Shea Whigham
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| Born | Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr. January 5, 1969 Tallahassee, Florida |
Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr. (born January 5, 1969 in Tallahassee, Florida), best known as Shea Whigham, is an American actor.
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[edit] Early life
Whigham was born in Tallahassee, Florida in 1969 to attorney Frank and school librarian Christine, moving to Lake Mary when he was five years old.[1][2] He attended 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.[3] After graduating, he co-founded the New York City theatre troupe The Rorschach Group with his college roommate Kirk Acevedo, where he served as an actor and artistic director for three years.[4]
[edit] Career
Whigham had been featured in one 1997 episode of the television series Ghost Stories before he landed a starring role in the 2000 film Tigerland alongside Colin Farrell.[3] He then went on to appear in the television movies Submerged, R.U.S./H. and Paradise before he featured in the 2003 film All the Real Girls.[1] Between 2004 and 2006 he was credited in the Japanese film Out of This World, the drama television series Medical Investigation, the films Water and Man of the House, the television movie Faith of My Fathers and the films Lords of Dogtown, Psychic Driving and South of Heaven. He then went on to appear in the award-winning 2006 comedy Wristcutters: A Love Story, portraying the Russian musician Eugene.[3] In order to "find the center of what it means to be Russian", he saw a dialect coach who had previously worked with Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts to master a Russian accent.[2] He also learned to play the guitar for a scene in the film, only for writer-director Goran Dukic to decide on the set for him to play a singing saw instead.[2]
He is currently set to appear in Pride and Glory with Colin Farrell again, as well as horror film Splinter, thriller Town Creek, western film The Hard Ride and science fiction film Radio Free Albemuth.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Interview: Shea Whigham. When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Blog (2 November 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ a b c d Roger Moore (27 October 2007). 'Wrist' could be big break. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ a b c An interview with Wristcutters' Shea Whigham. Central Florida Future (2 November 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ Jason Buchanan. Shea Whigham: Biography. Allmovie. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
