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Frank Theodore Levine, known as Ted Levine, was born on May 29, 1957, in Bellaire, Ohio. He is an American actor best known for his roles as Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) in the film The Silence of the Lambs and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk. He also holds significant roles in films like Nowhere to Run, American Gangster, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and The Report. Levine was born to parents who were both doctors and is of Russian-Jewish, Welsh and Native American descent. He enrolled at Marlboro College in 1975.
Levine's career sparkled in the Chicago theatre scene before transitioning towards film and television in the 1980s. His prominent roles include mob enforcer Frank Holman in the NBC drama Crime Story. Despite being typecast in villainous roles after The Silence of the Lambs, he broke from the mold to play other types of characters. He co-starred on USA Network's detective series Monk from 2002 to 2009 and provided the voice for the supervillain Sinestro in various DC Animated Universe series. From 2018 to 2020, he played Thomas F. Byrnes on the TNT series The Alienist and in 2021, joined ABC drama Big Sky.
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Given Name: Frank Theodore Levine
Born: Bellaire, Ohio, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: May 29, 1957
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1978-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Kim Phillips
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