Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith is a fictional character and one of the four protagonists of the 1980s action-adventure television series The A-Team, played by George Peppard. The producers originally had James Coburn in mind to play the part of Hannibal, but it eventually went to Peppard.
John "Hannibal" Smith as he appears in the first and second season opening credits
Liam Neeson as John "Hannibal" Smith in the 2010 The A-Team film.
The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court martial for a crime they had not committed. They were convicted and sentenced to serve terms in a military prison, but later escaped to Los Angeles and began working as soldiers of fortune, while trying to clear their names and avoid capture by law enforcement and military authorities. The series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo. A feature film based on the series was released by 20th Century Fox in 2010.
The main cast of The A-Team is Templeton "Faceman" Peck, John "Hannibal" Smith, H.M. "Howlin' Mad" Murdock, and B. A. Baracus.
The A-Team drove a 1983 GMC Vandura van.