Ted Levine
Ted Levine stars as "Captain Leland Stottlemeyer" in the USA Network original series Monk.
Best known for his role as the serial killer "
Buffalo Bill" in the classic thriller
The Silence of the Lambs, Levine has since amassed an impressive list of supporting roles in major motion pictures. Most recently, he has been seen in
American Gangster, directed by
Ridley Scott and starring
Denzel Washington and
Russell Crowe;
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring
Brad Pitt, and
The Hills Have Eyes. He has also appeared in
Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by
Rob Marshall;
The Manchurian Candidate, directed by
Jonathan Demme and starring
Denzel Washington,
Meryl Streep, and
Liev Schrieber, and
Birth, opposite
Nicole Kidman. His other film credits include
Wonderland,
Ironweed,
Betrayed,
Heat,
Georgia,
Bullet,
Wild Wild West,
Ivan Reitman's
Evolution,
The Fast and the Furious, and the Jonathan Demme thriller
The Truth About Charlie.
Levine's television credits include Harlan County War, the USA Network original miniseries Moby Dick, Tom Hanks' From The Earth To The Moon for HBO, The Last Outlaw, Broken Promises, Death Train, Dead and Alive, Out of Season, The Fulfillment of Mary Gray, and Two Fathers' Justice. Most recently, Levine starred in the critically acclaimed ABC television series Wonderland.
An accomplished stage actor, Levine has appeared in numerous productions including Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" on Broadway; "Your Home in the West" and "El Salvador and Killers" for the Steppenwolf Theatre Co.; "Life and Limb" for the Wisdon Bridge Theatre; and "70 Scenes of Halloween," "Time of Your Life," "A Class D Trial in Yokohama," and "The Tooth of the Game" for the Remains Theatre.
