Shalhoub, Anthony Marcus "Tony." Born October 9, 1953, a three time Emmy Award winning, Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as the obsessive-compulsive detective “Adrian Monk” in the hit television series, Monk.  Tony Shalhoub spent his early life in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  His father, an immigrant from Lebanon, came to the United States as an orphan at the age of ten, later marrying Shalhoub’s mother, who herself originated from Lebanon.  Tony was introduced to the theatre at the early age of six when he was in a school production of The King and I.  He 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 with the American Repertory Theatre, Shalhoub moved to Broadway where he met his future wife, Brooke Adams, whom he married in 1992.  Tony's first audition after arriving in Los Angeles was for Italian cabdriver Antonio Scarpacci in the long-running sitcom “Wings” (1990).  Next, Tony was cast in the Coen Brothers film Barton Fink (1991) as “Ben Geisler.”  After a slew of other roles in films such as Men in Black (1997) and Galaxy Quest (1999), Shalhoub joined the Coen Brothers again in the film The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) as “Freddy Riedenschneider.”  The series Monk (2002)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.—Josh Ginsburg