Early life and career

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 ancestry. He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1975, he enrolled at Marlboro College. He became a fixture in the Chicago theatre scene and joined the Remains Theatre which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William Petersen. After his stage experience, Levine began to devote most of his energy during the 1980s toward finding roles in film and television.

Mainstream success

After his breakout role in The Silence of the Lambs (as primary antagonist Buffalo Bill), there was a period where he was typecast in villainous roles. Levine was able to remedy this by playing more positive characters, such as a member of Al Pacino's police unit in Heat, astronaut Alan Shepard in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, and Paul Walker's police superior Sergeant Tanner in The Fast and the Furious. In the drama Georgia, he played Mare Winningham's husband, one of his most sympathetic roles. His résumé also includes an uncredited role as the voice of the sociopathic trucker "Rusty Nail" in 2001's Joy Ride, and his performance as Detective Sam Nico in the 2003 film Wonderland, based on the gruesome murders in the Hollywood Hills. From 2002 to 2009, he co-starred as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer on USA Network's detective series Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub.

Levine provided the voice of the supervillain Sinestro in Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. Levine also appeared as a patriarch whose family takes a turn for the worse in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006). In 2007, he portrayed local Sheriff James Timberlake in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster, alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. In 2010, he appeared as the warden of the island prison in Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2012, he appeared as Sheriff Bloom Towne in Deep Dark Canyon, alongside Spencer Treat Clark and Nick Eversman, who portray Sheriff Towne's sons, Nate and Skylar, respectively. In 2013, he had a major supporting role in the FX murder mystery series The Bridge as Lieutenant Hank Wade, commander of a police homicide unit in a Texas border city. In 2014 he portrayed General Underwood in the British-Finnish action film Big Game.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	One More Saturday Night	Cop in Station
1987	Ironweed	Pocono Pete
1988	Betrayed	Wes
1989	Next of Kin	Willy Simpson
1990	Love at Large	Frederick King/James McGraw
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb
1992	The Paint Job	Kenny the D.J.
1993	Nowhere to Run	Mr. Dunston
1994	Todo cambia	Vince
1995	The Mangler	Officer John Hunton
1995	Georgia	Jake
1995	Heat	Det. Mike Bosko
1996	Bullet	Louis Stein
1997	Mad City	Lemke
1997	Switchback	Deputy Nate Booker
1997	Flubber	Wesson
1998	You Can Thank Me Later	Eli Cooperberg
1999	Wild Wild West	General 'Bloodbath' McGrath
2001	Evolution	General Russell Woodman
2001	The Fast and the Furious	Sgt. Tanner
2001	Joy Ride	Rusty Nail	Voice role
2001	Ali	Joe Smiley
2002	The Truth About Charlie	Emil Zadapec
2003	Wonderland	Sam Nico
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Colonel Howard
2004	Birth	Mr. Conte
2005	The L.A. Riot Spectacular	Tom Saltine
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha	Colonel Derricks
2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Big Bob Carter
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Sheriff James Timberlake
2007	American Gangster	Capt. Lou Toback
2010	Shutter Island	Warden
2012	Deep Dark Canyon	Bloom Towne
2013	Jimmy	James Lee Mitchell
2013	A Single Shot	Cecile
2013	Banshee Chapter	Thomas Blackburn
2014	Big Game	General Underwood
2014	Dig Two Graves	Sheriff Waterhouse
2014	Gutshot Straight	Lewis
2015	Little Boy	Sam
2015	Bleed for This	Lou Duva

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Through Naked Eyes	Patrolman	Movie
1985	Two Fathers' Justice	Bennett	Movie
1985	American Playhouse	Commander	Episode: "The Killing Floor"
1986	Crime Story	Frank Holman	Movie
1986-87	Crime Story	Frank Holman	13 episodes
1995	Nowhere Man	Dave 'Eddie' Powers	2 episodes (voice)
1997 1999	Superman: The Animated Series	Karkull Sinestro	"Absolute Zero" "In Brightest Day"
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Alan Shepard	2 episodes
1989	The Fulfillment of Mary Gray	Jonathan	Movie
1991	Murder in High Places	Carson Russell	Movie
1991	Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace	Charles Rose	Movie
1993	Death Train	Alex Tierney	Movie
1993	The Last Outlaw	Potts	Movie
1993	Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back	Gary Ward	Movie
1996	Wiseguy	Paul Callendar	Movie
1997	Ellen Foster	Bill Hammond	Movie
1998	Moby Dick	Starbuck	Movie
2000	Harlan County War	Silas Kincaid	Movie
2000	Wonderland	Dr. Robert Banger	8 Episodes
2002	Third Watch	Brian O’Malley	Episode: "Falling"
2002-06	Justice League	Bulldozer / Sinestro	6 Episodes (voice)
2002-09	Monk	Captain Leland Stottlemeyer	125 Episodes
2004	Static Shock	Sinestro	Episode: "Fallen Hero"
2011	Hell on Wheels	Captain Daniel Johnson	Recurring
2011	Luck	Isadore Cohen	5 episodes
2013-14	The Bridge	Lt. Hank Wade	Main role (26 episodes)
2014	Child of Grace	Chief Edwards	Movie

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