Tony Shalhoub
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| Tony Shalhoub | |
 Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk |
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| Birth name | Anthony Marcus Shalhoub |
| Born | October 9, 1953 (age 53) Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States |
| Years active | 1986 – Present |
| Spouse(s) | Brooke Adams |
| Notable roles | Antonio Scarpacci in Wings (1991-1997) Adrian Monk in Monk (2002-present) |
| Emmy Awards | |
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: 2003 - Monk 2005 - Monk 2006 - Monk |
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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.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.[1] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Motion pictures
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 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 | ||
| Men in Black II | Jack Jeebs | ||
| 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 |
[edit] Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 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 |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Trivia
- Tony Shalhoub's brother, Dan Shalhoub, appeared in the third episode of Simon Cowell's reality television series, American Inventor airing on ABC. Dan Shalhoub pitched his Sha-Poopie invention, a small disposable box on a retracting stick that is used to catch a dog's fecal matter. The idea grossed out the judges who promptly voted not to advance Dan Shalhoub to the next round.
- Tony Shalhoub did voice acting for the cult classic computer game Fallout.
- Tony was one of the celebrity judges for the "Bush In 30 Seconds" advertisement competition.
