Frank Theodore "Ted" Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor.
He is best known for playing the roles of Buffalo Bill in the film The
Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television
series Monk (2002â€"2009).Levine's other notable roles were in the
films Nowhere to Run (1993), Bullet (1996), The Fast and the Furious
(2001), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), American Gangster (2007), Shutter
Island (2010), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and The Report
(2019).Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte
Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine, who were both doctors and
members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Levine's father was
of Russian-Jewish descent and his mother had Welsh and Native American
ancestry. He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak
Park, Illinois. In 1975, he enrolled at Marlboro College.He became a
fixture in the Chicago theatre scene and joined the Remains Theatre
which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William Petersen. After his
stage experience, Levine began to devote most of his energy during the
1980s toward finding roles in film and television.
He is best known for playing the roles of Buffalo Bill in the film The
Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television
series Monk (2002â€"2009).Levine's other notable roles were in the
films Nowhere to Run (1993), Bullet (1996), The Fast and the Furious
(2001), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), American Gangster (2007), Shutter
Island (2010), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and The Report
(2019).Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte
Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine, who were both doctors and
members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Levine's father was
of Russian-Jewish descent and his mother had Welsh and Native American
ancestry. He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak
Park, Illinois. In 1975, he enrolled at Marlboro College.He became a
fixture in the Chicago theatre scene and joined the Remains Theatre
which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William Petersen. After his
stage experience, Levine began to devote most of his energy during the
1980s toward finding roles in film and television.
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