AXN will premiere the highly anticipated, original series Hannibal
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Fuller’s stylized, procedural drama is the latest AXN original series, ideally suited for AXN channels across Asia and the rest of the world. As part of the global launch in April 2013, Hannibal Hannibal
ABOUT THE CAST:
Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal
The Copenhagen-born Mads Mikkelsen began his professional career as a gymnast and dancer, and has worked steadily in theatre, television and film to become the top male star in Denmark and Scandinavia .
Mikkelsen stars in the Academy Award-nominated film, A Royal Affair, in the role of Johann Friedrich Struensee. Mikkelsen received the Best Actor Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for his role in The Hunt. Following a premiere at Cannes
Hugh Dancy (Will Graham)
Hugh Dancy recently starred in Hysteria opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal and the critically acclaimed film Martha Marcy May Marlene opposite Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, and John Hawkes. He will next lend his voice to Summertime Entertainment’s animated 3D musical Dorothy of Oz. Dancy was previously seen starring in Adam opposite Rose Byrne. He plays the title character, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome struggling to survive in New York City
Laurence Fishburne (Jack Crawford)
Laurence J. Fishburne III has achieved success not only as an actor but as a producer and director. In 1992, he won a Tony, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critic’s Circle Award and a Theater World Award for his portrayal of Sterling Johnson in August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. His appearance in the 1993 premiere episode of Fox TV’s Tribeca landed him an Emmy® Award. And to complete the Triple Crown, he was nominated for an Oscar® in 1993 for his portrayal of Ike Turner in What’s Love Got to do With It. Fishburne received another Emmy®nomination for his portrayal of Thurgood Marshall in the HBO adaptation of his one-man show, Thurgood. He originated the role in the 2008 Broadway debut of the play, earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor and winning Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards. Most recently, Fishburne has completed production as the character Perry White in the upcoming Superman film Man of Steel from director Zack Snyder, scheduled for release in June 2013. He has also completed production on The Colony, directed by Jeff Renfroe for release later this year. In September 2011, Fishburne starred in Steven Soderbergh’s disease outbreak thriller, Contagion. Fishburne’s screen credits include Nimrod Antal’s Predators, the heist film Armored, and The Alchemist, in which he starred, directed and produced. In 2008 he joined the cast of the CBS’ hit primetime show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Also in 2008, Fishburne was seen in the box office success 21, alongside Kevin Spacey. In 2006, Fishburne reunited with his What’s Love Got to Do With Itco-star Angela Bassett in Akeelah and the Bee, a performance that earned him a Best Actor Award at the 2006 Black Movie Awards. The film swept the show with three other wins, including Best Picture. Immediately following, he co-starred in Mission Impossible III, and the acclaimed indie Bobby, for which he shared a Screen Actors Guild® Award nomination for Best Ensemble Cast. In 2005, he starred in Assault on Precinct 13, and previous to that, was an integral part of the box-office sensations The Matrix, The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions. He also appeared in Clint Eastwood’s critically acclaimed Mystic River and in Biker Boyz.
by Eccentric Yet Happy