Freddy Lounds

Freddy Lounds
Hannibal Lecter character
Three on-screen versions of Freddy Lounds (clockwise from top left): Stephen Lang, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lara Jean Chorostecki.
Created byThomas Harris
Portrayed by
In-universe information
Gender
  • Male (novel, films)
  • Female (TV series)
OccupationTabloid journalist
NationalityAmerican

Frederick "Freddy" Lounds (or Fredrica "Freddie" Lounds in the Hannibal television series) is a fictional character in the Hannibal Lecter series, created by author Thomas Harris. Lounds first appears in the 1981 novel Red Dragon as a foil to protagonist Will Graham. Lounds is ultimately murdered by the novel's primary antagonist, serial killer Francis Dolarhyde.