Zachary Quinto to Guest Star on NBC's HANNIBAL

Zachary Quinto is is heading back to the horror genre.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the former AMERICAN HORROR STORY star has signed on for a guest-starring role on NBC's cult series HANNIBAL.

Quinto will play a patient of Gillian Anderson's character, Bedelia. As of now, he's slated to appear in at least one episode.

The dark and haunting series "Hannibal" returned for a second season, with more shocking revelations and games of psychological cat and mouse. Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) is locked in a mental asylum accused of HANNIBAL Lecter's crimes (Mads Mikkelsen). Now that Will sees HANNIBAL for what he truly is, he faces a fight to prove his own sanity and convince those closest to him he is innocent of murder. Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) is dealing with his own feelings about Will, and whether his protégé is in fact a cold-blooded killer. Looking for answers, Jack turns to Hannibal, a man he has come to trust. With Will locked up, HANNIBAL becomes Jack's new consultant on cases. HANNIBAL is torn between self-preservation and his desire to keep Will close to him, despite advice from his psychiatrist, Bedelia Du Maurier (Gillian Anderson), to stay away.

The deadly dance between these characters continues to turn in startling and unexpected ways, in a season that will show nothing can ever be the same again.

Quinto rose to prominence for his role as series antagonist Sylar in the Science fiction drama Heroes from 2006 to 2010. He is also known for his portrayal of Spock in the 2009 reboot Star Trek and its 2013 sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness and has appeared in smaller roles on television series such as So NoTORIous, American Horror Story and 24.

In 2013, Quinto played the role of Tom Wingfield in the American Repertory Theatre's production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, which went on to Broadway.

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