Lance Henriksen, veteran actor from ALIENS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, and PUMPKINHEAD fame, will be making an appearance in NBC’s HANNIBAL, the prequel series centered around the hungry serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter from the Thomas Harris novels and subsequent films. Henriksen is said to be a guest star for an episode in the upcoming season, which will be premiering in the first half of this year.
NBC is doing a good job appealing to genre fans with this series, as Henriksen joins a cast that includes Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Gillian Anderson, and Gina Torres.
