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Tony Shalhoub (Arabic: طوني شلهوب, transliteration: Ṭōny Shalhoūb) (born as Anthony Marcus Shalhoub on October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. He is currently the star and executive producer of the USA Network television show Monk in which he plays an obsessive-compulsive detective who is often called on by the San Francisco Police Department to solve crimes no one else can. Before he played Adrian Monk, he was also well known for his role as the Italian cabdriver, Antonio Scarpacci, on the NBC television series Wings, on which he played the role from 1991 to 1997.
Early life
Shalhoub was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father emigrated from Lebanon to the United States as an orphan at the age of ten. He later married Shalhoub's mother, a second-generation Lebanese-American, and founded a family company from the humble start of one grocery store in the center of Green Bay. His family were Maronite Christians, some of whom left Lebanon. Tony Shalhoub's brothers and sisters introduced him to the theater. When Tony was just six years old, one of his elder sisters volunteered her little brother to play an extra in a high school production of "The King and I." Even though the young Tony was left standing on the wrong side of the curtain during the final dress rehearsal, he became hooked to the theater. Tony graduated from Green Bay East High School, with his senior peers finding him the best dressed and most likely to succeed. He then graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine, and earned a masters degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1980.
The stage - Before & Now
Shortly thereafter, he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he spent four seasons with the American Repertory Theatre before heading to New York City, where he found work waiting tables while honing his craft and auditioning. He made his Broadway debut in the 1985 Rita Moreno/Sally Struthers production of The Odd Couple and was nominated for a 1992 Tony Award for his featured role in Conversations with My Father. Shalhoub met his wife, actress Brooke Adams, when they co-starred on Broadway in The Heidi Chronicles. His Off-Broadway credits include Waiting for Godot, For Dear Life, Rameau's Nephew, Zero Positive and two productions of Shakespeare in Central Park, Henry IV, part I and Richard II.
Shalhoub will be returning in December 2006 to Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre with (Everybody Loves Raymond star) Patricia Heaton for a run of The Scene by Theresa Rebeck. Rebeck's black comedy takes a look at the NYC entertainment scene with Shalhoub starring as Charlie, a has-been actor who is married to Heaton's character Stella, a very successful producer of a morning television show.
Breaking in to screen roles
One of his first television roles was as the Italian cabdriver Antonio Scarpacci in the long-running sitcom Wings, which also starred Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church, and Rebecca Schull. The role was actually Shalhoub's first audition when he arrived in Los Angeles, and he was pleasantly surprised to land the role, after having a recurring role in the second season. Shalhoub affected an Italian accent for the role. In the same time period, Shalhoub played the lead victim in the X-Files second-season episode "Soft Light."
Among his film roles include a fast-talking lawyer in The Man Who Wasn't There, a sleazy pawn shop owner in the Men In Black films, a sympathetic attorney in A Civil Action, a widowed father in Thir13en Ghosts, and a has-been television star in Galaxy Quest. One of his more unusual roles was in Big Night where he plays an Italian-speaking chef, complete with accent.
Shalhoub demonstrated his dramatic range in the 1998 big budget thriller, The Siege starring Denzel Washington, Annette Benning and Bruce Willis. His character, FBI Special Agent Frank Haddad, was of Middle Eastern descent and suffered discrimination after Arab terrorists attack sites in New York City.
He most recently appeared with Alec Baldwin in the Hollywood satire The Last Shot as a gruff small-time mobster with a love for movies, and as the voice of Luigi in the Pixar film Cars.
On Monk
Shalhoub was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series four times consecutively from 2003-2006. He took home the trophy three times, in 2003, 2005, and 2006. In addition, he won the Golden Globe in 2003 and a SAG Award in 2004 and 2005.
Career during Monk
In addition to his acting work, Shalhoub, along with the Network of Arab-American Professionals and Zoom-in-Focus productions, established The Arab-American Filmmaker Award Competition in 2005. Arab-American filmmakers submitted screenplays, with the chosen winner flown to Hollywood to have their screenplay produced. To participate in the production, two runners-up are also invited.
Private life
Shalhoub married actress Brooke Adams in 1992. The two have worked together in several films, and Adams has also made guest appearances on Monk. At the time of their marriage, Adams had an adopted daughter, Josie Lynn (born 1988). In 1993, they had another daughter, Sophie. The family resides in Los Angeles and Green Bay.
Shalhoub's brother Michael has appeared on two episodes of Monk, and in 2006, another brother, Dan, appeared on the reality show American Inventor. Shalhoub is the cousin of Chicago radio personality Jonathon Brandmeier. He is the brother-in-law of former Guiding Light actress Lynne Adams.
Filmography
Motion pictures
Year Title Role Other notes
2007 Careless Mr. Roth In production
2006 The Adventures of Beatle Boyin Parking Violations Bureau Agent
Cars Luigi Voice (animated)
Sacco and Vanzetti Nicola Sacco Voice; Documentary
2005 Mush Executive producer
The Naked Brothers Band Himself Mockumentary
The Great New Wonderful Dr. Trabulous
2004 The Last Shot Tommy Sanz
Against the Ropes Sam LaRocca
2003 Party Animals Celebrity Father
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Alexander Minion
T for Terrorist Man in White Suit
Something More Mr. Avery
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams Alexander Minion
2002 Life or Something Like It Prophet Jack
Made-Up Max Hires Director
Impostor Nelson Gittes
2001 Thir13en Ghosts Arthur Kriticos
The Man Who Wasn't There Freddy Riedenschneider
Spy Kids Alexander Minion
The Heart Department Dr. Joseph Nassar
1999 Galaxy Quest Fred Kwan
That Championship Season George Sitkowski
The Tic Code Phil
1998 A Civil Action Kevin Conway
The Siege Agent Frank Haddad
The Impostors Voltri, First Mate
Paulie Misha Belenkoff
Primary Colors Eddie Reyes
1997 A Life Less Ordinary Al
Gattaca German
Men In Black Jack Jeebs
1996 Radiant City Narrator
Big Night Primo
1994 I.Q. Bob Rosetti
1993 Gypsy Uncle Jocko
Addams Family Values Jorge
Searching for Bobby Fischer Chess Club Member
1992 Honeymoon in Vegas Buddy Walker
1991 Barton Fink Ben Geisler
1990 Quick Change Cab Driver
Longtime Companion Paul's Doctor
1989 Money, Power, Murder Seth Parker
Day One Enrico Fermi
1988 Alone in the Neon Jungle Nahid
Television
Year Title Role Other notes
2002 - Present Monk Adrian Monk
2000 Madtv -Season 5, Episode 18
-Season 5, Episode 24 Taxi Cab Driver, Himself
1999 - 2000 Stark Raving Mad Ian Stark
1999 Ally McBeal -Season 2, Episode 18
Those Lips, That Hand Albert Shepley
1997 White Lightning Baby Duck Voice (animated)
1996 Frasier -Season 3, Episode 23
The Focus Group Manu
Almost Perfect -Season 1, Episode 16
Auto Neurotic Alex Thorpe
1995 Gargoyles -Season 2, Episode 31
Grief The Emir Voice (animated)
1995 The X-Files -Season 2, Episode 23
Soft Light Dr. Chester Ray Banton
1992 Dinosaurs -Season 2, Episode 14
Fran Live Jerry Voice (puppet)
1991 - 1997 Wings Antonio Scarpacci
1991 Monsters -Season 3, Episode 17
Leavings Mancini
1987 Spenser: For Hire -Season 2, Episode 19
The Road Back Dr. Hambrecht
1986 The Equalizer -Season 1, Episode 19
Breakpoint Terrorist
Awards
Awards
Preceded by
Charlie Sheen
for Spin City Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
2003
for Monk Succeeded by
Ricky Gervais
for The Office
Preceded by
Ray Romano
for Everybody Loves Raymond Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
2003
for Monk Succeeded by
Kelsey Grammer
for Frasier
Preceded by
Sean Hayes
for Will & Grace Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Comedy Series
2004, 2005
for Monk Succeeded by
Sean Hayes
for Will & Grace
Preceded by
Kelsey Grammer
for Frasier Emmy Award - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
2005, 2006
for Monk Succeeded by
incumbent
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