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.

Filmography

• 2025Saint Clare — Mailman Bob
• 2023Death on the Border — Detective John Watson
• 2022Bitcon — Kip
• 2022Private Property — Ed Hogate
• Gossip Girl — Mr. Keller
• 2021Magic in Mount Holly — Buyer
• 2020For NYC
• Interrogation — Detective James Connor
• Power Book II: Ghost — Judge Lucas
• 2019All That We Destroy — Parker
• 2019Hustlers — Reese
• 2019The Shed — Bane
• 2019Wish Man — Tom Wells
• Deception — Charles Quaid
• The Good Cop — Joseph Privett
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan — Carter Estes
• 2018Warning Shot — David
• 2017Against the Night — Detective Ramsey
• 2017The Outcasts — Herb Watson
• Bull — Ray Peterman, Max Hyland
• 2016Cold Moon — Sheriff Ted Hale
• Divorce — Carson Hodges
• MacGyver — Douglas Bishop
• Madoff — Harry Markopolos
• Marvel's Luke Cage — Rafael Scarfe
• 2016Monster Trucks — Wade Coley
• Chicago Med — Chuck Gleason
• Empire — Edison Cruz
• Sneaky Pete — Duane Harding
• Gotham — Doug
• 2014Like Sunday, Like Rain — Director, Writer
• 2014Rob the Mob — Agent Frank Hurd
• 2013Aftermath — Eric
• Ray Donovan — Van Miller
• The Blacklist — Karl Hoffman
• Under the Dome — Marston
• Alcatraz — Officer Donovan
• Elementary — Winston Utz
• Unforgettable — Jim Garrett
• 2010As Good As Dead — Aaron
• Blue Bloods — Gary Heller
• 2010Janie Jones — Chuck
• 2009The Cell 2 — Duncan
• 2008Drillbit Taylor — Jittery Bodyguard
• Burn Notice — Josh Wagner
• 2007Cherry Crush — Wade Chandling
• 2007New York City Serenade — Les, Director, Writer
• 2007Ruffian — Bill Nack
• 2007The Hottest State — Harris
• The Wedding Bells
• 2007Vacancy — Mason
• 2006Crazy Eights — Brent Sykes
• Psych — Robert
• Ugly Betty — Mr. Sparks
• 2006Where There's a Will — Richie Greene
• 2006World Trade Center — Chuck Sereika
• 2005Arthur Hailey's Detective — Brewmaster
• Medium — Gabe Helling
• 2005Mrs. Harris — George Bolen
• Boston Legal — Frankie Cox
• House — Robert Elliot
• 2003A Good Night to Die — Chad
• NCIS — Jeffrey White
• 2003The School of Rock — Battle of the Bands Director (uncredited)
• 2002Red Dragon — Ralph Mandy (uncredited)
• The Dead Zone — Future Man / Christopher Wey
• 2002The Jimmy Show — Jimmy O'Brien, Director, Writer
• The Twilight Zone — Martin Donner
• 2001Chelsea Walls — Lenny Barnum
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Mitch Godel
• 2001Pursuit of Happiness — Alan
• Strange Frequency
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Miles
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Peter Hagen
• 1999Joe the King — Angry Man Bob Owes (uncredited), Director, Writer
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Grant Marcus
• Buddy Faro — Bob Jones
• 1998Curtain Call — Brett Conway
• 1998Glam — Franky Syde
• 1998The Wall — Bishop (segment "The Player")
• 1998Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five — Skee-Ball Weasel
• 1998When Trumpets Fade — Medic Chamberlain
• 1997Bombshell — Malcolm
• 1997Cafe Society — Mickey Jelke
• 1997Retroactive — Brian
• 1996Broken Arrow — Giles Prentice
• 1996The Winner — Joey
• 1995Homage — Archie Landrum
• The Outer Limits — Henry Marshall, Zig Fowler / Cliff Unger
• 1994I.Q. — Frank
• 1994Pulp Fiction — Brett
• 1994Swimming with Sharks — Guy
• 1994The Desperate Trail — Walter Cooper
• 1993Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald — Lee Harvey Oswald
• 1993Swing Kids — Arvid
• 1993To Dance with the White Dog — James
• 1992A Midnight Clear — Paul 'Father' Mundy
• 1992Back in the USSR — Archer
• 1992Hoffa — Young Trucker in Diner
• 1991Career Opportunities — Jim Dodge
• 1991JFK — Oswald Imposter
• Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story — Allen Kogan
• 1991The Doors — Robby Krieger
• 1990Cold Dog Soup — Michael Latchmer
• 1990Flying Blind — Joey
• Law & Order — John McDowell
• 1990The Freshman — Steve Bushak
• 1989Born on the Fourth of July — Timmy
• 1989Field of Dreams — Archie Graham
• 1989Little Monsters — Boy
• 1989Unconquered — Arnie
• 1987Ironweed — Young Francis
• 1987Seasonal Differences — Jeff Dillon
• Spenser: For Hire
• The Equalizer — Press
• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• 3 Days Rising — Robert Poe

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2021If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2004Field of Dreams: Passing Along the Pastime — Self
• 1997The Doors: The Road of Excess — Self
• 1996Cannes Man — Self