Ted Levine Biography

Fast Facts

• His performance in the play "buried Child" earned him a nomination for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in 1996
• Spent his early years performing with the Remains Theatre
• Quote: "[On acting] "One of the reasons I do this work and enjoy it so much is for the element of collaboration on a project․""
• Best known for his role in "The Silence of the Lambs․"
• His theater credits include playing Tilden in Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" in a Steppenwolf Theater production directed by Gary Sinise
• Frequently takes on roles in projects involving law enforcement or crime stories
• Met with a member of the FBI who finds and prosecutes sex-crime offenders while researching his serial killer role for "The Silence of the Lambs․"