Tony Shalhoub

Highest Rated: 100% Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Lowest Rated: 12% Against the Ropes (2004)

Birthday: Oct 9, 1953

Birthplace: Green Bay, Wisconsin

A uniquely gifted and versatile actor possessing the distinct ability to immerse himself in a role so convincingly that he becomes almost unrecognizable -- from a quality obsessed restaurateur (Big Night, 1996) to a master criminal bent on world domination (Spy Kids, 2001) -- one can always count on Tony Shalhoub to deliver a memorable performance no matter how small his role may be.Well-known to television audiences for his extended stint as a self-deprecating cabbie on the long-running series Wings, Shalhoub made the often-painful transition from television to film with a grace seldom seen. Born on October 9th, 1953 in Green Bay, WI, Shalhoub developed his passion for theater at the youthful age of six when he volunteered via his sister to play an extra in a high-school production of The King and I. Shalhoub was hooked. After earning his master's degree from the Yale Drama School and spending four seasons at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, Shalhoub packed his bags for New York where he began a luminous career on Broadway. Broadway brought Shalhoub success not only in his career, but in his personal life as well: he was nominated for a Tony for his role in Conversations With My Father and he met his future wife, actress Brooke Adams, while acting in The Heidi Chronicles. It was not long after his Broadway success that Shalhoub made his feature debut, as a doctor in the 1990 AIDS drama Longtime Companion.Shalhoub's film career has been a testament to his range and a compliment to his abilities. Though prone to comedy, his dramatic roles have gained him just as much, if not more, recognition than his comedic roles. Winning the Best Supporting Actor award from the National Society of Film Critics for his well-researched role in Big Night (1996), Shalhoub expanded his dramatic film repertoire with roles in A Civil Action and The Siege (both 1998), while always maintaining his knack for humor (1997's Men in Black). Shalhoub's role as the ultra-mellow "anti-Scottie" in the Star Trek send-up Galaxy Quest (1999) proved that his comic persona was indeed still as sharp as ever. Sticking in the sci-fi/fantasy mold for his roles in Imposter and Spy Kids (both 2001), Shalhoub once again proved that he could do 180-degree character turnarounds with ease.Though Shalhoub would stay in sci-fi mode for his role in Men in Black 2, he would return to solid ground with his role as an obsessive-compulsive detective in the well-received television pilot Monk (2002). Directed by Galaxy Quest helmer Dean Parisot, the pilot for Monk successfully paved the way for the curiously innovative USA series to follow and found the actor warmly re-embracing the medium that had propelled him to stardom. As Monk's popularity continued to grow, Shaloub found success on the big screen in the role of a gifted psychologist for The Great New Wonderful (2005), and voiced the lovable Luigi in Cars (2006) and Cars 2 (2011). In 2007, he worked alongside John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson for the supernatural horror film 1408.

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Movies

		Credit
73%	Final Portrait	Diego Giacometti	—	2018
No Score Yet	Rosy	Actor	—	2018
70%	Cars 3	Luigi	$152.7M	2017
34%	The Assignment	Dr. Ralph Galen	—	2017
37%	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Splinter (voice) Splinter	$82.1M	2016
No Score Yet	Custody	Actor	—	2016
No Score Yet	Guns for Hire	Parking Violations Bureau Agent	—	2015
22%	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Splinter (voice) Splinter (voice only)	$164M	2014
No Score Yet	Valentino's Ghost	Actor	—	2013
50%	Pain & Gain	Victor Kershaw	$49.4M	2013
50%	Hemingway & Gellhorn	Koltsov	—	2012
39%	Cars 2	Luigi	$191.5M	2011
74%	Too Big to Fail	John Mack	—	2011
No Score Yet	Five	Mitch	—	2011
No Score Yet	Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun	Actor	—	2011
32%	How Do You Know	Psychiatrist	$30.3M	2010
No Score Yet	Feed the Fish	Executive Producer Sheriff Andersen	$0.2M	2009
No Score Yet	Tokyo Mater	Luigi	—	2008
No Score Yet	AmericanEast	Executive Producer Sam	—	2008
No Score Yet	Careless	Mr. Roth	—	2008
80%	1408	Sam Farrell	$72M	2007
86%	Sacco and Vanzetti	Nicola Sacco	—	2007
No Score Yet	The Adventures of Beatle Boyin	Actor	—	2007
73%	The Great New Wonderful	Dr. Trabulous	$40.2K	2006
75%	Cars	Luigi	$244.1M	2006
No Score Yet	The Naked Brothers Band Movie	Actor	—	2005
62%	The Last Shot	Tommy Sanz	$0.4M	2004
41%	Made-Up	Director Max Hires	—	2004
12%	Against the Ropes	LaRocca	$5.7M	2004
45%	Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over	Alexander Minion	—	2003
No Score Yet	Something More	Actor	—	2003
39%	Men in Black II	Jack Jeebs	$190.5M	2002
75%	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Alexander Minion	—	2002
28%	Life or Something Like It	Prophet Jack	$14.5M	2002
22%	Impostor	Nelson	$5.3M	2002
81%	The Man Who Wasn't There	Freddy Riedenschneider	$7.5M	2001
15%	Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts)	Arthur Kriticos	$41.7M	2001
93%	Spy Kids	Alexander Minion	—	2001
89%	Galaxy Quest	Fred Kwan/Tech. Sgt. Chen	—	1999
62%	The Impostors	First Mate	—	1999
61%	A Civil Action	Kevin Conway	—	1998
44%	The Siege	Frank Haddad Agent Frank Haddad	—	1998
75%	The Tic Code	Phil	—	1998
62%	Paulie	Misha	—	1998
81%	Primary Colors	Eddie Reyes	—	1998
39%	A Life Less Ordinary	Al	—	1997
83%	Gattaca	German	—	1997
92%	Men in Black	Jeebs	—	1997
96%	Big Night	Primo	—	1996
44%	I.Q.	Bob Rosetti	—	1994
76%	Addams Family Values	Jorge	—	1993
100%	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Chess Club Member	—	1993
50%	Gypsy	Uncle Jocko	—	1993
63%	Honeymoon in Vegas	Buddy Walker	—	1992
90%	Barton Fink	Geisler	—	1991
82%	Quick Change	Cab Driver	—	1990
94%	Longtime Companion	Paul's Doctor	—	1990
No Score Yet	Day One	Enrico Fermi	—	1989
No Score Yet	Alone in the Neon Jungle	Nahid	—	1988

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Elena of Avalor 2016	Voice	2019
89%	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 2017-2019	Abe Weinberg Abe Weissman	2019 2018 2017
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2019 2018 2014
No Score Yet	Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter 2015	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2018 2015
65%	BrainDead 2016	Sen. Red Wheatus	2016
91%	The Blacklist 2013		2016
No Score Yet	Live From Lincoln Center 2000	Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman/Barnett Hart	2015
81%	Nurse Jackie 2009-2015	Dr. Bernard Prince	2015
4%	We Are Men 2013	Frank	2013
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2013 2011
No Score Yet	Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales 2008-2012	Voice	2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
No Score Yet	The Wendy Williams Show 2008	Guest	2010
90%	Monk 2002-2009	Executive Producer Adrian Monk	2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
No Score Yet	MADtv 1995-2009	Performer	2000
0%	Stark Raving Mad 1999-2000	Ian Stark	2000 1999
61%	Ally McBeal 1997-2002	Shepley	1999
No Score Yet	Wings 1990-1997	Antonio Scarpacci Antonio	1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
86%	Almost Perfect 1995-1996	Alex	1996
94%	Frasier 1993-2004	Guest Manu	1996
74%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Dr. Chester Banton	1995
No Score Yet	The Equalizer 1985-1989	Terrorist Leader	1986

QUOTES FROM Tony Shalhoub CHARACTERS

Fred Kwan/Tech. Sgt. Chen says: That was a hell of a thing.

Tommy Sanz says: My wife set me on fire. She doused me with lighter fluid and lit a matched. Six months later, our marriage fell apart.

Freddy Riedenschneider says: I litigate, I don't capitulate.

Victor Kershaw says: What the fuck do you want (throws his pickle)

Victor Kershaw says: What the fuck do you want?

Psychiatrist says: Figure out what you want and learn how to get it.

Jeebs says: You insesitive jerk! Do you have any idea how much that stings?

Jeebs says: You insensitive prick! Do you have any idea how much that stings?

Jeebs says: Oh great, right in the pie-hole! Now nothing's going to taste right!

Freddy Riedenschneider says: The more you look , the less you see.

Freddy Riedenschneider says: The more you look, the less you see.

Ben Geisler says: Wallace Beery, wrestling picture, whata ya need a road map?

Primo says: The knowledge of God is the bread of angels.

Primo says: To eat good food is to be close to God.

K says: You sold a reverberating carbonizer with mutate capacities to an unlicensed, unauthorized cephalopoid? Jeebs, you piece of s***!!

K says: You sold a reverberating carbonizer with mutate capacities to an unlicensed, unauthorized cephalopoid? Jeebs, you piece of s***!

Jeebs says: He looked alright to me.

Misha says: [After the Alweathers get rid of Paulie in his story] So they bring you here?

Misha says: [after the Alweathers get rid of Paulie in his story] So they bring you here?

Paulie says: No, no. It wasn't that easy hitting rock bottom. I did a bunch of things. First, I did a stint as a window display in a place called Bloomingdale's. And I was in a brochure for Costa Rica. I did some work as a magician's assistant doing children's parties, but when Zintar fell on hard times, he had to choose between me and the cape. Guess which one he pawned.

Paulie says: Join the club.

Misha says: What did you say?

Paulie says: I said, "Join the club."

Paulie says: I said, 'Join the club.'

Misha says: So I'm not crazy. You can talk?

Paulie says: Of course I can talk.

Misha says: Then why not?

Paulie says: Because talking just gets you into a lot of trouble.

Misha says: Trouble? Why you say that?

Paulie says: It's a long story.

Misha says: I'm Russian! I like long stories!