VIDEO Richard Armitage's creepy scenes as the Red Dragon in Hannibal Season 3

The Hobbit star Richard Armitage is in Hannibal season 3 as the killer from the original books - with a familiar tattoo

The Hannibal TV show may be canclled in its current form but season 3 is still running on NBC which means we've got half a season left to enjoy. And a lot of that will deal with the character of Francis Dolarhyde as played by The Hobbit star Richard Armitage.

The character has a few different names in the books by Thomas Harris - dubbed The Tooth Fairy thanks to the way he treats his victims and also refers to a part of himself as The Great Red Dragon. That's named for a painting by famously batty English poet William Blake which Dolarhyde recreates on his back.