Frank Whaley

Frank Whaley

Birthday: 1963-07-20

Place of Birth: Syracuse, New York, USA

Biography: Frank Joseph Whaley (born July 20, 1963) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, musician and comedian. His roles include Brett in Pulp Fiction, Robby Krieger in The Doors, Jim Dodge in Career Opportunities, young Archie "Moonlight" Graham in Field of Dreams, and Guy in Swimming with Sharks. He has also appeared in films and TV series such as Born on the Fourth of July, The Freshman, A Midnight Clear, Swing Kids, Broken Arrow, Luke Cage, Red Dragon and World Trade Center. Whaley was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, the son of Robert W. Whaley Sr. and Josephine (née Timilione).Whaley graduated from Anthony A. Henninger High School in 1981 and left home at 18. He graduated from the University at Albany.

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The Freshman
The Freshman

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance ...

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Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up bo...

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The Doors
The Doors

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morris...

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Field of Dreams
Field of Dreams

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a...

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World Trade Center
World Trade Center

Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Tra...

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Vacancy
Vacancy

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their ...

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Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist ...

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For NYC
For NYC

Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorde...

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Swing Kids
Swing Kids

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from ...

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Swimming with Sharks
Swimming with Sharks

Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begi...

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A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear

In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather ...

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Mrs. Harris
Mrs. Harris

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly ...

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Retroactive
Retroactive

A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal hus...

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When Trumpets Fade
When Trumpets Fade

In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow s...

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Cherry Crush
Cherry Crush

A high school photographer breaks his own rules and falls in love with his teenage model....

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Crazy Eights
Crazy Eights

Six people are brought together at the funeral of a childhood friend. While settling the estate, the...

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Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities

Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave...

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The Desperate Trail
The Desperate Trail

Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who w...

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Joe the King
Joe the King

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hand...

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The Cell 2
The Cell 2

The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over a...

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Janie Jones
Janie Jones

When a fading musician (Alessandro Nivola) learns he has a teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin) from a...

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Arthur Hailey's Detective
Arthur Hailey's Detective

Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the poli...

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Cold Dog Soup
Cold Dog Soup

A taxi driver (Quaid) pounds Zen parables (if time money, is time the root of all evil?) into his pa...

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The Jimmy Show
The Jimmy Show

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to k...

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The Winner
The Winner

A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, an...

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Magic in Mount Holly
Magic in Mount Holly

A new gallery owner discovers that she can paint the future using a paintbrush left by Santa. As she...

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To Dance with the White Dog
To Dance with the White Dog

When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and...

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Where There's a Will
Where There's a Will

A hapless grifter stands to inherit a small fortune from his estranged grandmother if he travels to ...

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Aftermath
Aftermath

A dark comedy about one man's overreaction! Roma's (Anthony Michael Hall) perfect life unravels when...

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Ruffian
Ruffian

Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fam...

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Glam
Glam

Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, ...

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Bombshell
Bombshell

Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control o...

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Cafe Society
Cafe Society

New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting...

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Death on the Border
Death on the Border

Two determined women vie to escape their abusive relationships with a dirty Detective at rock bottom...

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Monster Trucks
Monster Trucks

Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a...

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Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

The story of the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting President Kennedy. Via flas...

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Homage
Homage

The young caretaker at the estate of a reclusive woman develops a dangerous obsession with her daugh...

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The Outcasts
The Outcasts

After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-cla...

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Saint Clare
Saint Clare

In a small town a solitary woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended peop...

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Bitcon
Bitcon

A missing hard drive with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency and the issue of trust ...

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The Wall
The Wall

The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's ba...

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Red Dragon
Red Dragon

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecte...

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Unconquered
Unconquered

In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight ...

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JFK
JFK

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...

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Hoffa
Hoffa

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The ...

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As Good As Dead
As Good As Dead

Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture t...

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Seasonal Differences
Seasonal Differences

The separation of church and state is examined when a Christmas Nativity scene, being displayed at a...

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Back in the USSR
Back in the USSR

A vacationing American and a sultry Russian thief lead police and smugglers on a deadly chase throug...

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I.Q.
I.Q.

Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pret...

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School of Rock
School of Rock

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a ...

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Cold Moon
Cold Moon

Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdere...

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A Good Night to Die
A Good Night to Die

One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, A...

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Rob the Mob
Rob the Mob

The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and g...

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Pursuit of Happiness
Pursuit of Happiness

An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since firs...

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Ironweed
Ironweed

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for ...

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Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

Two young men who have been friends since early childhood decide to go on a trip to find a third fri...

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Against the Night
Against the Night

A group of friends sneak into an abandoned prison with the intention of making a ghost hunting video...

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Drillbit Taylor
Drillbit Taylor

Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to p...

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Warning Shot
Warning Shot

A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's ...

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The Shed
The Shed

The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with ro...

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Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime

Features Major League players and managers and cast and crew discussing the themes of the film, the ...

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All That We Destroy
All That We Destroy

A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an ...

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Hustlers
Hustlers

A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street cl...

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Flying Blind
Flying Blind

Melodrama set in Philadelphia, PA in 1965. Eddie Panvini (Panebianco), a teenage photographer from S...

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Cannes Man
Cannes Man

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a ...

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Chelsea Walls
Chelsea Walls

This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, invol...

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Little Monsters
Little Monsters

A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for ...

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Curtain Call
Curtain Call

A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just fo...

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The Doors: The Road of Excess
The Doors: The Road of Excess

Interviews with friends of the late Jim Morrison and several people involved with the making of the ...

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Private Property
Private Property

Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes friendly with her new gardener, Ben...

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If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams
If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams

More than just a baseball movie, Academy Award®-nominated "Field of Dreams" is an enduring story of ...

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Wish Man
Wish Man

A motorcycle cop is still haunted by the traumatic separation from his father when he was a boy. Aft...

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The Hottest State
The Hottest State

A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a be...

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Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow

When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, th...

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