Ambrose Monk
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Ambrose Monk is a fictional character on the USA Network television series Monk. He is played by John Turturro.
Ambrose is the brother of Adrian Monk, the main character. He is smarter than Adrian, but suffers from agoraphobia. He can be seen in two episodes, "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", and "Mr. Monk Goes Home Again", and has a romantic interest in Natalie Teeger, Adrian's assistant. He blames himself for the death of Adrian's wife, Trudy. At Ambrose's request, Trudy was out buying him cough medicine when she was murdered by a car bomb. Guilt-ridden, Ambrose avoided all contact with Adrian for seven years after the incident.
When Adrian and Ambrose were children, they (or at least Ambrose) shared a strong bond with their father. This may have been due to his strict rules, such as not ever entering his office, and the boys' social seclusion, causing a sort of dependency. For unknown reasons, their father left when they were still young. Ever since, Ambrose has been obsessed with the idea of his return, even to the point of preparing a dinner plate for him every night, just in case. Adrian feels differently, believing his father will never return. However, their father showed up at Ambrose's doorstep to leave a note.
Ambrose writes owner's manuals for many different consumer products in multiple languages which he taught himself. The house he lives in is cluttered with his work, piles of newspapers, and filing cabinets which are stuffed with his father's mail spanning the entirety of his father's absence.
The relationship between Ambrose and Adrian parallels that of Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.
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| Current Main Characters | Adrian Monk | Natalie Teeger | Captain Leland Stottlemeyer | Lieutenant Randy Disher |
| Secondary Characters | Charles Kroger | Trudy Monk | Ambrose Monk | Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck | Julie Teeger |
| Former Characters | Sharona Fleming | Benjy Fleming |
| Related Articles | Episode List | Monk soundtrack | Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse | Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii | Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu |
| Official Website | Official site |
