Theodore Mark Monte grew up on a small ranch outside of Denver,
Colorado. He attended Colorado State University in hopes of becoming a
veterinarian, but was persuaded by his father to earn degrees in
Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing.
Completely bored with these subjects, Ted's girlfriend at the time
pushed him to talk to her modeling agent. He did and immediately
started modeling and doing commercials which led to his first play. The
acting bug bit him.
He graduated from college and moved to New York City to study acting
with renowned acting coach Phil Gushee. While studying acting, he did
print ads and television commercials for everything from Coors beer to
Kraft Salad Dressing to Always Panty Liners (his favorite). He
continued to do theatre while in New York with lead roles at the
Lincoln Center and the National Theatre in Washington D.C.
In 1991, Ted was cast in his first feature film as an FBI agent in
Jonathan Demme's Silence of the Lambs. After this, Ted was cast in
David Marnet's Homicide which led to numerous television shows. Tiring
of the New York writers, Ted moved to Los Angeles in 1995.
Over the course of his L.A. career. Ted has been in a string of films
working with Christian Slater, Roddy McDowall, Joe Mantegna, Jane Kean,
Russ Tamblyn, Michael Pane, Luke Perry, Paul Sorvino, William Atherton,
and Tom Berringer.
He's peppered his work with television appearances in Melrose Place,
The Lair, Homicide:Life in the Streets, Lifetime's A Christmas Wedding
Date, and let us not forget SyFy Channel's World Premiere of Curse of
the Komodo and several ridiculously large monster movies.
Ted has just wrapped two independent films: Abner, The Invisible Dog
and the 3rd in a trilogy of Steampunk movies where he plays the lead in
Melanie's Locket.
Ted lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife Priscilla Barnes.
Un plan simple(2022)
The RA-6600: DIG(2018)
The RA-6600: Girl Pop(2018)
East of Hollywood(2026)as Elvis Presley
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction(1997)as Father Louis, Father Luis
Happy Ending(2023)as Geeky Regular
Quantum Leap(2022)as Sheriff Bailey
Westworld(2016)as Arthur Reeves
