<P> Van Helsing is a 2004 American - Czech horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers . It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Van Helsing , and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious . The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and ' 40s ( also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley ) , of which Sommers is a fan . </P>
<P> Van Helsing is a 2004 American - Czech horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers . It stars Hugh Jackman as vigilante monster hunter Van Helsing , and Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious . The film is an homage and tribute to the Universal Horror Monster films from the 1930s and ' 40s ( also produced by Universal Studios which were in turn based on novels by Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley ) , of which Sommers is a fan . </P>
who played the role of van helsing in the movie
who played the role of van helsing in the movie
Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman