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Frank Joseph Whalley (born July 20, 1963) is an American film and television actor known for his roles in independent films.
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The Shed (2019)
As: Bane
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Frank Sabatella
Stars: Timothy Bottoms | Frank Whaley | Jay Jay Warren | Cody Kostro | Sofia Happonen
Hustlers (2019)
As: Reese
A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Stars: Jennifer Lopez | Keke Palmer | Julia Stiles | Constance Wu | Lili Reinhart
Into the Dark: All That We Destroy (2019)
As: Parker
A geneticist who fears that her son may be becoming a serial killer creates a group of clones in an attempt to cure him of his psychopathic tendencies by allowing him to relive the murder of his first victim.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Chelsea Stardust
Stars: Samantha Mathis | Shi Ne Nielson | Israel Broussard | Dora Madison | Aurora Perrineau
Warning Shot (2018)
As: David
A single mother and her young daughter struggle to make ends meet until they inherit their family's farmhouse. When a business rival covets their water rights, the situation spirals out of control.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Dustin Fairbanks
Stars: Guillermo Díaz | James Earl Jones | Tammy Blanchard | David Spade | Niki Koss
Against the Night (2017)
As: Detective Ramsey
A group of friends sneak into an abandoned prison with the intention of making a ghost hunting video, until they start to go missing one by one.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Brian Cavallaro
Stars: Erik Kochenberger | Josh Cahn | Leah Holleran | Hannah Kleeman | Yesenia Linares
Monster Trucks (2016)
As: Wade Coley
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Chris Wedge
Stars: Danny Glover | Lucas Till | Amy Ryan | Rob Lowe | Jane Levy
Cold Moon (2016)
As: Sheriff Ted Hale
Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a decade earlier. Suspicion falls on a duplicitous banker and his wealthy father, played by Stewart and Lloyd.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Griff Furst
Stars: Robbie Kay | Christopher Lloyd | Frank Whaley | Candy Clark | Josh Stewart
The Outskirts (2015)
As: Herb Watson
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Peter Hutchings
Stars: Peyton List | Avan Jogia | Ashley Rickards | Victoria Justice | Eden Sher
Rob the Mob (2014)
As: Agent Frank Hurd
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Stars: Nina Arianda | Griffin Dunne | Ray Romano | Michael Pitt | Andy García
Aftermath (2013)
As: Eric
Tom Fiorini (Anthony Michael Hall, The Dead Zone) owns a successful construction company. After his long time foreman goes missing, events take a drastic turn for the worse. During the search for his foreman, Tom plummets down a slippery slope of violence and hired hit men, only to find the fire with which he plays is much hotter than he could have ever expected. Director Thomas ...
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Thomas Farone
Stars: Anthony Michael Hall | Tony Danza | Jamie Harrold | Frank Whaley | Federico Castelluccio
Janie Jones (2011)
As: Chuck
A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
Stars: Peter Stormare | Elisabeth Shue | Abigail Breslin | Alessandro Nivola | Brittany Snow
As Good As Dead (2010)
As: Aaron
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Mossek
Stars: Brian Cox | Cary Elwes | Andie MacDowell | Frank Whaley | Matt Dallas
The Cell 2 (2009)
As: Duncan
The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over again; until they beg to die! Maya is a psychic investigator who gained her powers after a 1 year coma after she was the Cusp's first victim! Now the Cusp Killer is back and Maya has little time to do what she has never done before: go into the mind of a killer unprotected and save his latest victim.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Tim Iacofano
Stars: Frank Whaley | Michael Flynn | Bart Johnson | Chris Bruno | Tessie Santiago
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
As: Jittery Bodyguard
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully, not realising he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Steven Brill
Stars: Owen Wilson | Nate Hartley | Leslie Mann | Josh Peck | David Dorfman
Vacancy (2007)
As: Mason
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Nimród Antal
Stars: Ethan Embry | Frank Whaley | Kate Beckinsale | Luke Wilson | Scott G. Anderson
Cherry Crush (2007)
As: Wade Chandling
A High school Photographer breaks his own rules and falls in love with his teenage model
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Nicholas DiBella
Stars: Jonathan Tucker | Dennis Boutsikaris | Nikki Reed | Haviland Morris | Julie Gonzalo
Crazy Eights (2006)
As: Brent Sykes
Six people are brought together at the funeral of a childhood friend. While settling the estate, they discover a map, which leads them on a search for a time capsule. What they discover reawakens childhood traumas and leads them on a journey through their abandoned childhood home: a home with a terrible secret and a mysterious dead girl who will lead them to their strange fates.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: James K. Jones
Stars: Dina Meyer | Frank Whaley | Traci Lords | George Newbern | Dan DeLuca
World Trade Center (2006)
As: Chuck Sereika
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal | Nicolas Cage | Jay Hernandez | Maria Bello | Michael Peña
Where There's a Will (2006)
As: Richie Greene
A hapless grifter stands to inherit a small fortune from his estranged grandmother if he travels to Harmony, Texas to live with her. Instead of a short road to easy money, he finds a soft spot in his heart for the little town and unconditional love from his only living relative.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: John Putch
Stars: Keith Carradine | Frank Whaley | Christine Elise | Marion Ross
Detective (2005)
As: Brewmaster
Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn't even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a ...
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: David S. Cass Sr.
Stars: Tom Berenger | Rick Gomez | Frank Whaley | Annabeth Gish
Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime (2004)
As: Himself
Features Major League players and managers and cast and crew discussing the themes of the film, the performances, baseball, family, the film's lasting impact, and more.
Runtime: 38 min.
Directed by: Jim Bacon
Stars: Amy Madigan | Kevin Costner | Phil Alden Robinson | Lawrence Gordon | Charles Gordon
School of Rock (2003)
As: Battle of the Bands Director
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Stars: Sarah Silverman | Joan Cusack | Jack Black | Mike White | Miranda Cosgrove
A Good Night to Die (2003)
As: Chad
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just what his Frankenstein's monster will cost him.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Craig Singer
Stars: Seymour Cassel | Gary Stretch | Michael Rapaport | Robin Givens | Debbie Harry
Red Dragon (2002)
As: Ralph Mandy
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Stars: Edward Norton | Ralph Fiennes | Emily Watson | Harvey Keitel | Anthony Hopkins
The Jimmy Show (2002)
As: Jimmy O'Brien
A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Frank Whaley
Stars: Lynn Cohen | Ethan Hawke | Frank Whaley | Carla Gugino | Jillian Stacom
Pursuit of Happiness (2001)
As: Alan
An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: John Putch
Stars: Frank Whaley | Annabeth Gish | Jean Stapleton | Patrick Van Horn | Amy Jo Johnson
Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999)
As: Allen Kogan
A group of high school friends starts a rock band during the 1950's.
Runtime: 240 min.
Directed by: Mike Robe
Stars: Kathy Baker | Gerald McRaney | Bonnie Somerville | Frank Whaley | Brad Hawkins
When Trumpets Fade (1998)
As: Medic Chamberlain
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Irvin
Stars: Dylan Bruno | Zak Orth | Frank Whaley | Devon Gummersall | Ron Eldard
Glam (1998)
As: Franky Syde
Traveling from the backwoods to Los Angeles to visit his cousin, a writer discovers a world of sex, drugs, crime and violence revolving around a beautiful young woman and her mobster boyfriend.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Josh Evans
Stars: William McNamara | Natasha Gregson Wagner | Tony Danza | Frank Whaley | Valérie Kaprisky
Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998)
As: Skee-Ball Weasel
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Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Richard Schenkman
Stars: Ione Skye | Frank Whaley | Jon Cryer | Rafael Báez | Rick Stear
Bombshell (1997)
As: Malcolm
Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control others for their own good.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Paul Wynne
Stars: Pamela Gidley | Henry Thomas | Frank Whaley | Mädchen Amick | Shawnee Smith
Cafe Society (1997)
As: Mickey Jelke
New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting the city red. Night after night, he can be found in one Broadway bar or the other, in the company of disreputable persons like pimps and prostitutes. One day,a shady cop, aided by Mickey's own girlfriend, Patricia, decides to accuse him of running a prostitution network. A scandal breaks out.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Raymond De Felitta
Stars: John Spencer | Peter Gallagher | Lara Flynn Boyle | Frank Whaley | Anna Levine
Retroactive (1997)
As: Brian
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Louis Morneau
Stars: James Belushi | Jesse Borrego | Frank Whaley | Shannon Whirry | Kylie Travis
The Winner (1996)
As: Joey
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Alex Cox
Stars: Rebecca De Mornay | Michael Madsen | Richard Edson | Vincent D'Onofrio | Delroy Lindo
Broken Arrow (1996)
As: Giles Prentice
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: John Woo
Stars: Bob Gunton | Samantha Mathis | Delroy Lindo | Christian Slater | John Travolta
The Desperate Trail (1995)
As: Walter Cooper
Amiable con man Jack Cooper is on a westbound stagecoach, headed for the next batch of suckers who will mistake him for an easy mark. Fiery Sarah O'Rourke rides the same coach, handcuffed to lawman Bill Speakes and headed for the hangman. In a few hours, all should reach their destinations. But the trail they travel takes an unexpected turn: Cooper and O'Rourke are ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: P.J. Pesce
Stars: Sam Elliott | Frank Whaley | Craig Sheffer | Linda Fiorentino | John Furlong
Homage (1995)
As: Archie Landrum
The young caretaker at the estate of a reclusive woman develops a dangerous obsession with her daughter, a sexy television star. Unexpected twists and turns.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Ross Kagan Marks
Stars: Danny Nucci | Blythe Danner | Sheryl Lee | Bruce Davison | Frank Whaley
I.Q. (1994)
As: Frank
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Tim Robbins | Meg Ryan | Walter Matthau | Lou Jacobi | Stephen Fry
Pulp Fiction (1994)
As: Brett
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Runtime: 154 min.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Ving Rhames | Uma Thurman | Samuel L. Jackson | Bruce Willis | John Travolta
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
As: Guy
A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: George Huang
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Frank Whaley | Michelle Forbes | T.E. Russell | Benicio del Toro
To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
As: James
This is the touching story of an elderly widower trying to work through his grief. When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant. Sam takes the dog on a nostalgic journey which dramatizes the fulfillment he shared with his departed wife. Though overwhelmed with grief, Sam stubbornly insists that he continue to tend to his orchards, refusing ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Glenn A. Jordan
Stars: Christine Baranski | Jessica Tandy | Hume Cronyn | Harley Cross | Terry Beaver
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)
As: Lee Harvey Oswald
The story of the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused of shooting President Kennedy. Via flashbacks, the story traces the woman's life from her days in Russia, the turmoil following the assassination, raising her family, and coming to grips with the fact that she too may have been a pawn in a grand conspiracy.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Robert Dornhelm
Stars: Bill Bolender | Helena Bonham Carter | Robert Picardo | Brandon Smith | Frank Whaley
Swing Kids (1993)
As: Arvid
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Stars: Christian Bale | Barbara Hershey | Tushka Bergen | Frank Whaley | Robert Sean Leonard
Hoffa (1992)
As: Young Trucker in Diner
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Stars: Armand Assante | John C. Reilly | Danny DeVito | Jack Nicholson | J.T. Walsh
A Midnight Clear (1992)
As: Paul 'Father' Mundy
Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Keith Gordon
Stars: Gary Sinise | Ethan Hawke | Peter Berg | Kevin Dillon | Arye Gross
JFK (1991)
As: Oswald Imposter (credited on Director's Cut)
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Runtime: 189 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Gary Oldman | Michael Rooker | Kevin Bacon | Tommy Lee Jones | Kevin Costner
Career Opportunities (1991)
As: Jim Dodge
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Bryan Gordon
Stars: Jennifer Connelly | Dermot Mulroney | Frank Whaley | Kieran Mulroney | John M. Jackson
The Doors (1991)
As: Robby Krieger
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Val Kilmer | Meg Ryan | Frank Whaley | Kevin Dillon | Kyle MacLachlan
Cold Dog Soup (1990)
As: Michael Latchmer
Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a Pressure Cooker: his conventional efforts are continually thwarted. Quaid is ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Alan Metter
Stars: Randy Quaid | Frank Whaley | Christine Harnos | Nancy Kwan | Sheree North
The Freshman (1990)
As: Steve Bushak
Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings, Clark meets Carmine "Jimmy the Toucan" Sabatini, an "importer" bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. When Sabatini makes Clark an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Stars: Bruno Kirby | Marlon Brando | Frank Whaley | Matthew Broderick | Penelope Ann Miller
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
As: Timmy
The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Runtime: 145 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Raymond J. Barry | Tom Cruise | Kyra Sedgwick | Holly Marie Combs | Caroline Kava
Field of Dreams (1989)
As: Archie Graham
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Stars: Amy Madigan | Ray Liotta | Kevin Costner | Timothy Busfield | Gaby Hoffmann
Ironweed (1987)
As: Young Francis
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries ...
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Hector Babenco
Stars: Tom Waits | Nathan Lane | Meryl Streep | Jack Nicholson | Carroll Baker