Candyman (character)
Daniel Robitaille, colloquially known as Candyman, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Candyman film series. The character originated in Clive Barker's 1985 short story, "The Forbidden". In the film series, he is depicted as an African-American man who was brutally murdered for a forbidden 19th-century interracial love affair; he returns as an urban legend, and kills anyone who summons him by saying his name five times in front of a mirror. The character is played by Tony Todd in Candyman (1992), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), and Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999); Todd reprises the role in Candyman (2021), a sequel of the original 1992 film, with additional forms – souls brought into the Candyman "hive" – Sherman Fields (played by Michael Hargrove), William Bell, Samuel Evans, George Stinney, James Byrd Jr., Gil Cartwright (played by Cedric Mays), and Anthony McCoy (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II).
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| First appearance | Literature: "The Forbidden" (1985) Film: Candyman (1992) |
| Created by | Clive Barker |
| Portrayed by | Tony Todd Michael Hargrove Cedric Mays Yahya Abdul-Mateen II |
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| Alias | "The Sweet" |
| Species | Boogeyman ghost (formerly human) |
| Significant other | Caroline Sullivan (lover) Helen Lyle (reincarnation of Caroline) |
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| Year of birth | c. 1865 |
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