Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)

Erik, also known as The Phantom of the Opera, is the title character from Gaston Leroux's novel 'Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (1909), best known to English speakers as The Phantom of the Opera. The character has been adapted to alternate media several times, including in the 1925 film adaptation starring Lon Chaney, the 1943 remake starring Claude Rains and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical.