The series explores the early partnership between Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), a man with a "unique way of thinking" that allows him to empathize deeply with psychopaths, and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), who is secretly a cannibalistic serial killer known as the .
: The head of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit who recruits and pushes Graham. Hannibal (2013–2015)
: Portrayed as a cultured "gourmand" and a manipulative "Old World" gentleman. The series explores the early partnership between Will
: Explores Lecter’s life in Italy and the eventual adaptation of the Red Dragon storyline. Key Cast and Characters : Portrayed as a cultured "gourmand" and a
: Focuses on the FBI recruiting Graham to hunt serial killers, with Lecter acting as his unofficial therapist and manipulator.
: A gifted but vulnerable profiler whose empathy often fractures his own sanity.
: Includes Gillian Anderson as Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier (Lecter’s psychiatrist), Caroline Dhavernas as Dr. Alana Bloom, and Richard Armitage as the serial killer Francis Dolarhyde. Visual and Thematic Style Hannibal: Bryan Fuller Interview - Comic-Con 2013