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For eight seasons, Tony Shalhoub has played Adrian Monk, a San Francisco-based detective whose extreme obsessive-compulsive tendencies have annoyed his co-workers but helped him crack difficult cases. On Dec. 4 on USA, the 56-year-old actor will slip into Mr. Monkc’s tweed suit one last time to solve his final, and most important, case: discovering who killed his beloved wife Trudy (guest star Melora Hardin) 12 years ago. The Journal spoke to Mr. Shalhoub about what heg’ll miss about the quirky role _— which has garnered him three Emmy Awards and paved the way for other untraditional lead roles on cable b— and what ’s next for his career.

The last scene with the whole company and crew was the scene in the hospital hallway where Monk gets hung up on the idea of vomiting. It was such a great way to end it, because it was the four of us [Mr. Shalhoub plus costars Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford] together, playing out a scene that we knew from the table read was a solid scene. It was a great way to go out.

Anthony Marcus Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is an American actor. His television work includes the role of Antonio Scarpacci on Wings and sleuth Adrian Monk on the TV series Monk. He has won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for his work in Monk. He also has a successful career as a character actor, with roles in films like Spy Kids, Men in Black, Men in Black II, Galaxy Quest, 1408, Barton Fink, Big Night, The Siege, The Man Who Wasn't There.

After a two-year absence from the small screen, Shalhoub starred in another TV series, Monk, in which he portrays Adrian Monk, a brilliant Sherlock Holmes-type detective diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, for USA Network. Michael Richards had been offered the role when the show was being considered for broadcast on ABC, which later reran the first season in 2002, but he eventually turned it down. Shalhoub was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in nine consecutive years from 2001 to 2009, winning in 2003, 2005, and 2006. He also took the Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, in 2003.[4]

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