American actor (born 1957)
Ted Levine
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Levine in 2008
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Born
| Frank Theodore Levine
(
1957-05-29
)
May 29, 1957
(age 67)
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Education
| Marlboro College
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1978?present
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Partner
| Kim Phillips (former)
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Children
| 2
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Frank Theodore Levine
(born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as
Jame Gumb
in the film
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991) and
Leland Stottlemeyer
in the television series
Monk
(2002?2009).
Levine's other notable roles were in the films
Nowhere to Run
(1993),
Heat
(1995),
Bullet
(1996),
The Fast and the Furious
(2001),
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004),
Memoirs of a Geisha
(2005),
American Gangster
(2007),
Shutter Island
(2010),
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
(2018), and
The Report
(2019).
Early life
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Levine was born in
Bellaire, Ohio
, the son of Charlotte Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine,
[1]
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."
[1]
He grew up in
Oak Park, Illinois
. In 1975, he enrolled at
Marlboro College
.
Career
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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. One of his most prominent roles in the 1980s was playing mob enforcer Frank Holman in the
NBC
drama
Crime Story
(1986?88).
After his breakout role in
The Silence of the Lambs
(as primary antagonist
Jame Gumb
), there was a period where he was typecast in villainous roles. Levine was able to gradually branch out into other types of roles such as a member of
Al Pacino
's police unit in
Heat
and astronaut
Alan Shepard
in the
HBO
mini-series
From the Earth to the Moon
. In the drama
Georgia
, he played
Mare Winningham
's husband, one of his most sympathetic roles.
In 2001, Levine performed as
Paul Walker
's police superior Sergeant Tanner in
The Fast and the Furious
. His resume also includes an uncredited role as the voice of the sociopathic trucker "Rusty Nail" in
Joy Ride
,
also starring Walker.
He played Detective Sam Nico in the 2003 film
Wonderland
, based on the
gruesome murders
in the Hollywood Hills. He also appeared as a psychiatrist at a mental institution in
Wonderland
, a completely unrelated TV series of the same name in 2000 that aired briefly on ABC.
From 2002 to 2009, he co-starred as Captain
Leland Stottlemeyer
on
USA Network
's detective series
Monk
, starring
Tony Shalhoub
.
Levine provided the voice of the supervillain
Sinestro
in
Superman: The Animated Series
,
Static Shock
,
Justice League
, and
Justice League Unlimited
, all part of the
DC Animated Universe
.
Levine also 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 2010, he appeared as the warden of the island prison in
Shutter Island
, starring
Leonardo DiCaprio
.
In 2012, he appeared as Sheriff Bloom Towne in
Deep Dark Canyon
, alongside
Spencer Treat Clark
and
Nick Eversman
, who portray Sheriff Towne's sons, Nate and Skylar, respectively.
In 2013, he had a major supporting role in the
FX
murder mystery series
The Bridge
as Lieutenant Hank Wade, commander of a police homicide unit in a Texas border city.
[2]
In 2014, he portrayed General Underwood in the British-Finnish action film
Big Game
.
[3]
In 2018, Levine co-starred in the sequel
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
, as hunter Ken Wheatley.
[4]
From 2018 to 2020, he played
Thomas F. Byrnes
on the
TNT
series
The Alienist
.
In 2021, he joined the cast of the
ABC
drama
Big Sky
,
playing the role of Horst Kleinsasser.
[5]
Personal life
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Levine has two children: a son with girlfriend Kim Phillips, and a daughter.
[1]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Awards and nominations
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References
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b
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McGavin, Patrick Z. (February 28, 1991).
"Ted Levine is not a bad guy"
.
Chicago Reader
.
Archived
from the original on September 28, 2013
. Retrieved
August 5,
2013
.
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TV Guide (August 14, 2013).
"The Bridge's Ted Levine: "The Killer Is More Hannibal Lecter Than Jame Gumb"
"
.
littlefallstimes.com
.
Archived
from the original on May 21, 2014
. Retrieved
August 23,
2013
.
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TV Guide (August 14, 2013).
"Big Game"
.
littlefallstimes.com
.
Archived
from the original on March 23, 2015
. Retrieved
August 23,
2013
.
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Kroll, Justin (February 10, 2017).
"
'Jurassic World' Sequel Adds 'Silence of the Lambs' Actor Ted Levine"
.
Variety
.
Archived
from the original on February 10, 2017
. Retrieved
February 10,
2017
.
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"Is Big Sky Going In A Completely Different Direction With All These New Cast Members?"
.
CINEMABLEND
. January 29, 2021
. Retrieved
April 2,
2021
.
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a
b
c
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"Ted Levine (visual voices guide)"
. Behind The Voice Actors
. Retrieved
September 9,
2023
.
A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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"ACCA 1991 - AwardsCircuit - By Clayton Davis - Celebrating 10 Years"
. Archived from
the original
on March 22, 2019
. Retrieved
October 28,
2018
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"Into the Wild Leads S.A.G. Awards - Observer"
.
The New York Observer
. December 20, 2007
. Retrieved
June 9,
2018
.
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"2012 Nominees ? 3rd Annual 20/20 Awards - 20/20 Awards - Films that have stood the test of time"
. Archived from
the original
on March 28, 2019
. Retrieved
June 9,
2018
.
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"Beaufort International Film Festival takes place in Beaufort, SC. - 2015"
. Retrieved
June 9,
2018
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