Daniel Holtz
| Daniel Holtz | |
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| Angel character | |
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Keith Szarabajka as Daniel Holtz
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| First appearance | "Heartthrob" (2001) |
| Created by | Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt |
| Portrayed by | Keith Szarabajka |
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| Classification | Vampire hunter |
Daniel Holtz is a fictional character on the television series Angel. He was played by Keith Szarabajka.
Holtz was an 18th-century English vampire hunter who chased Angelus and Darla through much of Europe and North Africa. He had connections to an elite order of Inquisitors within the Roman Catholic Church and an army at his command. According to Wolfram & Hart records he was the most successful non-mystical vampire hunter in history, with over 300 kills to his credit. Angelus and Darla retaliated by attacking Holtz's family at his home near York, killing his wife and their infant son. As a finishing touch, they turned his remaining daughter, Sarah, into a vampire. Upon returning home, Holtz had little choice but to throw his sired daughter into direct sunlight and watch her burn to ashes.
Holtz relentlessly chased Angelus and Darla across two continents, even capturing Angelus twice (only to lose him both times). Desiring more than just a quick death for his nemesis, Holtz repeatedly squandered his chances to kill Angelus. Holtz finally managed to trap him in the sewers beneath Rome, and tortured him for days; but eventually Darla arrived and broke Angelus free, killing many of Holtz's men and leaving him for dead. Following this incident, Holtz gave up his hunt and became a hermit.
Nine years after the deaths of his family, the demon Sahjhan came to Holtz and offered him a chance for revenge. Holtz is placed in a state of mystical suspended animation, and reawakened in Los Angeles in the year 2001. There he is briefed by Sahjhan on navigating the city, and is also given a new army, this time a cadre of demons. A lot has changed in those 200 years: Darla is pregnant and Angelus now has a soul. Since his motives are not in the interest of justice but rather vengeance, Holtz once more spares Angel's life—unsatisfied with merely killing him—and instead devises a more elaborate plan to use Angel's newborn son Connor to cause the vampire as much pain as Angelus caused him.
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