Lecter first appeared in a small role as a villain in Harris' 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon, which was adapted into the film Manhunter (1986), with Brian Cox as Lecter (spelled 'Lecktor').
Before his capture, he was a respected forensic psychiatrist after his incarceration, he is consulted by FBI agents Will Graham and Clarice Starling to help them find other serial killers. Lecter is a serial killer who eats his victims. Hannibal Lecter is a character created by the American novelist Thomas Harris.
