Darkman (Dr. Peyton Westlake) is a fictional antihero and the protagonist of the 1990 superhero film Darkman and its sequels, Darkman II: The Return of Durant and Darkman III: Die Darkman Die. The character originated in a short story written by the film's director, Sam Raimi, titled "The Darkman" and is based on the Universal Pictures' movie monsters while retaining traits of the DC Comics World War II disfigured hero the Unknown Soldier and the superpowers of the DC supervillain Clayface. He was portrayed by Liam Neeson in the original film and Arnold Vosloo in the sequels.