Editing Edmond Dantès (section)

== Portrayal in adaptations ==
[[James O'Neill (actor, born 1847)|James O'Neill]], father of playwright [[Eugene O'Neill|Eugene]], performed the title role over 6,000 times during his career. Edmond Dantès has been portrayed on TV and film many times by actors such as [[George Dolenz]], [[Alan Badel]], [[Robert Donat]], [[Jean Marais]], [[Louis Jourdan]], [[Gérard Depardieu]], [[Richard Chamberlain]], [[Jim Caviezel]] and, most recently, [[Pierre Niney]] and [[Sam Claflin]]. Dantès has also been portrayed on stage, including in a [[The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn musical)|musical adaptation]] of the novel.

In the Japanese animated television series ''[[Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', he is voiced by [[Jōji Nakata]] in the Japanese version and by [[Jamieson Price]] in the English dub.

There are also at least three adaptations into television soap operas, the last of which being the 2006 Mexican series ''Montecristo''.

In 2011, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] debuted the television drama ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'', billed as a loose adaptation of Dumas' ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. In it, the character of Dantès is envisioned as a female protagonist by the name of [[Emily Thorne]] (portrayed by actress [[Emily VanCamp]]).<ref>{{cite news|first=Alessandra|last=Stanley|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/arts/television/revenge-on-abc-places-emily-vancamp-in-the-hamptons.html?_r=0|title='Revenge' on ABC Places Emily VanCamp in the Hamptons|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=September 20, 2011|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>

He is portrayed as an Avenger-class Servant in the popular mobile game, ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'', where his character is designed for the game by [[Rui Komatsuzaki]] and voiced by [[Nobunaga Shimazaki]].

[[Craig Horner]] portrays the Count of Monte Cristo in the [[A Bitter Draught|second episode]] of the [[Once Upon a Time (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''. In the series, Edmond seeks revenge on Baron Danglars for burning down his village and murdering his fiancée. Edmond manages to kill him at a party. Afterwards, he is approached by the [[Evil Queen]] Regina who was impressed with his vengeance and hires Edmond to kill [[Snow White]] and [[Prince Charming]]. Edmond poses as a victim of the Queen and becomes Snow and Charming's wine steward, but he is hesitant to kill them after he discovers they are nice people. Edmond nonetheless prepares to poison the royal couple. As [[Rumpelstiltskin|Rumplestiltskin]] needs them alive for his own purposes, he poisons Snow and Charming's handmaiden Charlotte, whom Edmond has fallen in love with, with poison from the Agrabahn Vipers. This forces Edmond to take Charlotte to the Land of Untold Stories where their story "cannot play out". Years later, the Evil Queen has redeemed but because of [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)|Dr. Jekyll]]'s serum, Regina and the Queen are two separate people. Edmond is among the inhabitants of the Land of Untold Stories that are emigrated to Storybrooke with Charlotte dying from the poison. The Evil Queen takes Edmond's heart to try to force him to kill Snow and Charming. This left Regina with no choice but to kill Edmond by throwing her sword into his back.

In 2024, two adaptations of the novel were produced, first getting released a French feature film, ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (2024 film)|Le Comte de Monte-Cristo]]'', starring [[Pierre Niney]], and later, an English-language television miniseries, ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (2024 TV series)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', starring [[Sam Claflin]].