Ted Levine

Ted Levine is the kind of actor I cheer for quietly, because he disappears so completely into his roles. His Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs is one of the most unnerving screen performances I know, yet the same man played the warm, exasperated Captain Stottlemeyer across years of Monk. That range, villain to everyman, is exactly what character acting should be. He never collected the flashy awards, but he changes the temperature of every scene he enters. To me, performers like Levine, who anchor a film without demanding the spotlight, deserve the loudest hidden applause.

Name (English)

Ted Levine

Name (Japanese)

テッド・レヴィン

Reading

てっど・れゔぃん

Born

May 29, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

Bellaire, Ohio, United States

Occupation

actor / character actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter

High school

Oak Park and River Forest High School

University

University of Chicago

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Levine
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433520

Tags

• Ohio
• actor
• character actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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