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Ted Levine | |
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![]() Ted Levine, December 2008 | |
Born | Frank Theodore Levine May 29, 1957 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse | Kim Phillips (2 children) |
Frank Theodore "Ted" Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk.
Early life and career
Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, in 1957. He was born to Milton and Charlotte Levine, who were both doctors and members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Levine is of Russian, Jewish, Native American and Welsh heritage and has described himself as a "hillbilly Jew".[1] In 1975, he enrolled at Marlboro College and then later University of Chicago. He became a fixture in the Chicago theatre scene and joined the Remains Theatre which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William L. Petersen. After his stage experience, Levine began to devote most of his energy during the 1980s toward finding roles in film and television such as a minor part in Charlie's Angels. He also managed to get a minor role in Rambo: First Blood Part II, as one of the men getting the P.O.W.s off the helicopter.
Mainstream success
After his breakout role in The Silence of the Lambs (as primary antagonist Buffalo Bill), there was a period where he was typecast in villainous roles. Levine was able to remedy this by playing more positive characters, such as a member of Al Pacino's police unit in Heat, astronaut Alan Shepard in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, and Paul Walker's police superior Sergeant Tanner in The Fast and the Furious. In the drama Georgia, he played Mare Winningham's husband, one of his most sympathetic roles. His résumé also includes an uncredited role as the voice of the sociopathic trucker "Rusty Nail" in 2001's Joy Ride, and his performance as Detective Sam Nico in the 2003 film Wonderland, based on the gruesome murders in the Hollywood Hills. From 2002 to 2009, he co-starred as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer on USA Network's detective series Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub.
Levine also provided the voice of the supervillain Sinestro in Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. Most recently, Levine appeared as a patriarch whose family takes a turn for the worse in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006). In 2007, he portrayed local Sheriff James Timberlake in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster, alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
In a January 12, 2006 interview on The Late Late Show, actor Seth Green credited Levine's portrayal of Buffalo Bill as the inspiration for the voice of his character Chris Griffin on Family Guy.
Filmography
Movies
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Through Naked Eyes | Patrolman | TV movie |
1985 | Two Fathers' Justice | Bennett | TV movie |
1986 | One More Saturday Night | Cop in Station | |
Crime Story | Frank Holman | TV movie | |
1987 | Ironweed | Pocono Pete | |
1988 | Betrayed | Wes | |
1989 | The Fulfillment of Mary Gray | Jonathan | TV movie |
Next of Kin | Willy Simpson | ||
1990 | Love at Large | Frederick King/James McGraw | |
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb | |
Murder in High Places | Carson Russell | TV movie | |
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Charles Rose | TV movie | |
1992 | The Paint Job | Kenny the D.J. | |
1993 | Nowhere to Run | Mr. Dunston | |
Death Train | Alex Tierney | TV movie | |
The Last Outlaw | Potts | TV movie | |
Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back | Gary Ward | TV movie | |
1994 | Todo cambia | Vince | |
1995 | The Mangler | Officer John Hunton | |
Georgia | Jake | ||
Heat | Bosko | ||
1996 | Bullet | Louis Stein | |
Wiseguy | Paul Callendar | TV movie | |
1997 | Mad City | Lemke | |
Switchback | Deputy Nate Booker | ||
Flubber | Wesson | ||
Ellen Foster | Bill Hammond | TV movie | |
1998 | You Can Thank Me Later | Eli Cooperberg | |
Moby Dick | Starbuck | TV movie | |
1999 | Wild Wild West | General 'Bloodbath' McGrath | |
2000 | Harlan County War | Silas Kincaid | TV movie |
2001 | Evolution | General Russell Woodman | |
The Fast and the Furious | Sgt. Turner | ||
Joy Ride | Rusty Nail | Voice | |
Ali | Joe Smiley | ||
2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Emil Zadapec | |
2003 | Wonderland | Sam Nico | |
2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Colonel Howard | |
Birth | Mr. Conte | ||
2005 | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | Tom Saltine | |
Memoirs of a Geisha | Colonel Derricks | ||
2006 | The Hills Have Eyes | Big Bob Carter | |
2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Sheriff Timberlake | |
American Gangster | Lou Toback | ||
2010 | Shutter Island | Warden |
Television
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1985 | American Playhouse | Policeman | Episode: The Killing Floor |
1986 - 1987 | Crime Story | Frank Holman | 13 Episodes |
1995 | Nowhere Man | Dave 'Eddie' Powers | 2 Episodes (Voice) |
1997, 1999 | Superman: The Animated Series | Karkull/Sinestro | Episode: Absolute Zero |
1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Alan Shepard | 2 Episodes |
2000 | Wonderland | Dr. Robert Banger | 8 Episodes |
2002 | Third Watch | Brian O’Malley | Episode: Falling |
2002 - 2006 | Justice League | Bulldozer/Sinestro | 6 Episodes (Voice) |
2002 - 2009 | Monk | Captain Leland Stottlemeyer | 125 Episodes |
2004 | Static Shock | Sinestro | Episode: Fallen Hero |
References
- ^ Roberts, Megan. "Ted Levine is not a bad guy. | Miscellany". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
External links
- Articles sourced by IMDb from December 2010
- 1957 births
- Actors from Chicago, Illinois
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Belmont County, Ohio
- American people of Russian-Jewish descent
- American people of Welsh descent
- American people of Native American descent
- Jewish actors
- University of Chicago alumni