Jack Crawford — Hannibal Character Profile

About Jack Crawford

Head of the Behavioral Sciences division at the FBI. He recruits Will Graham for the Minnesota case and assigns Dr. Lecter to supervise him due to the psychological toll the investigation takes on Graham.

Jack Crawford appears in 4 titles

• Manhunter (1986) — character page
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — character page
• Red Dragon (2002) — character page
• Hannibal (2013)

Character Facts

Played by

Laurence Fishburne

Appears in

Hannibal (2013)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Jack Crawford — Professional Associate — Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen)

  Crawford involves Lecter as a forensic psychiatric supervisor.

  Crawford decides to have Dr. Hannibal Lecter supervise Graham because the investigation is weighing heavily on him.

• Jack Crawford — Professional Recruiter — Will Graham (Hugh Dancy)

  Crawford brings Graham into the investigation because of his profiling ability.

  Jack Crawford recruits Will Graham to help investigate a serial killer in Minnesota.

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More characters from Hannibal

• Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen)
• Will Graham (Hugh Dancy)
• Dr. Alana Bloom (Caroline Dhavernas)
• Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson)
• Beverly Katz (Hettienne Park)
• Georgia Madchen (Ellen Muth)
• James Gray (Patrick Garrow)
• Reba McClane (Rutina Wesley)
• Molly Graham (Nina Arianda)
• Abigail Hobbs (Kacey Rohl)
• Freddie Lounds (Lara Jean Chorostecki)
• Insp. Rinaldo Pazzi (Fortunato Cerlino)