Tony Shalhoub

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Birthday:

9 October 1953, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Birth Name:

Anthony Marcus Shalhoub

Height:

178 cm

Anthony Marcus Shalhoub was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father, Joe Shalhoub, who owned a grocery chain, emigrated from Lebanon to the United States as an orphan at the age of ten, later marrying Shalhoub's mother, Helen (Seroogy), who herself was born in Wisconsin, to Lebanese parents. When Tony was 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, 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. 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 and Steven Weber. 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. Show less «

With what's happened in the world the last three years, it's easier to see why it's become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Mu...Show more »

With what's happened in the world the last three years, it's easier to see why it's become popular again to diminish and revile Arabs and Muslims in American popular culture. Show less «

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you...Show more »

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano. Show less «

It was really an experience, being my first time directing a movie. The scenes that I was in, Brooke really directed me all the time. And th...Show more »

It was really an experience, being my first time directing a movie. The scenes that I was in, Brooke really directed me all the time. And the scenes that both of us were in, Brooke directed those. Come to think of it, Brooke directed most of the scenes. Show less «

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to str...Show more »

I still think of myself as a stage actor. When I do film and television I try to implement what I was taught to do in theatre, to try to stretch into characters that are far from myself. Show less «

I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up ...Show more »

I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week. Show less «

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's underst...Show more »

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment. Show less «

You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.

I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything.

I don't look as handsome in Men in Black 2 as I did in the first one.

All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, r...Show more »

All I wanted with that film was to represent the possibility that there might be normal people who are Muslim or Arab with the same fears, responsibilities, hopes. Show less «

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationship...Show more »

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. Show less «