<P> In addition to his acting work, Shalhoub, along with the Network of Arab - American Professionals and Zoom - in - Focus Productions, established The Arab - American Filmmaker Award Competition in 2005 . Arab - American filmmakers submitted screenplays, and the chosen winner was flown to Hollywood to have their screenplay produced . </P> <P> He appeared with Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin in the 2004 Hollywood satire The Last Shot as a gruff small - time mobster with a love for movies . In 2006, he appeared in Danny Leiner's drama The Great New Wonderful as a psychologist in post-9 / 11 New York City . In 2007, he appeared in the horror film 1408 and on - stage off - Broadway as Charlie in The Scene . </P> <P> Shalhoub stars as Jewish - American math professor Abe Weissman, father of protagonist Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), in the Emmy - winning, Amazon - produced TV comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel . </P> <P> He received a 2008 Grammy nomination in the category "Best Spoken Word Album for Children" for his narration of The Cricket in Times Square . He provided the voice of Luigi, a 1959 Fiat 500 who runs a tire shop, in the 2006 Disney / Pixar film Cars and its 2011 and 2017 sequels, Cars 2 and Cars 3, respectively . Shalhoub voiced Splinter in the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and reprised the role in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows . </P>

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