Tony Shalhoub
- Category : Entertainment-Actor-Actress
- Type : MS
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Split - Small (11,17)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Penetration 3
Biography
American actor.
He is most famous for playing roles of neurotic men on the TV series "Monk" and "Wings."
He also had a starring role in the movie "Big Night" with John Turturro (1996). Along with TV and movies, he has acted in live stage.
The son of Syrian immigrants, Shalhoub was bitten by the acting bug at age 6 when his older sister recruited him as an extra in a school production of "The King and I." After earning his master's degree from the Yale Drama School and spending four seasons at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, Shalhoub moved to New York.
He was for a Tony in 1992 for his role in "Conversations With My Father ."
He is married to actress Brooke Adams.