Freddy Lounds
| Freddy Lounds | |
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| Hannibal Lecter character | |
Three on-screen versions of Freddy Lounds (clockwise from top left): Stephen Lang, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lara Jean Chorostecki. | |
| Created by | Thomas Harris |
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| Occupation | Tabloid journalist |
| Nationality | American |
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.