Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub
Shalhoub in 2008
Other names	Anthony Marcus Shalhoub
Born	October 9, 1953 (age 71 ) in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Education	University of Wisconsin, Green Bay University of Southern Maine (BA) Yale University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Brooke Adams (m. 1992)
Children	2
Portrays	Adrian Monk

Anthony Marcus Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is an American actor.

His television work includes Antonio Scarpacci in NBC sitcom Wings and detective Adrian Monk in the USA TV series Monk, for which he has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series and three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

He has also had a successful film career as a character actor, with roles in films such as Barton Fink (1991), Big Night (1996), Men in Black (1997), The Siege (1998), Galaxy Quest (1999), Spy Kids (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Cars (2006), 1408 (2007), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).

For his work on the Broadway stage, Shalhoub has received four Tony nominations, his first for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Conversations with My Father in 1992. His subsequent nominations included Golden Boy (2013) and Act One (2014), before winning the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Tewfiq Zakaria in The Band's Visit. Shalhoub currently plays Abe Weissman, the father of the title character, on Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Early life and education

Shalhoub, the ninth of ten children, was born and raised in a Maronite Christian family in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father, Joe, was from Lebanon and emigrated to the United States as an orphan at the age of eight. He was a meat peddler who drove a refrigerated truck. He bought his meat in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and sold it to stores in the region. Joe married Shalhoub's mother, Helen (née Seroogy), a second-generation Lebanese-American. Shalhoub was introduced to acting by an older sister who put his name forward to be an extra in a high school production of The King and I. Despite finding himself standing on the wrong side of the curtain during the final dress rehearsal, he became enamored with the theater. Shalhoub attended Green Bay East High School. In his senior year he suffered a setback, breaking his leg in a fall off the stage into the pit during a rehearsal. Recovering quickly, he was able to perform in the school's final play of the year.

After a short time at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, he earned a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Southern Maine. He later went on to earn a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1980.

Career

Stage

Shortly after graduating from Yale, he moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he spent four seasons with the American Repertory Theater 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.

Shalhoub returned in December 2006 to the Off-Broadway Second Stage Theatre, opposite Patricia Heaton for a run of The Scene by Theresa Rebeck. In 2010, he went to Broadway to act as Saunders in a revival version of Lend Me a Tenor in New York at the Music Box Theatre. He was nominated for a 2013 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for Lincoln Center Theater's production of Golden Boy at the Belasco Theatre. He was nominated for a 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for Lincoln Center Theater's production of Act One at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Shalhoub and his wife appeared in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days in June and July, 2015 in New York City.

He starred in the musical stage adaptation of the film The Band's Visit, in the Off-Broadway Atlantic Theatre Company production. The musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Itamar Moses, ran from November 11, 2016 through December 23, 2016. He reprised his role when the show moved to Broadway where it opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 9, 2017. For his performance, he won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He also appeared as Walter Franz in the 2017 Broadway revival of The Price.

Screen roles

One of Shalhoub's first television roles was in 1991 as the cabdriver Antonio Scarpacci in the sitcom Wings. Shalhoub was pleasantly surprised to land the role after having a guest appearance in the second season. Shalhoub affected an Italian accent for the role. In the same time period, Shalhoub played physicist Dr. Chester Ray Banton in The X-Files second-season episode "Soft Light".

Shalhoub's film roles following his Wings breakout included an excitable producer consulted by John Turturro's character in Barton Fink and a fast-talking lawyer in The Man Who Wasn't There (both directed by the Coen brothers), a linguistically unidentified cabby in Quick Change, a Cuban-American businessman in Primary Colors, sleazy alien pawn shop owner Jack Jeebs in the Men in Black films, a sympathetic attorney working for John Travolta's lawyer in A Civil Action, a widowed father in Thirteen Ghosts, a cameo role in the film Gattaca, and a has-been television star in Galaxy Quest.

He had a co-starring role in the film Big Night, where he played an Italian-speaking chef complete with accent. In 1995 he had a role in the hit NBC sitcom Frasier in the episode "The Focus Group" as an Arab newsstand owner named Manu Habbib. He did voice acting for the 1997 computer game Fallout.

Shalhoub demonstrated his dramatic range in the 1998 big-budget thriller The Siege, where he co-starred alongside Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, and Bruce Willis. His character, FBI Special Agent Frank Haddad, also a Lebanese American, suffered discrimination after terrorist attacks in New York City. He returned to series television in 1999, this time in a lead role on Stark Raving Mad, opposite Neil Patrick Harris. The show failed to attract an audience and NBC cancelled the series in 2000.

Monk

After a two-year absence from the small screen, Shalhoub starred in another TV series, Monk. Airing on the USA Network, the series featured Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, a detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Shalhoub was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in eight consecutive years from 2003 to 2010, winning in 2003, 2005, and 2006. He also took the Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy, in 2003.

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, and the chosen winner was flown to Hollywood to have their screenplay produced.

He appeared with Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin in the 2004 Hollywood satire The Last Shot as a gruff small-time mobster with a love for movies. In 2006, he appeared in Danny Leiner's drama The Great New Wonderful as a psychologist in post-9/11 New York City. In 2007, he appeared in the horror film 1408 and on-stage off-Broadway as Charlie in The Scene.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Shalhoub stars as Jewish-American math professor Abe Weissman, father of protagonist Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), in the Emmy-winning, Amazon-produced TV comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Voice work

He received a 2008 Grammy nomination in the category "Best Spoken Word Album for Children" for his narration of The Cricket in Times Square. He provided the voice of Luigi, a 1959 Fiat 500 who runs a tire shop, in the 2006 Disney/Pixar film Cars and its 2011 and 2017 sequels, Cars 2 and Cars 3, respectively. Shalhoub voiced Splinter in the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and reprised the role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Personal life

Shalhoub married actress Brooke Adams in 1992. They have worked together in several films, one episode of Wings, and on BrainDead. Adams has appeared credited as a "Special Guest Star" in five episodes of Monk — "Mr. Monk and the Airplane", "Mr. Monk's 100th Case", "Mr. Monk and the Kid", "Mr. Monk Visits a Farm", and "Mr. Monk and the Badge".

Shalhoub and Adams appeared on Broadway together in the 2010 revival of Lend Me a Tenor. At the time of their wedding, Adams had an adopted daughter, Josie Lynn (born 1989), whom Shalhoub adopted. In 1994, they adopted another daughter, Sophie (born 1993).

Tony's brother Michael is also an actor who made multiple guest appearances on Monk. He first appears in "Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny", as a member of a disbanded radical group suspected of involvement in a kidnapping. In "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head", he plays a Wyoming beekeeper who is annoyed when a suspect crashes a car into his farm. Michael also appears in "Mr. Monk Is the Best Man" as the minister presiding at Leland Stottlemeyer's wedding.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Heartburn	Airplane Passenger	Originally a substantial part that was cut before release
1989	Longtime Companion	Paul's Doctor
1990	Quick Change	Taxicab Driver
1991	Barton Fink	Ben Geisler
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Buddy Walker
1993	Addams Family Values	Jorge
	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Chess Club Member
1994	I.Q.	Bob Rosetti
1996	Big Night	Primo
1997	A Life Less Ordinary	Al
	Gattaca	German
	Men in Black	Jack Jeebs
1998	A Civil Action	Kevin Conway
	The Siege	Agent Frank Haddad
	The Impostors	Voltri, First Mate
	Paulie	Misha Belenkoff
	Primary Colors	Eddie Reyes
1999	Galaxy Quest	Fred Kwan
	The Tic Code	Phil
2001	Thirteen Ghosts	Arthur Kriticos
	The Man Who Wasn't There	Freddy Riedenschneider
	Spy Kids	Mr. Alexander "Alex" Minion
2002	Life or Something Like It	Prophet Jack
	Made-Up	Max Hires	Also directed
	Impostor	Nelson Gittes
	Men in Black II	Jack Jeebs
	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Mr. Alexander "Alex" Minion
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
	Party Animals	Celebrity Father
	T for Terrorist	Man in White Suit
	Something More	Mr. Avery
2004	The Last Shot	Tommy Sanz
	Against the Ropes	Sam LaRocca
2005	The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie	Himself
	The Great New Wonderful	Dr. Trabulous
2006	Cars	Luigi	Voice role
2007	Careless	Mr. Roth
	AmericanEast	Sam
	1408	Sam Farrell
2008	L.A. Actors	Bum
2009	Feed the Fish	Sheriff Anderson
2010	How Do You Know	Psychiatrist
2011	Cars 2	Luigi	Voice role
2013	Movie 43	George	Deleted sketch: "Find Our Daughter"
	Pain & Gain	Victor Kershaw
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Master Splinter	Voice role
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
	Custody	Jason Schulman
	The Assignment	Dr. Ralph Galen
2017	Breakable You	Adam Weller
	Final Portrait	Diego Giacometti
	Cars 3	Luigi	Voice role
2018	Rosy	Dr. Godin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Equalizer	Terrorist	Episode: "Breakpoint"
1987	Spenser: For Hire	Dr. Hambrecht	Episode: "The Road Back"
1988	Alone in the Neon Jungle	Nahid	Television film
1989	Money, Power, Murder	Seth Parker	Movie
	Day One	Enrico Fermi	Movie
1991	Monsters	Mancini	Episode: "Leavings"
1991–1997	Wings	Antonio Scarpacci	144 episodes
1992	Dinosaurs	Jerry (voice)	Episode: "Fran Live"
1993	Gypsy	Uncle Jocko	Movie
1995	Gargoyles	The Emir (voice)	Episode: "Grief"
	The X-Files	Dr. Chester Ray Banton	Episode: "Soft Light"
1996	Radiant City	Narrator	Movie
	Frasier	Manu Habib	Episode: "The Focus Group"
	Almost Perfect	Alex Thorpe	Episode: "Auto Neurotic"
1999	That Championship Season	George Sitkowski	Movie
	Ally McBeal	Albert Shepley	Episode: "Those Lips, That Hand"
1999–2000	Stark Raving Mad	Ian Stark	22 episodes
2000	MADtv	Taxi Cab Driver Himself	2 episodes
2001	The Heart Department	Dr. Joseph Nassar	Movie
2002–2009	Monk	Adrian Monk	Lead role (125 episodes)
2011	Too Big To Fail	John Mack	Movie
	Five	Mitch Taylor	Movie
2012	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Koltsov	Movie
2013	We Are Men	Frank Russo	7 episodes
2015	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Bernard Prince	8 episodes
2016	The Blacklist	Alistair Pitt	Episode: "Alistair Pitt (No. 103)"
	BrainDead	Red Wheatus	Main role (13 episodes)
2017–present	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Abe Weissman	18 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1980	As You Like It	Oliver	American Repertory Theater
	The Berlin Requiem and The Seven Deadly Sins	Paddle Wheel/Boss/Horse
	Lulu	Ferdinand/Casti-Piani
1981	Has "Washington" Legs?	Wesley
	The Marriage of Figaro	Figaro
	Sganarelle- An evening of Molière farces	Alcidas/Lélie/Leandre
1982	The Journey of the Fifth Horse	Pandalevski/Bizmionkov
	Rundown	Spear
	Three Sisters	Solyony
1983	Waiting for Godot	Pozzo
	The Boys from Syracuse	Sergeant
	Baby with the Bathwater	Father/Voice of Psychologist
	The School for Scandal	Joseph Surface
	Measure for Measure	Angelo
1984	Six Characters in Search of an Author	The Son
	Holy Wars: Morocco and The Road to Jerusalem	Mr. Kempler/Ari
1986	The Odd Couple	Jesus Costazuela	Broadhurst Theatre	Broadway debut
1987	Richard II	Sir William Bagot	Shakespeare in the Park
	Henry IV, Part 1	Poins/Sir Richard Vernon
1988	Zero Positive	Patrick	The Public Theater
	Rameau's Nephew	Lui	Classic Stage Company
	For Dear Life	Jake	The Public Theater
1989	The Heidi Chronicles	Scoop Rosenbaum	Plymouth Theatre	Replacement
1992	Conversations with My Father	Charlie	Royale Theatre
1997	The Old Neighborhood	Bobby	American Repertory Theater
2007	The Scene	Charlie	Second Stage Theatre
2010	Lend Me a Tenor	Henry Saunders	Music Box Theatre
2012	Golden Boy	Mr. Bonaparte	Belasco Theatre
2014	Act One	Moss Hart, Barnett Hart, George S. Kaufman	Vivian Beaumont Theatre
2015	The Mystery of Love and Sex	Howard	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
	Happy Days	Willie	The Flea Theater
2016	The Band's Visit	Tewfiq Zakaria	Atlantic Theater Company
2017	The Price	Walter Franz	American Airlines Theatre
	The Band's Visit	Tewfiq Zakaria	Ethel Barrymore Theatre

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1997	Fallout: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game	Aradesh
2006	Cars	Luigi
2007	Cars Mater-National Championship
2009	Cars Race-O-Rama
2011	Cars 2

Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2003–09	Monk	125 episodes
2005	Mush	Short film
2009	Pet Peeves
	Feed the Fish

Awards and nominations

Theatre Awards

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
1992	Featured Actor in a Play	Conversations with My Father	Nominated
2013	Featured Actor in a Play	Golden Boy	Nominated
2014	Leading Actor in a Play	Act One	Nominated
2018	Leading Actor in a Musical	The Band's Visit	Won

Other Theatre Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Results
2013	Drama Desk Awards	Featured Actor in a Play	Golden Boy	Nominated
2018	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	The Band's Visit	Nominated

Television Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Results
2003	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Won
2004	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2005	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Won
2006	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Won
2007	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2008	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2009	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2010	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2018	Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Results
2002	Best Actor – TV Series Musical or Comedy	Monk	Won
2003	Best Actor – TV Series Musical or Comedy	Monk	Nominated
2004	Best Actor - TV Series Musical or Comedy	Monk	Nominated
2005	Best Actor – TV Series Musical or Comedy	Monk	Nominated
2007	Best Actor – TV Series Musical or Comedy	Monk	Nominated
2009	Best Actor – TV Series Musical or Comedy	Monk	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award

Year	Category	Accolade	Results
2003	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2004	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Won
2005	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Won
2007	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2008	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2009	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2010	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Monk	Nominated
2018	Male Actor in a Comedy Series	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Won
2018	Ensemble in a Comedy Series	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Won

Film Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1996	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Male Lead	Big Night	Nominated
1996	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Big Night	Won
1996	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actor	Big Night	3rd place
2001	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor	The Man Who Wasn't There	Nominated
2001	Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actor	The Man Who Wasn't There	Nominated

Grammy Award

Year	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2009	Best Spoken Word Album for Children	The Cricket in Times Square	Nominated

External Links

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