eps
Tony Manna
Mr. Carlo
1 eps
Escalante Lundy
Milkman
1 eps
Anoop Surya
Dubai Butler #1
1 eps
Zuhair Ahmed
Dubai Butler #2
1 eps
Kirill Sheynerman
Damek
1 eps
Kameron Lopreore
Woeful Tenor
1 eps
Sarah Jane McMahon
Sofia Consoli
1 eps
Joe Reynolds
Lawyer
1 eps
Maura Grace Athari
Antoinette
4 eps
Rudy Eisenzopf
Chief Bardeen
2 eps
Luke Brandon Field
Young Daniel Molloy
3 eps
Bally Gill
Real Rashid
7 eps
Suzanne Andrade
Celeste
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Interview with the Vampire actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Interview with the Vampire reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A century-old vampire from New Orleans reunites with an ailing journalist to recount his life of bloodlust and his tumultuous relationship with the rakish Frenchman who turned him.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 15 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20227 episodes
5.5IMDbChafing at the limitations of life as a Black man in New Orleans in the early 1900s, Louis de Pointe du Lac finds it impossible to resist rakish Frenchman Lestat de Lioncourt’s offer of the ultimate escape: joining him as his vampire companion. But Louis’s intoxicating new powers come with a violent price, and the introduction of Lestat’s newest fledgling, the child vampire Claudia, soon sets them on a decades-long path of revenge and atonement.
Best episode · S01E07 "The thing lay still"
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20248 episodes
5.3IMDbIn the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac continues the story of his life to renown journalist Daniel Molloy- his time in Post War Paris with the Vampire Claudia. In Dubai, Molloy discovers the truths beneath Louis' story.
Best episode · S02E08 "And that's the end of it. There's nothing else"
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07
"The thing lay still"
The vampire family plans to leave town after a big Mardi Gras ball. Claudia and Louis operate outside of Lestat's knowledge. In Dubai, Louis reveals a new element to the interview that changes everything.
- Directed by Alexis Ostrander
- Written by Ben Philippe, Rolin Jones
S02E08
"And that's the end of it. There's nothing else"
Molloy questions the fiery fallout of Louis and Claudia's trial.
- Directed by Levan Akin
- Written by Rolin Jones
S01E05
"A vile hunger for your hammering heart"
Claudia leaves home for a college sojourn and to learn more about vampires. Meanwhile, Louis and Lestat live through the Depression and received surprising news from Louis' sister. When Claudia returns, tensions in the family come to a boiling point.
- Directed by Levan Akin
- Written by Hannah Moscovitch
S02E01
"What can the damned really say to the damned"
Louis recounts Claudia's quest to find Old World Vampires amidst the backdrop of WWII Europe.
- Directed by Craig Zisk
- Written by Hannah Moscovitch
S01E01
"In throes of increasing wonder ... "
Louis de Pointe du Lac lives in 1910 New Orleans as executor-in-charge of his family's fortune. When he meets the vampire Lestat, Louis' life begins to unravel in otherworldly ways. 110 years later, Louis tells his story to journalist Daniel Molloy.
- Directed by Alan Taylor
- Written by Rolin Jones
S01E03
"Is my very nature that of the devil"
Louis continues his life as a businessman of Storyville. When an old friend comes to town, Louis's relationship with Lestat is tested. Louis' business intertwines with growing tensions in New Orleans, leading to a new chapter in Louis' vampire life.
- Directed by Keith Powell
- Written by Hannah Moscovitch, Rolin Jones
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E08
"And that's the end of it. There's nothing else"
- Directed by Levan Akin
- Written by Rolin Jones
S02E07
"I could not prevent it"
- Directed by Emma Freeman
- Written by Kevin Hanna, Rolin Jones
S02E06
"Like the light by which God made the world before he made light"
- Directed by Emma Freeman
- Written by Shane Munson, Hannah Moscovitch
S02E05
"Don't be afraid, just start the tape"
- Directed by Craig Zisk
- Written by Jonathan Ceniceroz, Hannah Moscovitch
S02E04
"I want you more than anything in the world"
- Directed by Levan Akin
- Written by A. Zell Williams, Coline Abert
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Rolin Jones
Showrunner
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Esta Spalding
Executive producer
Anne Rice
Executive producer
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Mark Taylor
Executive producer
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Michelle Ashford
Executive producer
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Christopher Rice
Executive producer
Alan Taylor
Executive producer
Mark Johnson
Executive producer
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Jonathan Ceniceroz
Writer
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Ben Philippe
Writer
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Kevin Hanna
Writer
Shane Munson
Writer
Dave Harris
Writer
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Heather Bellson
Writer
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Hannah Moscovitch
Writer
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A. Zell Williams
Writer
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Eleanor Burgess
Writer
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Coline Abert
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Esta SpaldingExecutive Producer
- Tom WilliamsProducer
- Anne RiceExecutive Producer
- Adam O'ByrneProducer
- Mark TaylorExecutive Producer
- Michelle AshfordExecutive Producer
Writing
- Jonathan CenicerozWriter
- Ben PhilippeWriter
- Kevin HannaWriter
- Shane MunsonWriter
- Dave HarrisWriter
- Heather BellsonWriter
Direction
- Emma FreemanDirector
- Keith PowellDirector
- Alexis OstranderDirector
- Craig ZiskDirector
- Levan AkinDirector
- Alan TaylorDirector
Cinematography
- Stuart HowellDirector of Photography
- Earle DresnerDirector of Photography
- David TattersallDirector of Photography
Music
- Daniel HartOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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