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Ted Levine

Acting · Born 1957-05-29 · Parma, Ohio, USA

Biography

Frank Theodore 'Ted' Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk.

Known for

Filmography

2026Cape FearBrandon Devereaux
2026Something Very Bad Is Going to HappenBoris
2026StarbrightBud
2023Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk MovieLeland Stottlemeyer
2023Tiny Beautiful ThingsGene
2023Mayfair WitchesJulien Mayfair
2020Big SkyHorst Kleinsasser
2020Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlaneCaptain Leland Stottlemeyer
2019The ReportJohn Brennan
2019On Becoming a God in Central FloridaObie Garbeau II
2019A Violent SeparationEd Quinn
2018Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomKen Wheatley
2018The AlienistThomas Byrnes
2017Down the FenceNarrator
2017A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus
2017Bottom of the WorldPreacher
2017Swing StateRouge Holmes
2016Bleed for ThisLou Duva
2016Lethal WeaponNed Brower
2016Dr. DelTanner
2015Child of GraceChief Edwards
2015The Spoils Before DyingGerhart Moll
2015Little BoySam
2014Dig Two GravesSheriff Waterhouse
2014Gutshot StraightLewis
2014Big GameGeneral Underwood
2013Banshee ChapterThomas Blackburn
2013A Single ShotCecile
2013The BridgeLieutenant Hank Wade
2013Ray DonovanBill Primm
2013JimmyJames Lee Mitchell
2013Deep Dark CanyonBloom Towne
2012LuckIsadore Cohen
2011Hell on WheelsDaniel Johnson
2010Solartaxi: Around the World with the SunSelf - Narrator(voice)
2010Shutter IslandWarden
2008The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an OutlawNarrator (voice)
2007American GangsterLou Toback
2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordSheriff Timberlake
2006The Hills Have EyesBig Bob
2005Memoirs of a GeishaColonel Derricks
2005The L.A. Riot SpectacularTom Saltine
2004BirthMr. Conte
2004Justice League UnlimitedSinestro (voice)
2004The Manchurian CandidateColonel Howard
2003WonderlandSam Nico
2002The Truth About CharlieEmil Zadapec
2002MonkLeland Stottlemeyer
2002The OsbournesSelf
2001AliJoe Smiley
2001Justice LeagueBulldozer (voice)
2001Joy RideRusty Nail (voice) (uncredited)
2001Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'Self
2001The Fast and the FuriousSgt. Tanner
2001EvolutionGeneral Russell Woodman
2000Static ShockSinestro (voice)
2000Harlan County WarSilas Kincaid
2000WonderlandRobert Banger
1999Third WatchBrian O'Malley
1999Wild Wild WestGeneral 'Bloodbath' McGrath
1998You Can Thank Me LaterEli Cooperberg
1998From the Earth to the MoonAlan Shepard
1998Moby DickStarbuck
1997Ellen FosterBill Hammond
1997FlubberWesson
1997SwitchbackDeputy Nate Booker
1997Mad CityLemke
1996Superman: The Animated SeriesSinestro (voice)
1996WiseguyPaul Callendar
1996BulletLouis Stein
1995HeatBosko
1995Nowhere ManDave 'Eddie' Powers
1995GeorgiaJake
1995The ManglerOfficer John Hunton
1994Todo cambiaVince
1993Broken Promises: Taking Emily BackGary Ward
1993The Last OutlawPotts
1993The Paint JobKenny the D.J. (uncredited)
1993Death TrainAlex Tierney
1993Nowhere to RunMr. Dunston
1991Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus FaraceCharles Rose
1991Murder in High PlacesCarson Russell
1991The Silence of the LambsJame Gumb
1990Love at LargeFrederick King / James McGraw
1989Next of KinWilly Simpson
1989The Fulfillment of Mary GrayJonathan
1988BetrayedWes
1987IronweedPocono Pete
1986Crime StoryFrank Holman
1986Crime Story: PilotFrank Holman
1985Two Fathers' JusticeBennett
1984The Killing FloorPoliceman
1983Through Naked EyesPatrolman
1982American PlayhousePoliceman
1951Hallmark Hall of FameBill Foster
—Lear RexKent
—I Passed This Way

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