Shea Whigham

Shea Whigham Biography

Franklin Shea Whigham Jr. (born January 5, 1969) is an American actor. He portrayed Elias "Eli" Thompson in the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire.

Early life

Whigham was born in Tallahassee, Florida, the son of attorney Frank and school librarian Beth. The family moved to Lake Mary, Florida when Wigham was five years old. He attended Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, and then transferred to the State University of New York at Purchase, New York, where he was part of a small acting program with only 31 students and a graduating class of eight seniors. After graduating, he co-founded New York City theatre troupe The Rorschach Group with his college roommate Kirk Acevedo, and served as an actor and artistic director with the troupe for three years.

Career

Whigham appeared in one 1997 episode of the television series Ghost Stories before he received a starring role in the 2000 film Tigerland. He went on to appear in the television films Submerged, R.U.S./H., and Paradise before acting in the 2003 film All the Real Girls. Between 2004 and 2006, he appeared in the Japanese film Out of This World, the drama television series Medical Investigation, and the films Water, Man of the House, Faith of My Fathers, Lords of Dogtown, Psychic Driving, and South of Heaven.

Whigham appeared in Pride and Glory and co-starred in the horror film Splinter, the thriller Creek, and the science fiction film Radio Free Albemuth. He had a regular role on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire as Elias "Eli" Thompson, sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey. In 2014, he appeared in the HBO series True Detective as disillusioned former minister Joel Theriot. In 2015, he appeared as a police officer in the music video for the Run the Jewels song "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Of Love & Fantasy	Craig
2000	Tigerland	Pvt. Wilson
2002	Bad Company	Agent Wells	Uncredited
2003	All the Real Girls	Tip
2004	Out of This World	Russell Reade
2004	Water	Daniel West
2005	Man of the House	Ranger Holt
2005	Lords of Dogtown	Drake Landon
2005	Psychic Driving	Ryan Barrett	Short film
2006	Wristcutters: A Love Story	Eugene
2006	First Snow	Vincent McClure
2008	South of Heaven	Mad Dog Mantee
2008	Pride and Glory	Kenny Dugan
2008	Splinter	Dennis Farell
2009	Blood Creek	Luke Benny
2009	'	Tony Mazzolla
2009	Spooner	Stan Manfretti
2009	Fast & Furious	Agent Stasiak
2009	'	Justin
2010	Radio Free Albemuth	Phil
2010	Barry Munday	Donald
2010	Machete	Sniper
2010	'	Capt. Cottingham
2011	Take Shelter	Dewart
2011	'	Corliss
2011	This Must Be the Place	Ernie Ray
2011	Catch .44	Billy
2012	Big Miracle	SAR Pilot Conrad
2012	Savages	Chad
2012	Silver Linings Playbook	Jake
2013	Fast & Furious 6	Agent Stasiak
2013	American Hustle	Carl Elway
2013	'	Captain Ted Beecham
2014	Non-Stop	Agent Marenick
2015	Lila & Eve	Detective Holliston
2015	Cop Car	Man
2015	Knight of Cups	Jim
2016	Star Trek Beyond	Teenaxi Leader
2016	Term Life	Marty Miller
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Cole
2017	Death Note	James Turner	Filming
2017	High Wire Act		Filming
2017	LAbyrinth		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Ghost Stories	Eric Duke	Episode: "Cold in the Grave"
2001	Submerged	Capt. Oliver Naquin	Television film
2002	R.U.S./H.	Odell Tippy	Pilot
2004	Medical Investigation	Barrett Fidler	2 episodes
2004	Paradise	Jeremiah Alcott	Television film
2005	Faith of My Fathers	Norris Overly	Television film
2006	ER	Bobby Kenyon	3 episodes
2007	Standoff	Andre / Jared Kendall	Episode: "Ex-Factor"
2009	Lie to Me	Jered Blunt	Episode: "Life Is Priceless"
2009	Numb3rs	Tom Kardum	Episode: "The Fifth Man"
2009	Medium	Patrick Wilkes	Episode: "New Terrain"
2010-2014	Boardwalk Empire	Elias "Eli" Thompson	49 episodes
2014	True Detective	Joel Theriot	2 episodes
2015	Agent Carter	Roger Dooley	7 episodes
2015	Justified	Merrill	Episode: "Collateral"
2016-present	Vice Principals	Ray Liptrapp	Series regular
2017	Fargo	Moe Dammick	Recurring

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2000	Smuggler's Run	Jon (voice)

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