Monk Actors Bio's
Tony Shalhoub stars as "Adrian Monk" and also 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. On television, Shalhoub was a series regular on the sitcoms Stark Raving Mad and the long-running hit series Wings. 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, Thir13en Ghosts and Life or Something Like It. He also reprised his roles in the sequels for Men in Black II and Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Shalhoub also appeared in The Last Shot with Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin; The Great New Wonderful with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Edie Falco and Olympia Dukakis; and in USA Films' The Man Who Wasn't There. Shalhoub was also "heard" as the voice of Luigi in the Pixar hit film, Cars. Most recently, he appeared in 1408 with John Cusack, as well as in AmericanEast, an independent film that he also co-produced. 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. An
accomplished stage actor, Shalhoub's New York theater work
includes "Waiting for Godot," "Conversations with My Father," "The
Heidi Chronicles" and "The Odd Couple" and the New York Shakespeare
Festival productions of "Henry IV Part 1" and "Richard III." Most
recently, he was seen in Theresa Rebeck's "The Scene," along with
Patricia Heaton in New York City.
Traylor Howard Is an Orlando,
Florida native, Howard's first exposure to acting was appearing in
commercials while in high school. She later graduated from Florida
State University with a degree in Communications and Advertising and a
minor in English. Howard went on to appear in over 30 national
commercials before landing her first series role on the NBC comedy Boston Common. She also starred in the ABC television series Two Guys and a Girl and the CBS series Bram & Alice. Howard's feature credits include Me, Myself and Irene opposite Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger and The Mask II: Son of the Mask with Jamie Kennedy and Alan Cumming. She also appeared opposite Norm McDonald and Chevy Chase in the MGM feature Dirty Work, and in the independent feature Confessions of a Sexist Pig. 
Ted Levin
was born in Bellaire, Ohio, in 1957. In 1975, he enrolled at Marlboro
College and then later University of Chicago. He became a fixture in
the Chicago theatre scene and joined the Remains Theatre which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William L. Petersen.
After his stage experience, Levine began to devote most of his energy
during the 1980s toward finding roles in film and television such as a
minor part in Charlie's Angels. He also managed to get a tiny part in Rambo: First Blood Part II, as one of the men getting the P.O.W.'s off the helicopter. After his breakout role in The Silence of the Lambs,
there was a period where he was typecast in villainous roles. Levine
was able to remedy this by playing more positive characters, such as a
member of Al Pacino's police unit in Heat, astronaut Alan Shepard in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, and Paul Walker's police superior Sergeant Tanner in The Fast and the Furious. In the drama Georgia,
he played Mare Winningham's husband, one of his most sympathetic roles.
His résumé also includes an uncredited role as the voice of the
sociopathic trucker "Rusty Nail" in 2001's Joy Ride, and his performance as Detective Sam Nico in the 2003 film Wonderland,
based on the gruesome murders in Los Angeles Wonderland District. Since
2002, he has co-starred in his role as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer on
USA Network's detective series Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub. Levine also provided the voice of the supervillain Sinestro in Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. Most recently, Levine appeared as a patriarch whose family takes a turn for the worse in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006). In 2007, he portrayed local Sheriff James Timberlake in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster, alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
Jason Gray-Stanford (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for playing the hapless Lieutenant Randy Disher in the TV program Monk and is recognized by anime fans as the voice of Kento Rei Faun in Ronin Warriors and the original English voice of Raditz and Cui in the Ocean Group dub of Dragonball Z, as well as the voice of Shinnosuke in the English dub of Ranma 1/2 and the voice of Joe Higashi in the Fatal Fury OVAs and The Motion Picture. He also appeared on an episode of Stargate SG-1.
He is also well known as the first voice of Yusaku Godai in Maison
Ikkoku.
However, after episode 36, the dubbing of the series was halted due to
poor sales, during which the dubbing company lost contact with Stanford
as well as several other actors. Since episode 37, Godai has been
voiced by Brad Swaile. He holds a BFA degree from the University of
British Columbia in theatre. He has done extensive dubbing work for
various Japanese anime movies and series, and also contributed
background vocals to Russell Crowe's 30 Odd Foot of Grunts album Gaslight. He has also played Deputy Bobby Michan in the 1999 movie Mystery Alaska and appeared in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind, both starring Russell Crowe. He also starred in 2006 Clint Eastwood's movie Flags of our Fathers as Lieutenant Schrier. He is a Vancouver Canucks fan and periodically blogs for NHL.com.
Stanley Kamel known for his role in the 1995 television series Murder One
as the unscrupulous psychiatrist "Dr. Graham Lester." Now, in 2005,
Kamel ironically continues to capture attention as a psychiatrist, only
this time a much different one: "Dr. Charles Kroger."
As Adrian Monk's psychiatrist, he ever so patiently tries to help the
obsessive compulsive detective overcome his fears so he can one day
rejoin the San Francisco police force.
Now in his third decade on television. Kamel first broke through with a starring role on Days of Our Lives as "Eric Peters." His other television credits include Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, Dark Angel, General Hospital, and many others.
Kamel began his acting career on the off-Broadway stage. Instructed by acting coach Sanford Meisner, he has performed in plays such as Platinum, Laura, and The Poison Tree. In his three decades working in television, Kamel has appeared on numerous shows, such as Days of Our Lives, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210, Dark Angel, General Hospital, and many others. He is often recognized for his role as Dr. Graham Lester on the television series Murder One. He can also be seen in such films as Domino, directed by Tony Scott and starring Keira Knightley, and David Lynch's Inland Empire.
Hector Elizondo was born in New York City, the son of Carmen Medina Reyes, from Puerto Rico, and Martin Echevarria Elizondo, a Basque. His parents moved to New York City, like many other Hispanics at the time, with the hope of finding a better way of life.
At a young age, Elizondo demonstrated a talent in sports and music. He
sang for the Frank Murray Boys' Choir when he was 10 years old. Upon
graduating from Jr. High School in 1951, he enrolled in the High School
of the Performing Arts; he also attended a regular public high school
where he excelled in basketball and baseball - his baseball skills were
good enough for him to be scouted by both the New York Giants and the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
In 1954, Elizondo enrolled in City College of New York, with the intention of becoming a history teacher. During his freshman year he became a father and dropped out of College and went to work full-time in order to support his family. Later, he was divorced and gained full custody of his son, Rodd. He and his current wife Carolee Campbell, an Emmy-Award winning actress, photographer and celebrated publisher, live in Sherman Oaks, California.
From 1962 to 1963, Elizondo studied dance at the Ballet Arts Company at Carnegie Hall and in 1963 he landed parts in two Off-Broadway shows: Kill the One-Eyed Man and The Great White Hope. His first major success came when he played "God" in guise of a Puerto Rican steam room attendant in the play Steambath. Elizondo won an Obie Award for his performance. Many of his roles involve playing a friend or sympathizer to the lead character. As a voice-actor, he played Bane, one of the more aggressively themed characters in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. In 1974, Elizondo played against type as ex-mafioso-turned-subway hijacker "Mr. Grey" in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
In the 1980s, Elizondo befriended Garry Marshall; Marshall was impressed with his talent and it was to become a lifelong friendship, which would bring benefits for both. Their first movie together was Young Doctors in Love. In some of the movies in which Elizondo appeared, he went uncredited and he would not have minded staying that way for the movie Pretty Woman, however it was Marshall who insisted on crediting him. His role in Pretty Woman only lasted 10 minutes, but it led to his receiving a Golden Globe nomination. Elizondo has participated in over 80 movies and 12 of them have been Marshall's. In 1999, he guest-starred in Runaway Bride as "Fisher" the husband of the male protagonist's ex.
In 2001, he was featured in the short-lived television drama Kate Brasher and portrayed security head Joe in the movie The Princess Diaries, a role he reprised in the 2004 sequel, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
He is probably best known to the television audience as Dr. Phillip Watters on the CBS television series Chicago Hope created by well known televison creator David E. Kelley. He has won both an Emmy and ALMA award and was nominated for a Satellite Award and several SAG Awards for playing this role. He's also the only person to stay on the show for its entire original run.
On April 30, 2008, it was announced by USA Network that Elizondo will become Adrian Monk's new therapist, Dr. Neven Bell, on their award-winning series Monk. Elizondo replaced actor Stanley Kamel, who died suddenly on April 8, 2008.
Elizabeth Natalie "Bitty" Schram (born July 17, 1968) is an American actress, most widely known for playing Sharona Fleming in the television series Monk. Born in Mountainside, New Jersey, Bitty Schram studied at the University of Maryland
on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a degree in advertising
design. Having known for numerous years that she wanted to act, she
pursued roles in both film and television as well as Broadway theater.
The role that initially brought her note was Evelyn Gardner in the Penny Marshall directed film, A League of Their Own.
Schram's character was the focus of the now famous line, "There's no
crying in baseball!" During 1993-94, she had a role in the original
Broadway production of Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
In 2002, Schram landed a major role opposite Tony Shalhoub on the USA mystery series Monk. USA Network released her mid-way through the show's third season, stating they "decided to go in a different creative direction with some of its characters"; MSNBC reported that "some members of the series’ supporting cast, including Schram, Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford, attempted to renegotiate the terms of their contract" and cited Schram's departure as evidence of the industry's "hard line against raise-seeking actors who aren’t absolutely essential to the show."[2] Sharona's role as Monk's assistant was replaced by Natalie Teeger, played by Traylor Howard.
Schram will return to Monk for an episode during the show's eighth and final season.