- Born
- Birth nameFrank Joseph Whaley
- Height5′ 7¼″ (1.71 m)
- Frank Whaley is a critically acclaimed actor/writer/director. He is best known for the films Pulp Fiction (1994) and Swimming with Sharks (1994), and has worked with Oliver Stone multiple times. His feature directorial debut, Joe the King (1999), earned him the Waldo Salt Screenwriting prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. He was born in Syracuse, New York, and resides in New York City. He is also an accomplished stage actor, working frequently with the New Group theater. Frank is married to the writer Heather Whaley. They have two children.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Samantha Norez
- SpouseHeather Whaley(May 5, 2001 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- ParentsRobert W. Whaley Sr.Josephine Whaley
- RelativesRobert Whaley(Sibling)
- Frequently cast in Oliver Stone films.
- He founded a theater company called Malaparte with Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Steve Zahn.
- Is good friends with actor Ethan Hawke, who also lists Whaley in the acknowledgments of one of his novels, Ash Wednesday.
- Does all his own musical work whenever he plays a musician in a movie.
- Good friends with actor Val Kilmer.
- As of 2022, he has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Field of Dreams (1989), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), JFK (1991) and Pulp Fiction (1994).
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