Don Henrie

Don Henrie
Born	Donald Wayne Henrie August 27, 1975 (1975-08-27) (age 36) San Diego, California
Residence	Hollywood, California
Nationality	USA
Other names	The Vampire Don
Known for	Reality TV participant, Vampire
Website
TheVampireDon.com

Don Henrie, also known as "The Vampire Don" is best known for his role in the Sci-fi Channel reality show Mad Mad House, which first aired March 4, 2004. Prior to this, he worked nights as a micro electronics engineer^[1] in San Diego.

Henrie has gone on to pursue a television career as well as model casually. He is currently on the roster for Exile Asylum,^[2] a developing agency that promotes gothic and alternative models.

Henrie has fibromyalgia and sleeps in a coffin as a means of sensory deprivation to help relieve some of the pain and sensitivity associated with the condition.^[3] Henrie also prefers to stay away from sunlight as he easily develops sun poisoning.^[4]

Media Appearances

Since Mad Mad House Henrie has made many appearances in television documentaries on various networks. He has also talked with and been featured in numerous publications regarding his career and his perspective on the vampire lifestyle.

He has appeared on the National Geographic show "Is It Real? Vampires".^[5] Another notable documentary appearance includes the feature documentary Vampyres,^[6] where he appears alongside various other members of the vampire community. He was also featured in the books "Vampire Nation"^[7] Henrie also made a guest appearance in the music video for the song "Shadow Dancer" by gothic metal band Urn.^[8]

He has been interviewed and featured by MaximOnline,^[9] Metro UK ^[3], on a special episode of the Maury Show, and recently appeared on the season 4 Halloween special of the Tyra Banks Show.^[10]

Notes and references

1. ^ McFarland, Melanie (January 8). "Days aren't improving at the winter TV tour". Seattle Post. http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/155857_tv09.html. 
2. ^ "Exile Asylum". http://www.exileasylum.com. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ellis, James (September 16). "Don Henrie". Metro.co.uk. http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=80&in_page_id=11. 
4. ^ "Mad Mad House Chat with Vampire Alt Don Henrie". SciFi.com/Archive.org. Archived from the original on 2004-02-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20040221155027/http://www.scifi.com/transcripts/2004/dhenrie2.19.html. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
5. ^ ""Is It Real? Vampires" on National Geographic channel". http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/is-it-real/2697/Overview#tab-Videos/02300_05. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
6. ^ "Vampyres". Vampyres: The Movies. http://www.vampyres-themovie.com/us/index.html. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 
7. ^ Russo, Arlene (2008). Vampire Nation. Llewellyn Worldwide. pp. 19–21. ISBN 978073. 
8. ^ ""Shadow Dancer" video by Urn". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yfp1qXe9vY. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
9. ^ "Blood Feud". MaximOnline. http://www.maxim.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=6977. Retrieved 2008-11-16. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "Vampires!". Tyra Banks Show. http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/2008/10/fridays_show_vampires.php. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 

External links

• Official Myspace

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Name	Henrie, Don
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Date of birth	August 27, 1975
Place of birth	San Diego, California
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He also appeared on the show Maury in March 2011