Bio: Anthony Marc Shalhoub was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin. His father, Joseph Shalhoub, who owned a grocery chain, emigrated from Lebanon to the United States as an orphan at age 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 Master's degree in Fine Arts.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 (born 1989) when she was eight. In 1994, the couple adopted another daughter, Sophie (born 1993). 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.Tony next had roles in Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), Galaxy Quest (1999) and Thir13en Ghosts (2001). However, his biggest break came, 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 award in 2003, 2005 and 2006, proving how popular he has become after the success of "Monk", which has been both brilliant and popular work during all its seasons.
Tivia: In 2003, when Shalhoub won the Emmy Award for his leading role of detective Adrian Monk, he dedicated the award to his nephew, 34-year-old Gregg Gensler, who passed away the day before.Was nominated for the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for "The Cricket in Times Square".In 2005, upon winning his second Emmy Award for Monk (2002), he told his fellow nominees that "there's always next year". Ironically, Shalhoub was the only one of the five actors to be nominated the next year.Is a huge fan of the NFL's Green Bay Packers and holds season tickets.Received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut (1980).His paternal grandparents, Milhelm and Mariam, both died during WWI, his grandfather at war and his grandmother likely from disease or hunger; half of the population of Mount Lebanon, where they resided, died between 1915 and 1918. His father subsequently came to Wisconsin as a child, where he was raised by Tony's mother's family, meeting Tony's mother. On the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012), Tony also discovered that one of his maternal great-great-grandfathers, Abdul Neimy, was killed in the Hamidian massacres in 1895 by the Ottoman Empire.Was the best man at Patricia Heaton's marriage to David Hunt.Has two daughters with wife Brooke Adams: Josie Lynn (born 1988), who was adopted by Adams before her marriage and whom Shalhoub later adopted), and Sophie Shalhoub (born 1993), adopted by the couple after they married.Attended Yale University, where his friend, Jane Kaczmarek, followed him to after he had encouraged her to shoot for stardom. They had met earlier when they both attended the University of Wisconsin.Spent four seasons with the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The ninth of ten children of Joseph and Helen (Seroogy) Shalhoub, both of whom were of Lebanese descent and adherents of the Maronite Church of Lebanon, an eastern arm of the Catholic Church. Tony's siblings include actors Michael Shalhoub and Susan Shalhoub Larkin. He is the brother-in-law of Lynne Adams. A cousin is Chicago/Los Angeles radio personality Jonathon Brandmeier.Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for his role as Abe Weissman in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), but lost to Henry Winkler from Barry (2018).Surname is pronounced "SHUH-loob.".Was nominated for Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for Herb Gardner's "Conversations with My Father".Has worked both with the Coen Brothers (Barton Fink (1991), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)) and their former cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld (Addams Family Values (1993), Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002)).Attended and graduated from Green Bay East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin (1972).Keynote speaker at the class of 2003 graduation at the University of Southern Maine, his alma mater.Received his Bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine (1977).Has appeared with Cheech Marin in seven films: Paulie (1998), Spy Kids (2001), Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002), Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003), Cars (2006), Cars 2 (2011) and Cars 3 (2017).In Men in Black (1997), he played Jeebs the pawnshop owner who is an alien disguised as human. Later, in Mr. Monk and the UFO (2009), his character was a human whom other people insisted was an alien in disguise.Friends with Patricia Heaton. Neighbors with Dean Parisot.