Hannibal Lecter Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Hannibal Lecter? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Hannibal Lecter from Hannibal Rising Movie and what is the personality traits.
INTJ (5w4)
Hannibal Lecter personality type is INTJ, which is the most dominant in the INTJ family.
It is important to note that Hannibal is not a fictional character and is indeed an individual. He has been portrayed by three actors in a television series, which is based on the novel The Red Dragon, written by Thomas Harris.
Hannibal Lecter’s Success Story
An excellent reference for understanding Hannibal Lecter’s personality is an interview with Thomas Harris, the author of the original book.
Harris was asked about the role of his creation, which he described as “a very dark shadow”. He described Lecter as “one of the world’s great monsters”. Interestingly, he also said he was not very interested in writing about killers.
In fact, he also said his first idea for writing a book was about a serial killer, but he became very disillusioned with that idea and decided to create Dr. Lecter instead.
Interestingly, he also mentioned that being a serial killer is not always about pure evil, or even cruelty. His first serial killer character was actually someone who worked for the government.
