Will Graham is a fictional character and the protagonist of Thomas Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. He is an FBI profiler responsible for the original capture of the serial killer Hannibal Lecter, and the man who is assigned to locate serial killer Francis Dolarhyde. In both the text and film adaptations, the character is explicitly identified as having a photographic memory rivaling Lecter's.
Other than passing mentions in Harris' sequel The Silence of the Lambs, he does not appear in any other book of the Lecter series. In the film adaptations Manhunter and Red Dragon, he is portrayed by William Petersen and Edward Norton, respectively. In the television series, Hannibal, he is portrayed by Hugh Dancy.
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