William Petersen as Will Graham from the 1986 film Manhunter.

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Character overview

He is an FBI profiler who has the ability to empathize with psychopaths. In the book, as well as the two film versions of it, Graham is portrayed as being disturbed, even disgusted, by his ability. Graham is seen as one of the few people to be Lecter's intellectual equal, something Lecter himself acknowledges. In Michael Mann's film version of the book, Manhunter, Graham is played by William Petersen. In Brett Ratner's 2002 edition, Red Dragon, he is played by Edward Norton. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Offender profiling, or more scientifically, psychological profiling, is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile an unknown subject (unsub) or offender(s). ... Not to be confused with Pity, Sympathy, or Compassion. ... Psychopathy is currently defined in psychiatry and clinical psychology as a condition characterized by lack of empathy [1] [2] or conscience, and poor impulse control [3] [4] or manipulative behaviors. ... Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ... Manhunter is a 1986 thriller film based on Thomas Harriss novel Red Dragon. ... William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor, known for playing Gil Grissom on CSI. // Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois to parents who worked in the furniture business. ... Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and music-video director. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Red Dragon is a 2002 thriller film, based on the novel of the same name written by Thomas Harris featuring the brilliant psychiatrist and serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ... Edward Harrison Norton[1] (born August 18, 1969) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American film actor and director. ...

Profile

This history is based on the novel by Thomas Harris, not any of the screenplays in which Will Graham appears:

William "Will" Graham was originally a homicide detective in New Orleans who had grown up poor in Southern Louisiana. He left to attend graduate school in forensic science at George Washington University. After attaining his degree, Graham went to work for the FBI's crime lab. Following exceptional work both in the crime lab and in the field, Graham was given a post as teacher at the FBI Academy. During both his field work while at the crime lab and the Academy, Graham was given the title of "Special Investigator" while he was in the field. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Forensics redirects here. ... The George Washington University (GW), is a private, coeducational university located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The school was founded in 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by Baptist ministers using funds bequeathed by George Washington. ... The FBI Academy is located in Quantico, Virginia. ...

In one of Graham's field cases during the 1970s, he was tracking a serial killer, who had been stabbing young women, many of them college coeds, for eight months. He eventually caught the killer, Garrett Jacob Hobbs, known as the Minnesota Shrike, and killed him. When Graham found Hobbs at Hobbs' home, Hobbs was repeatedly slashing his own daughter's throat. When Graham appeared, Hobbs' wife was on the apartment landing, bleeding from multiple stab wounds, and clutched at Graham before he kicked in the door. He then shot Hobbs to death (Hobbs' daughter survived and eventually returned to normal life following intensive psychotherapy.) Graham was profoundly disturbed by the incident, and was referred to the psychiatric ward of an unnamed major hospital. He eventually returned to the FBI. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... For the town in the Republic of Ireland, see Hospital, County Limerick. ...

In 1975, he began to track down another serial killer, known as the "Chesapeake Ripper", who was removing organs from the victims. He turned to renowned psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter for help. After looking around Lecter's office during a consultation, he saw the antique medical diagram Wound Man, whose wounds matched exactly those of one of the Ripper's victims, and realized that Lecter was the killer he sought. Graham went to Lecter's outer office and made a phone call to the FBI's Baltimore Field Office. Lecter sneaked up on Graham and stabbed him in the abdomen, nearly disemboweling him. FBI agents and Maryland State Troopers arrived and arrested Lecter and Graham spent months recovering in a hospital. A tabloid reporter, Freddy Lounds, snuck into the hospital where Graham was recuperating, photographed Graham's wounds and humiliated him in the National Tattler. Graham retired after his recovery, and held a grudge against Lounds. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chesapeake is the name of various places in the United States of America: Chesapeake, Ohio Chesapeake, Virginia There are also: Chesapeake Academy, an independent PK-Gr 5 school located in Arnold, Maryland near Annapolis. ... For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character in a series of novels by author Thomas Harris. ... Sample flowchart diagram A diagram is a simplified and structured visual representation of concepts, ideas, constructions, relations, statistical data, anatomy etc used in all aspects of human activities to visualize and clarify the topic. ... Categories: Stub ... For the human abdomen, see human abdomen. ... Disembowelment is evisceration, or the removing of some or all of vital organs, usually from the abdomen. ... The Law Enforcemnt Arm in the State of Maryland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Freddy Lounds is a fictional character in the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, and its film adaptations. ...

Edward Norton as Will Graham in the 2002 interpretation.

Three years later, Graham, now living with his wife Molly and her son Willy in Marathon, Florida, is persuaded by his former boss, Jack Crawford, to come out of retirement and help the FBI again in the "Tooth Fairy" case. The Tooth Fairy, actually a man named Francis Dolarhyde, had killed two families on a lunar cycle, the first in Birmingham and the second in Atlanta. After studying the crime scenes, Graham consults Lecter on the case, but Lecter gives him only vague brainteasers as clues, and sends Dolarhyde Graham's address in code, threatening the safety of his wife and stepson. The family are moved first to a cottage owned by Crawford's brother, but Molly later decides to take Willy to stay with her late husband's parents in Oregon. Graham resumes tracking Dolarhyde, and uses Lounds in an attempt to break the coded communication between Lecter and Dolarhyde by giving Lounds false information and also attributing fake insults against Dolarhyde to Lecter, which ultimately results in Dolarhyde kidnapping and brutally murdering Lounds. After linking him to a video production company, Graham, Crawford and FBI, agents arrive at Dolarhyde's home to arrest him, only to find that the killer had set it on fire while his blind girlfriend, Reba McClane, was inside, and then apparently committed suicide. Graham rescues and consoles McClane, and returns home, believing Dolarhyde's reign of terror is over. Image File history File links Willgraham. ... Image File history File links Willgraham. ... Edward Harrison Norton[1] (born August 18, 1969) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American film actor and director. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Jack Crawford. ... Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. ... Francis Dolarhyde is a fictional character featured in Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon. ... This article is about the British city. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Official language(s) (none)[1] Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Reba McClane is a fictional character from the Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon, the first in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, and also appears in the film adaptations Manhunter (played by Joan Allen) and Red Dragon (played by Emily Watson. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ...

However, Dolarhyde's apparent suicide is revealed to have been a ruse. Dolarhyde attacks Graham and his family at their Florida home, stabbing Graham in the face before being killed by Graham's wife. Graham and his family survive, but he is left disfigured. A brief reference in The Silence of the Lambs, the sequel to Red Dragon, implies that his wife had left him soon after that, and he is now "a drunk with a face that's hard to look at" and that his "face looks like damn Picasso drew it." This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. ...

External links

• William L Petersen as Will Graham in "Manhunter"