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Ted Levine
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Ted Levine (born May 29, 1957 in Parma, Ohio) is an American actor best known for playing the serial killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 blockbuster thriller The Silence of the Lambs.
Contents
- 1 Early career
- 2 Breakout into mainstream roles
- 3 Selected filmography
- 4 Trivia
- 5 External links
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Early career
In the mid-1970s, Levine attended Marlboro College and the University of Chicago. He became a fixture in the Chicago theatre scene and joined the Remains Theatre which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William L. Petersen. After honing his skills on the stage, Levine began to devote most of his energy during the 1980s toward finding roles in film and television such as a minor part in Charlie's Angels.
Breakout into mainstream roles
After his breakout role in
The Silence of the Lambs, there was a period where he was
typecast in
villainous roles. Levine avoided this by playing more protagonists, such as a member of
Al Pacino's police unit in
Heat, astronaut
Alan Shepard in the
HBO mini-series
From the Earth to the Moon, and
Paul Walker's police superior Sergeant Tanner in
The Fast and the Furious.
His resumé also includes an uncredited role as the voice of the sociopathic trucker "Rusty Nail" in 2001's Joy Ride, and his performance as Detective Sam Nico in the 2003 film Wonderland, based on the gruesome murders in Los Angeles Wonderland District. His trademark is his rough and deep unmistakable voice.
Since 2002, he has co-starred in his now famous role as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer on USA Network's popular detective series Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub.
Levine also provided the voice of the supervillain Sinestro in Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited.
Most recently, Levine appeared as a patriarch whose family takes a turn for the worse in the remake of
The Hills Have Eyes (2006). Later this year, he will portray local Sheriff James Timberlake in
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2006) and in
2007 will be appearing in
Ridley Scott's
American Gangster alongside
Denzel Washington and
Russell Crowe.
Selected filmography
Trivia
- Levine is best known for playing the serial killer Buffalo Bill. It is ironic that many of his roles afterwards have been men of the law. He has portrayed two Generals, two Colonels and three police officers.
