About Frank

Since his acclaimed debut opposite Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in 1987’s Ironweed, Frank Whaley has appeared in over eighty films including, Pulp Fiction, Field of Dreams, Swimming With Sharks, Swing Kids, Career Opportunities, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, Broken Arrow, J.F.K., Red Dragon, School of Rock, World Trade Center, The Freshman, Hoffa, Vacancy, among many others. He can next be seen in Hustlers opposite Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu and Cardi B.

On television Frank portrayed Agent Van Miller on Showtime’s Ray Donovan. He starred opposite Richard Dreyfuss in the ABC mini-series Madoff and played Detective Rafael Scarfe in the Marvel/Netflix series Luke Cage. He has also made memorable appearances on Blacklist, Gotham, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Empire, Psyche, Sneaky Pete and recently recurred on the Netflix series The Good Cop and on Amazon’s Jack Ryan. Frank currently stars opposite Peter Sarsgaard  and David Strathairn in the CBS All Access series Interrogation and can next be seen in the Blumhouse anthology series Into The Dark on Hulu.

Frank has written and directed four feature films. His debut, Joe The King earned him the Waldo Salt Award for screenwriting and a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. His other films include The Jimmy Show (2001) New York City Serenade (2007) and Like Sunday, Like Rain (2016). His next feature film as writer/director, Winning The City which he adapted from the novel by Theodore Weesner, will go into production later in 2019.

Frank is also an accomplished stage performer. Along with Ethan Hawke he co-founded the acclaimed Malapart Theater Company in 1991. He also works frequently with the ground breaking off -Broadway theater company The New Group where he recently starred in the revival of Wallace Shawn’s Marie and Bruce opposite Marisa Tomei, and Sam Shepard’s  A Lie Of The Mind opposite Laurie Metcalf.