Ted Levine

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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

Shutter Island

Warden

The Silence of the Lambs

Jame Gumb

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Ken Wheatley

The Fast and the Furious

Sgt. Tanner

Heat

Bosko

American Gangster

Lou Toback

Wild Wild West

General 'Bloodbath' McGrath

Memoirs of a Geisha

Colonel Derricks

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen TV	Boris
2026	Starbright MOVIE	Bud
2023	Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie MOVIE	Leland Stottlemeyer
2023	Tiny Beautiful Things TV	Gene
2023	Mayfair Witches TV	Julien Mayfair
2020	Big Sky TV	Horst Kleinsasser
2020	Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane TV	Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
2019	The Report MOVIE	John Brennan
2019	On Becoming a God in Central Florida TV	Obie Garbeau II
2019	A Violent Separation MOVIE	Ed Quinn
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom MOVIE	Ken Wheatley
2018	The Alienist TV	Thomas Byrnes
2017	Down the Fence MOVIE	Narrator
2017	A Midsummer Night's Dream MOVIE	Theseus
2017	Bottom of the World MOVIE	Preacher
2017	Swing State MOVIE	Rouge Holmes
2016	Bleed for This MOVIE	Lou Duva
2016	Lethal Weapon TV	Ned Brower
2016	Dr. Del MOVIE	Tanner
2015	Child of Grace MOVIE	Chief Edwards
2015	The Spoils Before Dying TV	Gerhart Moll
2015	Little Boy MOVIE	Sam
2014	Dig Two Graves MOVIE	Sheriff Waterhouse
2014	Gutshot Straight MOVIE	Lewis
2014	Big Game MOVIE	General Underwood
2013	Banshee Chapter MOVIE	Thomas Blackburn
2013	A Single Shot MOVIE	Cecile
2013	The Bridge TV	Lieutenant Hank Wade
2013	Ray Donovan TV	Bill Primm
2013	Jimmy MOVIE	James Lee Mitchell
2013	Deep Dark Canyon MOVIE	Bloom Towne
2012	Luck TV	Isadore Cohen
2011	Hell on Wheels TV	Daniel Johnson
2010	Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun MOVIE	Self - Narrator(voice)
2010	Shutter Island MOVIE	Warden
2008	The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2007	American Gangster MOVIE	Lou Toback
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford MOVIE	Sheriff Timberlake
2006	The Hills Have Eyes MOVIE	Big Bob
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha MOVIE	Colonel Derricks
2005	The L.A. Riot Spectacular MOVIE	Tom Saltine
2004	Birth MOVIE	Mr. Conte
2004	Justice League Unlimited TV	Sinestro (voice)
2004	The Manchurian Candidate MOVIE	Colonel Howard
2003	Wonderland MOVIE	Sam Nico
2002	The Truth About Charlie MOVIE	Emil Zadapec
2002	Monk TV	Leland Stottlemeyer
2002	The Osbournes TV	Self
2001	Ali MOVIE	Joe Smiley
2001	Justice League TV	Bulldozer / Nazi Lieutenant (voice)
2001	Justice League TV	Bulldozer (voice)
2001	Justice League TV	Sinestro (voice)
2001	Joy Ride MOVIE	Rusty Nail (voice) (uncredited)
2001	Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' MOVIE	Self
2001	The Fast and the Furious MOVIE	Sgt. Tanner
2001	Evolution MOVIE	General Russell Woodman
2000	Static Shock TV	Sinestro (voice)
2000	Harlan County War MOVIE	Silas Kincaid
2000	Wonderland TV	Robert Banger
1999	Third Watch TV	Brian O'Malley
1999	Wild Wild West MOVIE	General 'Bloodbath' McGrath
1998	You Can Thank Me Later MOVIE	Eli Cooperberg
1998	From the Earth to the Moon TV	Alan Shepard
1998	Moby Dick TV	Starbuck
1997	Ellen Foster MOVIE	Bill Hammond
1997	Flubber MOVIE	Wesson
1997	Mad City MOVIE	Lemke
1997	Switchback MOVIE	Deputy Nate Booker
1996	Superman: The Animated Series TV	Karkull (voice)
1996	Superman: The Animated Series TV	Sinestro (voice)
1996	Wiseguy MOVIE	Paul Callendar
1996	Bullet MOVIE	Louis Stein
1995	Heat MOVIE	Bosko
1995	Nowhere Man TV	Dave 'Eddie' Powers
1995	Georgia MOVIE	Jake
1995	The Mangler MOVIE	Officer John Hunton
1994	Todo cambia MOVIE	Vince
1993	Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back MOVIE	Gary Ward
1993	The Last Outlaw MOVIE	Potts
1993	The Paint Job MOVIE	Kenny the D.J. (uncredited)
1993	Death Train MOVIE	Alex Tierney
1993	Nowhere to Run MOVIE	Mr. Dunston
1991	Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace MOVIE	Charles Rose
1991	Murder in High Places MOVIE	Carson Russell
1991	The Silence of the Lambs MOVIE	Jame Gumb
1990	Love at Large MOVIE	Frederick King / James McGraw
1989	Next of Kin MOVIE	Willy Simpson
1989	The Fulfillment of Mary Gray MOVIE	Jonathan
1988	Betrayed MOVIE	Wes
1987	Ironweed MOVIE	Pocono Pete
1986	Crime Story TV	Frank Holman
1986	Crime Story TV	Jack Holman
1986	Crime Story: Pilot MOVIE	Frank Holman
1985	Two Fathers' Justice MOVIE	Bennett
1984	The Killing Floor MOVIE	Policeman
1983	Through Naked Eyes MOVIE	Patrolman
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Bill Foster
	Lear Rex MOVIE	Kent

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