TED LEVINE Cast Biography

Ted Levine stars as Leland Stottlemeyer in the sixth season of the USA Network original series MONK, which premieres Friday, July 13, 2007 at 9:00PM/8:00 Central.

Most recognized for the deep bass tone of his voice, Levine is one of the busiest actors in Hollywood.

His numerous film credits include “Wonderland” with Val Kilmer and Kate Bosworth, “Ironweed” with Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, “Betrayed” with Debra Winger and Tom Berenger, “Heat” with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, “Georgia” with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham, “Bullet” with Mickey Rourke, “Wild, Wild West” with Will Smith and Kevin Kline; Ivan Reitman’s “Evolution” with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore, “The Fast and the Furious” with Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez, Jonathan Demme’s thriller “The Truth About Charlie” with Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton, Jonathan Demme’s “The Manchurian Candidate” with Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep, “Birth” opposite Nicole Kidman; the critically acclaimed “Memoirs of a Geisha,” Wes Craven’s “The Hills Have Eyes” and one of his most intriguing roles, as the serial killer ‘Buffalo Bill’ in the classic thriller “The Silence of the Lambs.” Levine will also star opposite Brad Pitt in the upcoming Warner Bros feature, “The Assassination of Jesse James,” and will be seen in the Universal film “American Gangster” for director Ridley Scott, in which he stars opposite Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.

Levine's television credits include “Harlan County War,” the USA Network 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 Father’s Justice.” Most recently, Levine starred in the critically acclaimed ABC television series “Wonderland.”

Also an accomplished stage actor, Levine has appeared in numerous productions, including Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child,” for Broadway; “Your Home in the West,” “El Salvador and Killers,” at 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.

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