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Abraham Whistler is a fictional character appearing in the Blade film and television series. Developing the 1998 film Blade , screenwriter David S. Goyer created the character, and named him after Abraham van Helsing , the nemesis of Count Dracula from Bram Stoker 's Dracula (1897).
In Prague, Blade searches for his mentor Abraham Whistler, who was thought dead after being attacked by Deacon Frost, [a] but was instead turned into a vampire and held prisoner by them for two years. After interrogating vampire Rush on Whistler's whereabouts, Blade rescues Whistler and cures him of his vampirism.
Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler: Blade's mentor, father figure and weaponsmith; N'Bushe Wright as Dr. Karen Jenson: A hematologist who is bitten by a vampire. She stays with Blade to remain safe while she finds a cure for herself and eventually becomes his partner in fighting Deacon Frost's party.
Kris Kristofferson death: Country music legend and Blade star dies, aged 88 ... He also acted alongside Wesley Snipes in Marvel’s Blade in 1998 and later reprised his role as Abraham Whistler in ...
The star played vampire hunter Abraham Whistler, a mentor to Snipes’ title character, in the comic book movie trilogy, which began in 1998 and concluded in 2004.
In 1998, Kristofferson took a role in the film Blade, alongside Wesley Snipes, as Blade's mentor Abraham Whistler. He reprised the role in Blade II (2002) and again in Blade: Trinity (2004). In 1998 he starred in Dance with Me along with Vanessa Williams and Chayanne. In 1999, he co-starred with Mel Gibson in Payback.
"That the Royals chose Whistler [for a ski holiday] is a huge honour for the resort," Barrett Fisher, then vice-president of marketing with the Whistler Resort Association, said at the time.
He meets vampire hunter Abraham Whistler, who becomes Brooks' mentor. Realizing Brooks' is a human-vampire hybrid who possesses the enhanced abilities of vampires without the weaknesses to sunlight, silver and garlic, Whistler trains Brooks in martial arts and the use of various weapons. He also develops a serum to replace Brooks' need to ...