Frank Whaley
Date of birth: 1963-07-20
Place of birth: Syracuse, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Frank Joseph Whaley, Frank Whalley, 弗兰克·沃利
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.
Movie Credits
The Freshman
1990-07-20
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance
Pulp Fiction
1994-09-10
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up bo
The Doors
1991-03-01
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morris
Field of Dreams
1989-04-21
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a
World Trade Center
2006-08-09
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Tra
Vacancy
2007-04-20
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their
Born on the Fourth of July
1989-12-20
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist
For NYC
2020-06-01
Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorde
Swing Kids
1993-03-05
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from
Swimming with Sharks
1994-09-10
Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begi
A Midnight Clear
1992-04-24
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather
Mrs. Harris
2006-02-25
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly
Retroactive
1997-02-21
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal hus
When Trumpets Fade
1998-06-27
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow s
Cherry Crush
2007-02-16
A high school photographer breaks his own rules and falls in love with his teenage model.
Crazy Eights
2006-10-31
Six people are brought together at the funeral of a childhood friend. While settling the estate, the
Career Opportunities
1991-03-29
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave
The Desperate Trail
1994-10-21
Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who w
Joe the King
1999-01-22
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hand
The Cell 2
2009-02-27
The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over a
Janie Jones
2010-09-17
When a fading musician (Alessandro Nivola) learns he has a teenage daughter (Abigail Breslin) from a
Arthur Hailey's Detective
2005-01-01
Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the poli
Cold Dog Soup
1990-09-06
A taxi driver (Quaid) pounds Zen parables (if time money, is time the root of all evil?) into his pa
The Jimmy Show
2002-01-16
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to k
The Winner
1996-09-13
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, an
Magic in Mount Holly
2021-11-16
A new gallery owner discovers that she can paint the future using a paintbrush left by Santa. As she
To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05
When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and
Where There's a Will
2006-05-06
A hapless grifter stands to inherit a small fortune from his estranged grandmother if he travels to
Aftermath
2013-11-01
A dark comedy about one man's overreaction! Roma's (Anthony Michael Hall) perfect life unravels when
Ruffian
2007-06-09
Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fam
Glam
1998-05-08
Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex,
Bombshell
1997-09-26
Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control o
Cafe Society
1997-07-18
New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting
Death on the Border
2023-11-03
Two determined women vie to escape their abusive relationships with a dirty Detective at rock bottom
Monster Trucks
2016-12-21
Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
1993-11-15
The story of the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting President Kennedy. Via flas
Homage
1995-05-03
The young caretaker at the estate of a reclusive woman develops a dangerous obsession with her daugh
The Outcasts
2017-04-14
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-cla
Saint Clare
2025-07-18
In a small town a solitary woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate ill intended peop
Bitcon
2022-10-18
A missing hard drive with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency and the issue of trust
The Wall
1998-05-24
The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's ba
Red Dragon
2002-10-02
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecte
Unconquered
1989-01-15
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight
JFK
1991-12-20
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis
Hoffa
1992-12-25
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The
As Good As Dead
2010-01-25
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture t
Seasonal Differences
1987-12-02
The separation of church and state is examined when a Christmas Nativity scene, being displayed at a
Back in the USSR
1992-02-07
A vacationing American and a sultry Russian thief lead police and smugglers on a deadly chase throug
I.Q.
1994-12-24
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pret
School of Rock
2003-10-03
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a
Cold Moon
2016-10-27
Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdere
A Good Night to Die
2003-05-03
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, A
Rob the Mob
2014-03-21
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and g
Pursuit of Happiness
2001-01-17
An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since firs
Ironweed
1987-12-18
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five
1998-01-01
Two young men who have been friends since early childhood decide to go on a trip to find a third fri
Against the Night
2017-09-15
A group of friends sneak into an abandoned prison with the intention of making a ghost hunting video
Drillbit Taylor
2008-02-04
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to p
Warning Shot
2018-09-14
A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's
The Shed
2019-10-25
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with ro
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime
2004-06-06
Features Major League players and managers and cast and crew discussing the themes of the film, the
All That We Destroy
2019-05-03
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an
Hustlers
2019-09-12
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street cl
Flying Blind
1990-07-30
Melodrama set in Philadelphia, PA in 1965. Eddie Panvini (Panebianco), a teenage photographer from S
Cannes Man
1996-06-03
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a
Chelsea Walls
2001-09-21
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, invol
Little Monsters
1989-08-25
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for
Curtain Call
1998-12-05
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just fo
The Doors: The Road of Excess
1997-08-14
Interviews with friends of the late Jim Morrison and several people involved with the making of the
Private Property
2022-05-13
Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes friendly with her new gardener, Ben
If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams
2021-08-07
More than just a baseball movie, Academy Award®-nominated "Field of Dreams" is an enduring story of
Wish Man
2019-06-07
A motorcycle cop is still haunted by the traumatic separation from his father when he was a boy. Aft
The Hottest State
2007-06-27
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a be
Broken Arrow
1996-02-09
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, th