Frank Whaley is a critically acclaimed actor/writer/director. He is best known for the films _Pulp Fiction Whaley. They have two children.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Williss Screen World, Vol. 43.
A staunch supporter of indie films, he hosted the MetroChannel cable TVs Metro-Angelika Film Festival .
Gained 30 pounds for role in Homage .
Wife Heather Whaley , graduate of Colby College, is a playwright and actress, author of "Social Notes: An Evening with Dorothy Parker".
Graduate of State University of New York at Albany.
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.
Brother of musician/composer/actor Robert Whaley.
He founded a theater company called Malaparte with Ethan Hawke , Robert Sean Leonard , and Steve Zahn.
Plays bit parts in big movies and successful star vehicles ( Pulp Fiction , JFK , Broken Arrow , The Freshman , Born on the Fourth of July and Red Dragon ), and leads in mostly small and unsuccessful movies ( Career Opportunities , Cold Dog Soup , and The Jimmy Show ).
Has two children with his wife, Heather Whaley.
Son of Josephine and Robert W. Whaley Sr.
Has a brother named Robert Whaley and two sisters.
Made his acting debut on the New York stage in Tigers Wild.
Good friends with actor Val Kilmer.
Played Lee Harvey Oswald in Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald and an Oswald impostor in JFK .
As of 2016, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Field of Dreams , Born on the Fourth of July , JFK and Pulp Fiction .
He is of Irish and Italian/Sicilian descent.
