Acting · Parma, Ohio, USA · Born May 29, 1957
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.
TVCape Fear
2026
as Brandon Devereaux
TVSomething Very Bad Is Going to Happen
2026
as Boris
MovieStarbright
2026
as Bud
MovieMr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
2023
as Leland Stottlemeyer
TVTiny Beautiful Things
2023
as Gene
TVMayfair Witches
2023
as Julien Mayfair
TVBig Sky
2020
as Horst Kleinsasser
TVPeacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane
2020
as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
MovieThe Report
2019
as John Brennan
TVOn Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019
as Obie Garbeau II
MovieA Violent Separation
2019
as Ed Quinn
MovieJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
as Ken Wheatley
TVThe Alienist
2018
as Thomas Byrnes
MovieDown the Fence
2017
as Narrator
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
2017
as Theseus
MovieBottom of the World
2017
as Preacher
MovieSwing State
2017
as Rouge Holmes
MovieBleed for This
2016
as Lou Duva
TVLethal Weapon
2016
as Ned Brower
MovieDr. Del
2016
as Tanner
MovieChild of Grace
2015
as Chief Edwards
TVThe Spoils Before Dying
2015
as Gerhart Moll
MovieLittle Boy
2015
as Sam
MovieDig Two Graves
2014
as Sheriff Waterhouse
MovieGutshot Straight
2014
as Lewis
MovieBig Game
2014
as General Underwood
MovieBanshee Chapter
2013
as Thomas Blackburn
MovieA Single Shot
2013
as Cecile
TVThe Bridge
2013
as Lieutenant Hank Wade
TVRay Donovan
2013
as Bill Primm
MovieJimmy
2013
as James Lee Mitchell
MovieDeep Dark Canyon
2013
as Bloom Towne
TVLuck
2012
as Isadore Cohen
TVHell on Wheels
2011
as Daniel Johnson
MovieSolartaxi: Around the World with the Sun
2010
as Self - Narrator(voice)
MovieShutter Island
2010
as Warden
MovieThe Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
2008
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAmerican Gangster
2007
as Lou Toback
MovieThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
as Sheriff Timberlake
MovieThe Hills Have Eyes
2006
as Big Bob
MovieMemoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Colonel Derricks
MovieThe L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as Tom Saltine
MovieBirth
2004
as Mr. Conte
TVJustice League Unlimited
2004
as Sinestro (voice)
MovieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Colonel Howard
MovieWonderland
2003
as Sam Nico
MovieThe Truth About Charlie
2002
as Emil Zadapec
TVMonk
2002
as Leland Stottlemeyer
TVThe Osbournes
2002
as Self
MovieAli
2001
as Joe Smiley
TVJustice League
2001
as Bulldozer (voice)
MovieJoy Ride
2001
as Rusty Nail (voice) (uncredited)
MovieInside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
MovieThe Fast and the Furious
2001
as Sgt. Tanner
MovieEvolution
2001
as General Russell Woodman
TVStatic Shock
2000
as Sinestro (voice)
MovieHarlan County War
2000
as Silas Kincaid
TVWonderland
2000
as Robert Banger
TVThird Watch
1999
as Brian O'Malley
MovieWild Wild West
1999
as General 'Bloodbath' McGrath
MovieYou Can Thank Me Later
1998
as Eli Cooperberg
TVFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Alan Shepard
TVMoby Dick
1998
as Starbuck
MovieEllen Foster
1997
as Bill Hammond
MovieFlubber
1997
as Wesson
MovieSwitchback
1997
as Deputy Nate Booker
MovieMad City
1997
as Lemke
TVSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
as Karkull (voice)
MovieWiseguy
1996
as Paul Callendar
MovieBullet
1996
as Louis Stein
MovieHeat
1995
as Bosko
TVNowhere Man
1995
as Dave 'Eddie' Powers
MovieGeorgia
1995
as Jake
MovieThe Mangler
1995
as Officer John Hunton
MovieTodo cambia
1994
as Vince
MovieBroken Promises: Taking Emily Back
1993
as Gary Ward
MovieThe Last Outlaw
1993
as Potts
MovieThe Paint Job
1993
as Kenny the D.J. (uncredited)
MovieDeath Train
1993
as Alex Tierney
MovieNowhere to Run
1993
as Mr. Dunston
MovieDead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991
as Charles Rose
MovieMurder in High Places
1991
as Carson Russell
MovieThe Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Jame Gumb
MovieLove at Large
1990
as Frederick King / James McGraw
MovieNext of Kin
1989
as Willy Simpson
MovieThe Fulfillment of Mary Gray
1989
as Jonathan
MovieBetrayed
1988
as Wes
MovieIronweed
1987
as Pocono Pete
TVCrime Story
1986
as Frank Holman
MovieCrime Story: Pilot
1986
as Frank Holman
MovieTwo Fathers' Justice
1985
as Bennett
MovieThe Killing Floor
1984
as Policeman
MovieThrough Naked Eyes
1983
as Patrolman
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Policeman
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bill Foster
MovieLear Rex
as Kent
I Passed This Way
