Lestat de Lioncourt is a fictional character appearing in several novels by Anne Rice, including The Vampire Lestat. He is a vampire and an antihero in the majority of The Vampire Chronicles. He’s also a main character on the AMC gothic horror drama, Interview with the Vampire (2023-), where he’s portrayed by Sam Reid. Here he appears at first as the antagonist and abusive up until the end of the second season, where it’s revealed that Lestat was innocent and actually the one to save Louis, and that Louis and Claudia were deceived and mentally manipulated by Armand. In the movie Interview with a vampire, the character is portrayed by Tom Cruise.