Frank Whaley

Birthplace: Syracuse, New York
Birthday: July 20, 1963

A boyishly handsome actor-turned-writer/director, Frank Whaley entered films as the youthful version of Francis Phelan (played as an adult by Jack Nicholson) in "Ironweed" (1987) and again essayed the teenaged version of another screen icon, this time Burt Lancaster, in the Oscar-nominated "Field of Dreams" (1989). These turns plus his harrowing portrayal of a heroin-addicted Vietnam vet in Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July" (also 1989) helped him land his first leading role in "Cold Dog Soup" (1990), a bizarre "After Hours"-clone requ…more

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Actor

Cafe Society
Mickey Jelke
Where There s a Will
Richie Greene
Buddy Faro
Bob Jones
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald/Alik
Ruffian
Bill Nack

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Career Milestones

2007
Co-starred as the central villian in the horror film, "Vacancy"
2006
Cast as paramedic Chuck Sereika in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center"
2003
Cast as Christopher Wey in "The Dead Zone" (USA)
2002
Reteamed with Hawke as co-star of "The Jimmy Show"; also wrote and directed; screened at Sundance
2002
Returned the favor by appearing in Hawke's directorial debut, "Chelsea Walls" (shot in 1999)