Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray is a fictional character featured on the Showtime television series Penny Dreadful. Played by actor Reeve Carney, he was first credited in the pilot episode of the show, "Night Work", but did not make his actual first appearance until the second episode, "Séance".

Biography
Dorian Gray hired Brona Croft to pose for some lurid photographs for him in the gallery of his mansion. The sessions served as a preamble to sexual congress, but Brona warned him that she was ill with consumption. Fascinated by this, Dorian did not hesitate to continue making love to her, admitting that he had "never fucked a dying creature" before. During sex, Brona coughed up a bit of blood that splattered all across Dorian's face. Brona was repulsed, but Gray was turned on.

Later, Dorian Gray attended a social function hosted by Ferdinand Lyle of the British Museum. A medium named Madame Kali had been hired to perform a sance. Dorian sat next to Vanessa Ives, who was likewise a spiritualist. During the sance, a spirit took possession of Vanessa Ives while Dorian was holding her hand.