Mads man

Welcome to the fourth incarnation of the screen's favourite "thinking" cannibal - Dr Hannibal Lecter.

Following in the footsteps of Brian Cox (Manhunter), Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon) and Gaspar Ulliel (Young Hannibal) comes 47-year-old Danish actor, Mads Mikkelsen.

Best known, to date, for his roles in Casino Royale (as Bond villain Le Chiffre) and, most recently, a persecuted schoolteacher in The Hunt, Mikkelsen is now centre stage in NBC's 13-part American TV series, Hannibal.

Using the Manhunter/Red Dragon template, this small screen contribution to the tasty franchise also re-introduces FBI criminal profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy, inheriting the role played previously by William Petersen and Edward Norton), with an expertise in serial killers.

His relationship with budding mass murderer who has a penchant for cooking up his victims with a nice fava bean and chianti sauce could run and run.