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Franklin Shea Whigham Jr. (born January 5, 1969) is an American actor best known for portraying Elias "Eli" Thompson in the drama series Boardwalk Empire. He also appeared in the first season of True Detective and the third season of Fargo and in numerous films, including Take Shelter, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Kong: Skull Island, First Man, Vice, and Joker. He has appeared as Agent Michael Stasiak in Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, and F9.

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Shea Whigham
Whigham in 2018
Born	Franklin Shea Whigham Jr. (1969-01-05) January 5, 1969 (age 53) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Education	Tyler Junior College State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Christine Whigham ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	4, including Giorgia Whigham

Early life

Whigham was born in Tallahassee, Florida, the son of attorney Frank and school librarian Beth. The family moved to Lake Mary, Florida, when Whigham was five years old.[1][2] He attended Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, and then transferred to the State University of New York at Purchase, New York, where he was part of a small acting program with only 31 students and a graduating class of eight seniors.[3] After graduating, he co-founded the theatre troupe the Rorschach Group with his college roommate Kirk Acevedo in New York City and served as an actor and artistic director with the troupe for three years.[4]

Career

Whigham appeared in one 1997 episode of the television series Ghost Stories before he received a starring role in the 2000 film Tigerland.[3] He went on to appear in the television films Submerged, R.U.S./H., and Paradise before acting in the 2003 film All the Real Girls.[1] Between 2004 and 2006, he appeared in the Japanese film Out of This World, the drama television series Medical Investigation, and the films Water, Man of the House, Faith of My Fathers, Lords of Dogtown, Psychic Driving, and South of Heaven.

Whigham appeared in Pride and Glory and co-starred in the horror film Splinter, the thriller Creek, and the science fiction film Radio Free Albemuth.[2]

He had a regular leading role on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire as Elias "Eli" Thompson, sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey, for the show's entire run. In 2014, he appeared in the HBO series True Detective as the disillusioned former minister Joel Theriot.[5] He appeared in two[6] episodes of FX's Justified in 2015.

Between 2012 and 2017 he had several movie roles, such as The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, Term Life, and Kong: Skull Island. In 2018, he appeared in the films Sicario: Day of the Soldado, First Man, and Bad Times at the El Royale. In 2019 he appeared in the Warner Bros./DC Comics psychological thriller Joker as GCPD Detective Burke. He also appeared in both seasons of HBO's Vice Principals as Ray Liptrapp; appeared in Fargo and the miniseries Waco; and he starred in the television series Homecoming alongside Julia Roberts for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In 2020 he was cast as Pete Strickland on HBO's reimagining of Perry Mason, a role for which he received attention for his moustache.[7]

He has appeared in several projects alongside actors Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks, both of whom starred on Boardwalk Empire and Waco. Shannon and Whigham also appeared together in The Quarry, Take Shelter, Tigerland and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

Personal life

Whigham has four children, including actress Giorgia Whigham, with his wife Christine Whigham.[8]

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Of Love & Fantasy	Craig
2000	Tigerland	Private Wilson
2002	Bad Company	CIA Agent Wells	Uncredited
2003	All the Real Girls	'Tip'
2004	Out of This World	Russell Reade
2004	Water	Daniel West
2005	Man of the House	Texas Ranger Holt
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Drake Landon
2005	Psychic Driving	Ryan Barrett	Short film
2006	Wristcutters: A Love Story	Eugene
2006	First Snow	Vincent McClure
2008	South of Heaven	'Mad Dog' Mantee
2008	Pride and Glory	Officer Kenny Dugan
2008	Splinter	Dennis Farell
2009	Blood Creek	Luke Benny
2009	The Killing Room	Tony Mazzolla
2009	Spooner	Stan Manfretti
2009	Fast & Furious	FBI Agent Michael Stasiak
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Justin
2010	Radio Free Albemuth	Phil
2010	Barry Munday	Donald
2010	Machete	Sniper
2010	The Conspirator	Captain Cottingham
2011	Take Shelter	Dewart
2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Dwayne Jeffrey 'D.J.' Corliss
2011	This Must Be the Place	Ernie Ray
2011	Catch .44	Billy
2012	Big Miracle	SAR Pilot Conrad
2012	Savages	Chad, Cartel Lawyer
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	Jake Solitano
2013	Fast & Furious 6	FBI Agent Michael Stasiak
2013	American Hustle	Carl Elway	Winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	Captain Ted Beecham
2014	Non-Stop	Agent Marenick
2015	Lila & Eve	Detective Holliston
2015	Cop Car	Man
2015	Knight of Cups	Jim
2016	Star Trek Beyond	Teenaxi Leader	Voice
2016	Term Life	Detective Matty Miller
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Captain Earl Cole
2017	Death Note	James Turner
2017	Wheelman	Mohawk Man
2018	The Catcher Was a Spy	Joe Cronin
2018	Beirut	Gary Ruzak
2018	Sicario: Day of the Soldado	Andy Wheeldon
2018	First Man	Gus Grissom
2018	Bad Times at the El Royale	Dr. Woodbury Laurence
2018	City of Lies	Frank Lyga
2018	Vice	Wayne Vincent
2019	To the Stars	Hank Deerborne
2019	Low Tide	Sergeant Kent
2019	Joker	Detective Burke
2020	The Quarry	The Man	Also executive producer[9]
2020	Vampires vs. the Bronx	Frank Polidori
2021	F9	FBI Agent Michael Stasiak	[10]
2021	The Gateway	Parker Jode
2021	Small Engine Repair	'Packie' Hanrahan	[11]
2021	South of Heaven	Officer Schmidt
2022	The Gray Man	Six's Father
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	George Stacy	Voice; in production[12]
	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One	Jasper Briggs	Post-production[13]
2024	Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Ghost Stories	Eric Duke	Episode: "Cold in the Grave"
2001	Submerged	Captain Oliver Naquin	Television film
2002	R.U.S./H.	Odell Tippy	Pilot
2004	Medical Investigation	Barrett Fidler	2 episodes
2004	Paradise	Jeremiah Alcott	Television film
2005	Faith of My Fathers	Norris Overly	Television film
2006	ER	Bobby Kenyon	3 episodes
2007	Standoff	Andre / Jared Kendall	Episode: "Ex-Factor"
2009	Lie to Me	Jered Blunt	Episode: "Life Is Priceless"
2009	Numb3rs	Tom Kardum	Episode: "The Fifth Man"
2009	Medium	Patrick Wilkes	Episode: "New Terrain"
2010–2014	Boardwalk Empire	Elias 'Eli' Thompson	49 episodes
2014	True Detective	Joel Theriot	2 episodes
2015	Agent Carter	Roger Dooley	7 episodes
2015	Justified	Merrill	Episode: "Collateral"
2016–2017	Vice Principals	Ray Liptrapp	15 episodes
2017	The Legend of Master Legend	Peanut-Head	Pilot
2017	Fargo	'Moe' Dammick	5 episodes
2017	Narcos	Agent Duffy	2 episodes
2018	Waco	Mitch Decker	6 episodes
2018	Homecoming	Thomas Carrasco	8 episodes
2018	Dirty John	William Meehan	Episode: "Lord High Executioner"
2019	Modern Love	Peter	2 episodes
2020	Perry Mason	Pete Strickland	Main role
2022	Gaslit	G. Gordon Liddy	Limited series

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2000	Smuggler's Run	Jon

References

External links

• Shea Whigham at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Shea Whigham

Franklin Shea Whigham junior (* 5. Januar 1969 in Tallahassee, Florida) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Shea Whigham

Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr. (Tallahassee, Florida; 5 de enero de 1969), más conocido como Shea Whigham, es un actor estadounidense de cine y televisión.

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[ru] Уигем, Шей

Франклин Шей Уигем-младший (англ. Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr.; род. 5 января 1969, Таллахасси) — американский актёр, наиболее известный благодаря роли Илая Томпсона в сериале «Подпольная империя».

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