What is Hannibal Lecter?
[[Medical doctor|Doctor]] '''Hannibal Lecter''' is a [[fiction]]al [[serial killer]]. He is a [[fictional character|character]] in [[book]]s by the [[crime]] [[drama]] [[writer]] [[Thomas Harris]]. Several of these books have been made into [[movie]]s. Lecter was also the main character in an [[NBC]] television show called ''Hannibal''. ==Lecter himself== Lecter is a [[cannibal]], meaning that he eats people. He is also highly intelligent, so that he can talk to people in a way that makes them afraid or disturbed. He employs this unusual technique most famously in ''The Silence of the Lambs'', a novel featuring him that was made into a movie starring Anthony Hopkins as Lecter. The movie became very popular, and won many awards. Lecter is [[Lithuania]]n. He is cultured, and his reasons for killing people are often that he thinks they are annoying, rude or [[corruption|corrupt]]. He is a [[psychopath]], a predator who does not feel [[empathy]]. Thus, he feels no [[wikt:guilt|guilt]] about his actions. == List of novels and movies == ; ''Red Dragon'' (novel, 1981) :''Manhunter'' (movie, 1986) [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] as Lecktor (an unexplained name change), [[William Petersen]] as Will Graham and [[Dennis Farina]] as Jack Crawford. :''Red Dragon'' (movie, 2002) [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Lecter, [[Ralph Fiennes]] as the killer, Edward Norton as Will Graham and [[Harvey Keitel]] as Jack Crawford. ;''Silence of the Lambs'' (novel, 1986) :''Silence of the Lambs'' (movie, 1991) Hopkins as Lecter, [[Jodie Foster]] as Clarice Starling, Scott Glen as Jack Crawford and Ted Levine as the killer. Five major [[Academy Awards]]. ;''Hannibal'' (novel, 1999) :''Hannibal'' (movie, 2001) Hopkins as Lecter, [[Gary Oldman]] as the killer, [[Julianne Moore]] as Clarice Starling, [[Ray Liotta]] as Paul Krendler and [[Giancarlo Giannini]] as Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi. ;''Hannibal Rising'' (novel, 2006) :''Hannibal Rising'' (movie, 2007) Gaspard Ulliel as young Hannibal and [[Gong Li]] as Lady Murasaki. She, his aunt, becomes