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Tony Shaloub

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Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award winner Tony Shalhoub stars as Adrian Monk and serves as executive producer of the USA Network original series "Monk."

Shalhoub, a triple threat as an actor-director-producer, has established himself as one of the most versatile and popular character actors working today. His numerous feature film roles include "Spy Kids," "Galaxy Quest," The Siege," "A Civil Action," "Searching for Bobby Fischer," "The Impostors," "Primary Colors," "Gattaca," "Men in Black," "Big Night," "Barton Fink," "Honeymoon in Vegas," "Quick Change," "Longtime Companion," "13 Ghosts," and "Life or Something Like It." He reprised his roles in the sequels "Men in Black II" and "Spy Kids II" and "III."

Shalhoub also appeared in USA Films' "The Man Who Wasn't There" (Winner for Best Director at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival) by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand.

Also on the big screen, Shalhoub appeared in the feature "The Last Shot" with Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin; the film "The Great New Wonderful" alongside Edie Falco, and the thriller "1408" with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. Shalhoub also provided the voice of Luigi in the animated hit "Cars."

Shalhoub made his feature directorial debut with the independent film "Made Up," in which he co-starred with his wife Brooke Adams and Gary Sinise.

Shalhoub's other television credits include starring in the telefilm remakes of "That Championship Season," directed by Paul Sorvino, and "Gypsy." He was previously a series regular on the sitcoms "Stark Raving Mad" and the long-running hit series "Wings."

An accomplished stage actor, Shalhoub's New York theater work includes stagings of "Waiting for Godot," "Conversations with My Father," "The Heidi Chronicles," and "The Odd Couple," as well as the New York Shakespeare Festival productions of "Henry IV Part 1" and "Richard III."

CAST BIOS

Tony Shaloub
Adrian Monk

Traylor Howard
Natalie Teeger

Jason Gray-Stanford
Randall Disher

Ted Levine
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer

Stanley Kamel
Dr. Kroger

Emmy Clarke
Julie Teeger