Shea Whigham

Shea Whigham

1969-01-05 Tallahassee, Florida, USA 72 Credits

Biography

Shea Whigham (born January 5, 1969) is an American actor best known for portraying Elias "Eli" Thompson in the drama series Boardwalk Empire. He also appeared in the first season of True Detective and the third season of Fargo and in numerous films, including Wristcutters: A Love Story, Take Shelter, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Kong: Skull Island, First Man, Vice, Joker, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One....

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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027

as George Stacy (voice)

Acting

Miles Morales is now a fugitive on the run from every other Spider in the multiverse, and Gwen and his other friends might not be enough to help him.

F1

F1

2025

as Chip Hart

7.7
Acting

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more cha...

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

as Briggs

7.2
Acting

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe —...

Lake George

Lake George

2024

as Don

5.8
Acting

Newly released from prison, a white-collar criminal, used to dealing with numbers, is tasked with one last job by his boss: kill the boss’ girlfriend ...

Fancy Dance

Fancy Dance

2024

as Frank

6.7
Acting

Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep what's left of their family intact, Jax and Roki d...

Eileen

Eileen

2023

as Jim Dunlop

6.0
Acting

During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she wo...

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

as Briggs

7.5
Acting

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

as George Stacy (voice)

8.3
Acting

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the S...

The Gray Man

The Gray Man

2022

as Six's Father

6.9
Acting

When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head...

South of Heaven

South of Heaven

2021

as Schmidt

6.5
Acting

Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now...

Small Engine Repair

Small Engine Repair

2021

as Patrick 'Packie' Hanrahan

6.2
Acting

The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young ...

The Gateway

The Gateway

2021

as Parker

5.4
Acting

A social worker assigned to the care of the daughter of a single mother intervenes when the dad returns from prison and lures them into a life of crim...

F9

F9

2021

as Michael Stasiak

7.0
Acting

Dominic Toretto and his crew battle the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they've ever encountered: his forsaken brother.

Vampires vs. the Bronx

Vampires vs. the Bronx

2020

as Frank Polidori

5.7
Acting

Three gutsy kids from a rapidly gentrifying Bronx neighborhood stumble upon a sinister plot to suck all the life from their beloved community.

The Quarry

The Quarry

2020

as The Man

5.2
Acting

A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's u...

Low Tide

Low Tide

2019

as Sergeant Kent

6.2
Acting

In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan and his friends Red and Smitty break into vacation homes to ste...

Joker

Joker

2019

as Detective Burke

8.1
Acting

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychop...

To the Stars

To the Stars

2019

as Hank Deerborne

5.8
Acting

Under small-town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer’s daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.

Vice

Vice

2018

as Wayne Vincent

7.0
Acting

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to poli...

First Man

First Man

2018

as Gus Grissom

7.0
Acting

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July ...

Bad Times at the El Royale

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018

as Dr. Woodbury Laurence

6.8
Acting

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful ni...

City of Lies

City of Lies

2018

as Frank Lyga

6.4
Acting

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupa...

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2018

as Andy Wheeldon

6.9
Acting

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Joe Cronin

6.2
Acting

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

Beirut

Beirut

2018

as Gary Ruzak

6.3
Acting

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsibl...

Wheelman

Wheelman

2017

as Motherfucker

6.1
Acting

A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.

Death Note

Death Note

2017

as James Turner

4.3
Acting

Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.

Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island

2017

as Earl Cole

6.5
Acting

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond

2016

as Teenaxi Leader (voice)

6.8
Acting

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the...

Term Life

Term Life

2016

as Matty Miller

5.9
Acting

If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performi...

A Country Called Home

A Country Called Home

2016

as Cole Edwards

5.3
Acting

Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that ...

Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

2015

as Jim

5.7
Acting

Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in...

Lila & Eve

Lila & Eve

2015

as Holliston

6.1
Acting

Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own h...

Cop Car

Cop Car

2015

as Man

5.9
Acting

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

Acting

A behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, interviews with cast, crew and creators on the whole journey.

Non-Stop

Non-Stop

2014

as Agent Marenick

6.8
Acting

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone...

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

as Captain Ted Beecham

8.0
Acting

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infi...

American Hustle

American Hustle

2013

as Carl Elway

6.9
Acting

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.

Fast & Furious 6

Fast & Furious 6

2013

as Michael Stasiak

6.8
Acting

Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries; Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed d...

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

2012

as Jake Solatano

7.1
Acting

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life an...

Savages

Savages

2012

as Chad

6.3
Acting

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

Big Miracle

Big Miracle

2012

as SAR Pilot Conrad

6.7
Acting

A small-town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of...

Catch.44

Catch.44

2011

as Billy

5.1
Acting

The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a ...

Take Shelter

Take Shelter

2011

as Dewart

7.0
Acting

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

This Must Be the Place

This Must Be the Place

2011

as Ernie Ray

7.0
Acting

A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

The Conspirator

The Conspirator

2011

as Capt. Cottingham

6.6
Acting

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she ...

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011

as DJ Corliss

7.2
Acting

Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty cro...

Machete

Machete

2010

as Sniper

6.3
Acting

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against h...

Barry Munday

Barry Munday

2010

as Donald

5.8
Acting

Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital aft...

Radio Free Albemuth

Radio Free Albemuth

2010

as Phil

5.4
Acting

Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los A...

Blood Creek

Blood Creek

2009

as Luke Benny

5.4
Acting

A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009

as Justin

6.2
Acting

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...

Fast & Furious

Fast & Furious

2009

as Michael Stasiak

6.7
Acting

When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a ...

Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory"

2009

as Self

9.0
Acting

Documentary about the chaotic film shooting of "Pride and Glory"

Spooner

Spooner

2009

as Stan Manfretti

5.6
Acting

Facing eviction from his parent's home on his 30th birthday, a socially awkward guy meets the girl of his dreams and creates his own rules for growing...

The Killing Room

The Killing Room

2009

as Tony Mazzolla

5.6
Acting

Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study, only to discover that they've unwittingly become involved with...

Splinter

Splinter

2008

as Dennis Farell

6.1
Acting

When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by lo...

South of Heaven

South of Heaven

2008

as Mad Dog Mantee

3.7
Acting

A man returning from a tour of duty is mistaken for his brother by debt-collecting gangsters, while the brother goes on a killing and kidnapping spree...

Pride and Glory

Pride and Glory

2008

as Kenny Dugan

6.3
Acting

A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a ...

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Wristcutters: A Love Story

2007

as Eugene

7.0
Acting

Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down...

First Snow

First Snow

2006

as Vincent McClure

6.1
Acting

A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.

Lords of Dogtown

Lords of Dogtown

2005

as Drake Landon

7.1
Acting

The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of spor...

Faith of My Fathers

Faith of My Fathers

2005

as Norris Overly

6.2
Acting

Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half ...

Man of the House

Man of the House

2005

as Ranger Holt

5.8
Acting

Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of U...

Water

Water

2004

as Daniel West

9.0
Acting

On an East Coast Island off season, a woman's naked and badly beaten body washes ashore. Jessy Turner , the sister of the murdered woman, comes to the...

Out of This World

Out of This World

2004

as Russell Reade

6.5
Acting

Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between...

Paradise

Paradise

2004

as Jeremiah Alcott

3.8
Acting

Televangelist Bobby Paradise "saw God" in some space debris when he was returning to Earth as an astronaut. Or at least he was convinced he did by his...

All the Real Girls

All the Real Girls

2003

as Tip

5.9
Acting

In a sleepy little mill town in North Carolina, Paul is the town Romeo. But when his best friend's sister returns home from boarding school, he finds ...

Bad Company

Bad Company

2002

as Agent Wells (Uncredited)

5.5
Acting

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

Submerged

Submerged

2001

as Capt. Oliver Naquin

4.8
Acting

A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine...

Tigerland

Tigerland

2000

as Pvt. Wilson

6.6
Acting

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands...

The Stalemate

N/A

Acting

A robber and sheriff, out of bullets and far from town, must negotiate their way out of an absurd, unending chase in the Old West.