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"Law &amp;amp; Order: SVU&amp;#039;s Raul Esparza has become the latest actor to join NBC&amp;#039;s Hannibal Lecter series. Hannibal is loosely based on Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon and stars Casino Royale&amp;#039;s Mads Mikkelsen as cannibal killer Lecter.   Esparza - who previously worked with Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller on his show Pushing Daisies - will play the role of Dr Chilton, according to TVLine. The character has previously been portrayed by Benjamin Hendrickson in Michael Mann&amp;#039;s 1986 Red Dragon adaptation Manhunter and by Anthony Heald in 1991&amp;#039;s The Silence of the Lambs and 2002&amp;#039;s Red Dragon. 42-year-old Esparza&amp;#039;s past credits include stints on short-lived CBS drama A Gifted Man, supernatural drama Medium and a role opposite Vin Diesel in 2006 film Find Me Guilty. Also attached to star in Hannibal are Laurence Fishburne, Gina Torres, Eddie Izzard and Hugh Dancy - who will play Lecter&amp;#039;s FBI nemesis Will Graham. The series will premiere on NBC in early 2013. &amp;gt; Eddie Izzard joins NBC&amp;#039;s Hannibal Lecter series &amp;gt; Hugh Dancy: &amp;#039;Hannibal TV series is psychological and experimental&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for 2002 Hannibal Lecter movie Red Dragon below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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