Jame Gumb is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Thomas Harris's 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs and its 1991 film adaptation, in which he is played by Ted Levine. In the film and the
Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.
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Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character created by American novelist Thomas Harris. Lecter is a cannibalistic serial killer and former forensic psychiatrist; after his incarceration, he is consulted
Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs)
…kills Raspail's new lover, Klaus, and flays him. The screenplay omits Gumb's backstory but does imply that he had a traumatic childhood. In the film, Hannibal Lecter summarizes Gumb's life thus: "Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse." Both the novel and film…
Anthony Hopkins as Lecter in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs
Doctor Alfredo Ballí Treviño, a convicted murderer, was the inspiration for Lecter.
Hopkins as Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
Mikkelsen at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival