Shea Whigham

Infobox actor


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name = Shea Whigham
birthname = Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr.
birthdate = birth date and age|1969|01|5
location = Tallahassee, Florida
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Franklin Shea Whigham, Jr. (born January 5, 1969 in Tallahassee, Florida), best known as Shea Whigham, is an American actor.

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.cite web| url = http://whenisaid.blogspot.com/2007/11/interview-shea-whigam.html| title = Interview: Shea Whigham| accessdate = 2008-03-29| date = 2 November, 2007| publisher = "When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Blog"] cite web| url = http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-shea07oct27,0,7122793.story| title = 'Wrist' could be big break| accessdate = 2008-03-29| author = Roger Moore| date = 27 October, 2007| publisher = "Orlando Sentinel"] He attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where he was part of a small acting program with only 31 students and a graduating class of eight seniors.cite web| url = http://media.www.centralfloridafuture.com/media/storage/paper174/news/2007/11/02/Variety/An.Interview.With.Wristcutters.Shea.Whigham-3073825.shtml| title = An interview with Wristcutters' Shea Whigham| accessdate = 2008-03-29| date = 2 November, 2007| publisher = "Central Florida Future"] After graduating, he cofounded New York City theatre troupe The Rorschach Group with his college roommate Kirk Acevedo, where he served as actor and artistic director for three years. [cite web| url = http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:279162~T1| title = Shea Whigham: Biography| accessdate = 2008-03-29| author = Jason Buchanan| publisher = "Allmovie"]

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. He then went on to appear in the television movies "Submerged", "R.U.S./H.", and "Paradise" before he was featured in the 2003 film "All the Real Girls". 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 "", portraying the Russian musician Eugene. 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. He also learned to play the guitar for a scene in the film, only for writer-director Goran Dukic to decide on the set that he should play a singing saw instead.

He is currently set to appear in "Pride and Glory", with Colin Farrell again, as well as the horror film "Splinter", the thriller "Town Creek", the Western "The Hard Ride", and the science fiction film "Radio Free Albemuth".

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