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His most notable role to date is in Underworld as Kraven. He reprised the role for Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He starred in CSI: NY in 2007 in the final episode of Season 3 "Snow Day". Besides acting, Brolly writes and directs films.
Biography. Trivia. IMDbPro. All topics. Shane Brolly. Actor. Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:32. Book of Fire (2015) 8 Videos. 17 Photos. Brolly was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the son of Clark Brolly (1930-2014), a salesman, and Rosemary Brolly.
- January 1, 1
- 1.91 m
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Shane Brolly: Kraven. Showing all 12 items. Jump to: Photos (7) Quotes (5) Photos. Quotes. Kraven : Let me tell you a little something about your beloved dark father. He's the one that killed your family. Not the Lycans. He never could follow his own rules. Said he couldn't abide the taste of lifestock.
- History
- Underworld
- Underworld: Evolution
- Underworld: Endless War
- Blood Enemy
- Personality
- Physical Description
- Powers & Abilities
- Trivia
In the 1400's, Kraven was a Death Dealer trusted by the powerful Vampire Elder Viktor, and Kraven was with him the night that he slaughtered Selene's family. Kraven arrived as Viktor comforted a mournful Selene, but Viktor gestured him away, without Selene ever becoming aware of his presence. In the war against the Lycan leader Lucian, Kraven was a...
In the 21st Century, Kraven begins his move towards gaining complete power over the Vampires. Taking advantage of the change of power between the Elders, Kraven plans to assassinate both Marcus Corvinus and Viktor as they lay slumbering, while Ameliawould be killed by Lycans under orders from Lucian. In the start of the movie, Selene finds the loca...
Shortly after watching Viktor's death, Kraven returns to Ördögház with the few bodyguards he has left. He and his men rush to the Elders' Chamber and pull Marcus's coffin from the floor. Much to Kraven's surprise, Marcus is not in the coffin, and it appears as though he tore his way out. Kraven then hears pounding from beneath the floor of the room...
Kraven appears briefly in Part II of the 15-minute anime, Underworld: Endless War. In Endless War, Kraven speaks to Selene via telephone, reminding her that she must finish killing off the three Lycans she has been tracking. He displays his typical shady character, taunting Selene about Lord Clovis' interest in her, and ordering her to be present a...
The non-canon novel Blood Enemyexplores an alternate backstory for Kraven. In this timeline, Kraven is a Death Dealer working under the orders of Viktor, who is repeatedly ignored and dismissed at all turns. Angered at his poor treatment by the Vampire elite, Kraven makes a deal with Soren to find a way to rise to power, which eventually leads to h...
Kraven is a domineering and power hungry individual. He has a controlling personality and treats all of those who are lower than him in social standing with mild disdain, which makes it seem as though he considers those lower than him to be less intelligent and not worthy of respect. Kraven is incredibly arrogant and unpleasant to be around. His in...
General
Kraven had piercing blue eyes and dark brown hair. In the Underworld novelization, he was described to have a mane of shoulder-length black hair, that made him look like Heathcliff or Byron, and piercing black eyes. He also had a well-built chest and biceps that were said to be impressive even by vampire standards.
Wardrobe
Kraven wore a button down shirt, a black coat, and long black pants.
Vampire Physiology: Like all Vampires, Kraven is implied to be gifted with superhuman strength, speed, and agility. Examples of this include his back-handing a dying Lucian into a wall, fleeing the Elders' Chamber without being noticed, and healing within seconds of being stabbed in the leg. Due to his advanced age, Kraven likely boasts more advanc...
The name "Kraven" is a derivation of the English word "craven", meaning "coward", a reference to Kraven's spineless nature.According to the Underworldnovelization, Kraven made Erika a Vampire roughly three decades before the events of the film.According to the Underworldnovelization, Kraven had helped himself to Ördögház's master suite.According to the novelization of Evolution, Kraven had attended the premiere of Macbethin London 400 years earlier, and that he identifies with the character of Macbeth, as "Macbeth had also murder...Shane Brolly as Kraven, a vampire noble who plots to kill the elders; Erwin Leder as Singe, a Lycan scientist who plans with Lucian to make a hybrid creature; Sophia Myles as Erika, a vampire courtesan who desires Kraven's favor; Robbie Gee as Kahn, a vampire warrior who helps Selene; Kevin Grevioux as Raze, Lucian's right-hand-man
Selene is being challenged for leader of the vampires by Kraven (Shane Brolly), who, as you might have guessed from his name, is a villain, just as you can guess from his name that Viktor is not. Viktor in fact is deep in a sleep of centuries when he's awakened prematurely by Selene, who needs his advice to deal with the werewolf/human/Kraven ...
Shane Brolly as Kraven (archive audio) Production [ edit ] In September 2003, shortly after the release of Underworld , production companies Screen Gems and Lakeshore planned to release a prequel as the third film following Underworld ' s sequel, Underworld: Evolution (2006).
