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Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) in the film The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk (2002–2009).
For more detailed character information, see List of Monk characters. Below is a list of actors and actresses that were part of the cast of the American comedy-drama television series Monk. The show's main stars included, at some point, Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford.
Especially in the early episodes of the show, there is a certain degree of tension between Stottlemeyer and Monk. Stottlemeyer resents being forced (frequently by the higher-up characters, such as the mayor, the chiefs, or the commissioner) into calling on Monk's assistance, and he is frequently exasperated by Monk's many quirks.
"Mr. Monk and the Candidate" is the two-part pilot episode of the American comedy drama detective television series Monk. It introduces the character of Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a private detective with obsessive–compulsive disorder and multiple phobias, and his assistant Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), as well as police officers Leland Stottlemeyer and Randy Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford).
Michael Richards, originally considered for the role of Adrian Monk The main cast of Monk (from left); Jason Gray-Stanford as Randy Disher, Ted Levine as Leland Stottlemeyer, Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, and Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming. Casting for the show began as early as 1998, when Monk was being developed for ABC.
A few of Shalhoub’s fellow Monk alumni also pop up in the video, including Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger, Ted Levine as Capt. Stottlemeyer and Jason Gray-Stanford as Randy Disher.
The following day, Peacock officially ordered the Monk follow-up film, titled Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie with original cast members Shalhoub, Levine, Howard, Gray-Stanford, Hardin and Elizondo (who played Monk, Captain Stottlemeyer, Natalie, Randy, Trudy, and Dr. Bell respectively) confirmed to reprise their roles from the series with ...
Karen Stottlemeyer is critically injured after crashing into a tow truck whose driver has been shot dead by a roadside sniper. As Monk concentrates on the fact that the shooter and victim were both barefoot, Leland puts his career at risk in an effort to tie a labor union boss to the crime, even though Monk believes the labor dispute was unrelated.