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Tony Shalhoub

Age: 56
Height: 5' 10"

Birth Place: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Born: Oct. 9th, 1953

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Tony Shalhoub's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Monk	Adrian Monk
Wings	Antonio Scarp&hellip
Monsters	Mancini
Stark Raving Mad	Ian Stark

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Tony Shalhoub spent his early life in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father emigrated from Lebanon to the United States as an orphan at the age of ten, later marrying Shalhoub's mother, who herself originated from Lebanon. When Tony was just six, he was introduced to the theater, in a school production of "The King and I". He graduated from Green Bay East High, and then graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of Southern Maine before progressing to the Yale School of Drama, which he left with a Masters in 1980.

After a time in the American Repertory Theatre, he moved to Broadway where he met his future wife, Brooke Adams (I), whom he married in 1992. She had an adopted daughter, Josie, who was three years old at the time that Tony and Brooke married. Tony adopted Brooke's own adopted child, Josie Lynn (b. 1989) when she was eight. In 1994, the couple adopted another daughter, Sophie, in 1994. Tony's first audition after arriving in Los Angeles was for Italian cabdriver Antonio Scarpacci in the long-running sitcom "Wings" (1990), which also starred Tim Daly (I) and Steven Weber (I). Next, Tony had roles in Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), and Thir13en Ghosts (2001). His biggest break came, however, playing the obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk in "Monk" (2002). The series made him a star and earned him four straight Emmy Award nominations between 2003 and 2006, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Tony won the trophy in 2003, 2005 and 2006, proving how popular he has become after the success of "Monk" (2002), which continues to be very popular into its fifth year.

TRIVIA:

Was nominated for Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for 'Herb Gardner' (qv)'s "Conversations with My Father."
Brother of actor 'Michael Shalhoub' (qv).
Keynote speaker at the University of Southern Maine graduation in 2003, his alma mater
Tony is from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
His family left Lebanon because of the civil war.
Attended college at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine.
Sister-in-law is 'Lynne Adams (II)' (qv).
Two daughters Josie Lynn (b. 1988 - wife 'Brooke Adams (I)' (qv)' adopted daughter prior to marriage, whom Tony later adopted), and Sophie (b. 1993), adopted by the couple after they married.