Frank Whaley
Biography
Frank Whaley is an American actor, director and screenwriter who grew up in Syracuse, New York, and made his film debut in Ironweed in 1987. He appeared in Field of Dreams (1989) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989), which began a long collaboration with Oliver Stone that also took in The Doors (1991), where he played Robby Krieger, and World Trade Center. Whaley starred in Career Opportunities (1991) and took his second leading role in Swimming with Sharks (1994), the same year he played Brett in Pulp Fiction (1994). He made his writing and directing debut with Joe the King in 1999, winning the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and later directed Like Sunday, Like Rain, which took six awards at the 2014 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival. His other screen credits include The Freshman (1990), Swing Kids (1993), Vacancy (2007) and Monster Trucks (2016), with television work on Buddy Faro and Ray Donovan and theater with The New Group.
63years old
Turns 64 on July 20in 281 days
- Born Syracuse
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Frank Joseph Whaley
Movie Career
- Films
- 37
- Career span
- 36 years1989 to 2025
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Behind the camera
Whaley made his writing and directing debut with the 1999 independent film Joe the King, which premiered at Sundance and won him the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
Behind the camera
Whaley's 2014 film Like Sunday, Like Rain, which he wrote and directed, took six awards at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival, among them Best Film and Best Director.
Beyond film
Whaley has stayed connected to the stage, appearing often with The New Group in New York City. Marisa Tomei starred opposite him there in 2011, in the company's revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie And Bruce.
Frank Whaley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Oliver Stone directed two of these films. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Oliver Stone
Also two films together8 more actors
- Steve EastinWarning Shot (2018) and Field of Dreams (1989)
- Kevin DillonA Midnight Clear (1992) and The Doors (1991)
- Samantha MathisAll That We Destroy (2019) and Broken Arrow (1996)
- Bart JohnsonSaint Clare (2025) and The Cell 2 (2009)
- Jerry LevineSwimming with Sharks (1994) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- Gretchen BeckerThe Desperate Trail (1994) and The Doors (1991)
- Dan AlbrightTo Dance with the White Dog (1993) and Career Opportunities (1991)
- Josh EvansThe Doors (1991) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Frank Whaley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$789 million
14 of the 37 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 37 films: 14 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 12Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$214M27.1% of the total
- 2$161M20.4% of the total
- 3$150M19.1% of the total
- 4$84M10.7% of the total
- 5$64M8.2% of the total
- 6$35M4.5% of the total
- 7$34M4.4% of the total
- 8$26M3.3% of the total
$18.5 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.