Baron Afanas (Doug Jones) is an ancient vampire from the Old Country on the FX series What We Do In the Shadows.

He believes vampires should rule the world. The Baron is bi and both Nadja and Laszlo had secret affairs with The Baron.

A drunk Afanas mentions that he is not actually a baron, rather "Baron" is a nickname and it is actually spelled Barren. While drunk he says that he does not want to be who he has recently become. After a night of partying with the Staten Island vampires (while also becoming high by drinking blood from humans who were on drugs), the Baron was burned and destroyed by sunlight when Guillermo opened the front door, unaware the Baron was there.