As the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards draw near, we look back at the careers of the lead acting nominees.

Shalhoub first gained recognition in 1991 when he joined Wings during the third season as the mild-mannered Italian cab driver Antonio Scarpacci. He remained on the show through the series' eighth and final season.

Shalhoub brought the weird in the Men in Black films as alien pawn shop owner Jack Jeebs, who can regenerate his head if it's blown off.

Showing off his dramatic chops, Shalhoub played Denzel Washington's FBI partner in this 1998 thriller about a series of terrorist attacks in New York.

Shalhoub played a lawyer in this 1998 adaptation of the book of the same name about a true water contamination case in Massachusetts.

Shalhoub returned to TV with Neil Patrick Harris in this short-lived NBC sitcom in 1999. He played Ian Stark, an eccentric horror writer who loves to pull morbid practical jokes. Harris played his book editor, Henry, an obsessive-compulsive character not unlike Adrian Monk.

Shalhoub earned a handful of supporting actor nominations from critics groups for his portrayal of defense attorney Freddy Riedenschneider in the Coen brothers' neo-noir film.

Shalhoub has struck Emmy gold three times for playing obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk. He has also won two SAG awards and a Golden Globe.