<P> 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 . </P>
who was the bad guy in silence of the lambs
Buffalo Bill