Bryan Fuller's <i>Hannibal</i> Enlists <i>Kids in the Hall's</i> Scott Thompson

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Bryan Fuller's Hannibal Enlists Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson

By TJ Diestch

Published Sep 7, 2012

Kids in the Hall alum Scott Thompson will play a member of Laurence Fishburne's investigative team on Hannibal, the NBC thriller that explores the relationship between a young Hannibal Lecter and FBI profiler Will Graham.

NBC's Hannibal has enlisted The Kids in the Hall alum Scott Thompson in its hunt for serial killers, The Live Feed reports.

Developed by Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller, the midseason drama fleshes out the backstory of Thomas Harris’ 1981 novel Red Dragon, exploring the relationship between brilliant young psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter (played by Casino Royale‘s Mads Mikkelsen) and FBI profiler Will Graham (Confession of a Shopaholic‘s Hugh Dancy) as they solve crimes together.

The network has already committed to a 13-episode first-season order.

Thompson is will play Jimmy Price, a fingerprint and blood splatter analyst who works on Laurence Fishburne's FBI Behavioral Science Unit along with Young Adult's Hettienne Park and L.A. Complex's Aaron Abrams.