Who Is The Great Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde, on ‘Hannibal’?

Hannibal has been pent up for three years at the Baltimore State Hospital when a new villain, a brutal serial killer emerges in one Francis Dolarhyde aka The Great Red Dragon. (Ralph Fiennes played the character in the 2002 film Red Dragon.)

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Francis is portrayed by Richard Armitage. Americans will recognize the Englishman from The Hobbit movie franchise (Thorin) and Captain America; The First Avenger (Heinz Kruger). Armitage is currently filming the biopic Brain on Fire, which is based on Susannah Cahalan’s memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness. Chloe Grace Moretz will portray Susannah, the 24-year-old New York Post reporter who lost her mind for one month due to a mysterious illness. Armitage plays Susannah’s father. Hannibal airs Sundays at 10pm on NBC.