Title: Buffalo Bill (character)
Content:  Jame Gumb (known by the nickname "Buffalo Bill") is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Thomas Harris's 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs and its 1991 film adaptation, in which he is played by Ted Levine. In the film and the novel, he is a serial killer who murders overweight women and skins them so he can make a "woman suit" for himself. In the television series Clarice, he is portrayed by Simon Northwood.
Title: Silence of the Lamb (Veronica Mars)
Content:  dark for the holidays. The episode's title is a semi-joking reference to the 1991 horror thriller The Silence of the Lambs and the 1988 novel of the same name on which the film was based. The film, the novel, and the episode all deal with serial killers and the brave female detectives who hunt them down (in the case of The Silence of the Lambs, this character is Clarice Starling). Among this episode's guest stars include Tina Majorino, who makes her second appearance on the show (after "Like a Virgin") and Aaron Paul, who would later receive three Primetime Emmy Award wins for his performance as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad.
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Content:  The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris' 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer, "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The film also features performances from Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald and Kasi Lemmons. The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, and grossed $272.7 million worldwide on a $19 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Content: Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling ; Masha Skorobogatov as young Clarice ; Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter ; Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford ; Ted Levine as Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb ; Anthony Heald as Dr. Frederick Chilton ; Brooke Smith as Catherine Martin ; Diane Baker as U.S. Senator Ruth Martin ; Kasi Lemmons as Ardelia Mapp ; Frankie Faison as Barney Matthews ; Tracey Walter as Lamar ; Charles Napier as Lt. Boyle ; Danny Darst as Sgt. Tate ; Alex Coleman as Sgt. Jim Pembry ; Dan Butler as Roden ; Paul Lazar as Pilcher ; Ron Vawter as Paul Krendler ; Roger Corman as FBI Director Hayden Burke ; George A. Romero as a jailer ; Chris Isaak as SWAT Commander ; Harry Northup as Mr. Bimmel ; Brent Hinkley as Officer Murray ; Cynthia Ettinger as Officer Jacobs 
Title: Tragic Figures
Content:  The song Real Men is used in the Silence of the Lambs (film) when Catherine Martin captures Jame Gumb's pet dog and threatens to kill it before Clarice Starling arrives.
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Content:  a result, Foster was awarded the role due to her passion towards the character. For the role of Lecter, Demme originally approached Sean Connery. After Connery turned it down, Anthony Hopkins was offered the role based on his performance in The Elephant Man (1980). When Hopkins's agent told him a script was en route titled The Silence of the Lambs, Hopkins responded, "Is it a children's story?" Hopkins called his agent back after reading the first 10 pages, saying, "This is the best part I've ever read," then had dinner with Demme and accepted the role. Other actors considered for the role included Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Derek Jacobi and Daniel Day-Lewis. Forest Whitaker 
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Content:  Best Horror Film of the Year during the 2nd Horror Hall of Fame telecast, with Vincent Price presenting the award to the film's executive producer Gary Goetzman. In 1998, the film was listed as one of the 100 greatest films in the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. In 2006, at the Key Art Awards, the original poster for The Silence of the Lambs was named best film poster "of the past 35 years". The Silence of the Lambs placed seventh on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments for Lecter's escape scene. The American Film Institute named Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) the number one film villain of all time 
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
Content:  Following the 1986 adaptation of Red Dragon (filmed as Manhunter), The Silence of the Lambs was adapted by Jonathan Demme in 1991. The Silence of the Lambs became the third film in Oscar history to win the following five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Content:  According to The Guardian, before The Silence of the Lambs, serial killers in films had been "claw-handed bogeymen with melty faces and rubber masks. By contrast, Lecter was highly intelligent with impeccable manners," and played by an actor with "impeccable credentials". When The Silence of the Lambs was re-released in the UK in 2017, the British Board of Film Classification reclassified it from an 18 to a 15 certificate. Silence of the Lambs producer Ed Saxon said audiences had become desensitized and that the film had become less shocking. However, the BBFC's Craig Lapper felt that audiences had instead become used to procedural crime dramas with serial killers as dramatic tropes, and suggested that The Silence of the Lambs had created interest in these themes.
Title: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
Content:  The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. Its film adaptation directed by Jonathan Demme was released in 1991 to widespread critical acclaim and box office success. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Question: who was the bad guy in silence of the lambs?
Answer: Buffalo Bill.