The pater familias of the Kleinsasser family, Horst Kleinsasser (Ted Levine), is a mob boss recovering from a stroke. After his brush with death, he's wondering to whom he'll turn his ranch and his shady empire.
While many of these actors have worked together, or at least shared credits on similar shows, Levine's most iconic role was opposite Brooke Smith in "Silence of the Lambs." In the iconic film, Levine played serial killer Jame Gumb, aka Buffalo Bill, who famously threatened Smith's character with the hose again. And we all remember the notorious tucking scene.
Levine's filmography is full of hit movies with big-name actors and directors ("Shutter Island," "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," and "Heat" come to mind). But possibly his longest-running credit, one from which you would likely recognize him, was playing the police captain in "Monk."
No matter where he is, Ted Levine plays a man of authority who has a lot more going on behind his eyes than he lets on. And often in that "more" lurk bad, or at least questionable, intentions.
