Tony Shalhoub
Tony Shalhoub ( born October 9, 1953 in Green Bay, Wisconsin as Anthony Marcus Shalhoub ) is an American actor and film producer. For his portrayal of Adrian Monk in the U.S. television series Monk, he received three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.
Life and career
Shalhoub is from a Lebanese Maronite family. He began his acting career in the early 1990s, after he had made his degree after four years studying acting at Yale, at the American Repertory Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Shalhoub's first major success was the TV series flyer, in which he played the Italian cabdriver Antonio Scarpacci. The series ran on NBC until 1997. Meanwhile, he starred in several films, including Big Night as Italian cooking, for which he received the award from the National Society of Film Critics for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2001 he received his first starring role in the movie 13 ghosts, in which he plays a widowed father who must tame spirits.
The breakthrough came Shalhoub in 2002 with the television series Monk, in which he played the title role of the neurotic Adrian Monk, alongside his work as a producer.
Shalhoub is married to fellow actress Brooke Adams in 1992 and adopted her two children with her.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
- 2003: Golden Globe for Best Series protagonist - Musical or Comedy as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2004: Nomination for Best Serial protagonist - Musical or Comedy as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2005: Nomination for Best Serial protagonist - Musical or Comedy as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2007: Nomination for Best Serial protagonist - Musical or Comedy as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2009: Nomination for Best Serial protagonist - Musical or Comedy as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2003: Emmy for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2004: nomination for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2005: Emmy for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2006: Emmy for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2007: nomination for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2008: nomination for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2009: nomination for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2010: nomination for Best Actor in a comedy series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2003: nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2004: Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2005: Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2007: nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2008: nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as Adrian Monk in Monk
- 2009: nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series as Adrian Monk in Monk