<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Kim Phillips </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Frank Theodore "Ted" Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor . He is known for his roles as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk . </P> <P> Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine, who were both doctors and members of Physicians for Social Responsibility . Levine's father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother had Welsh and Native American ancestry . He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois . In 1975, he enrolled at Marlboro College . </P>

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