Shea Whigham

Actor Jan 5 (age 57) Tallahassee, Florida, USA 1994–2027 (33 year career)

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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.…

Known For

Film

Joker

Detective Burke

Film

The Wolf of Wall Street

Captain Ted Beecham

Film

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

George Stacy (voice)

Film

Silver Linings Playbook

Jake Solatano

Film

Fargo

Moe Dammick

Film

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Briggs

Film

F1

Chip Hart

Film

Fast & Furious 6

Michael Stasiak

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (76)

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

2027 Upcoming

as George Stacy (voice)

Jun 17

Shine

2027 Upcoming

as KKK Leader

Jun 18

Archangel

2026 Upcoming

Nov 5

2025

as Chip Hart

7.8

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

as Briggs

Lake George

as Don

Fancy Dance

as Frank

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

as George Stacy (voice)

8.3

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

as Briggs

Eileen

as Jim Dunlop

The Gray Man

as Six's Father

as Michael Stasiak

Small Engine Repair

as Patrick 'Packie' Hanrahan

South of Heaven

as Schmidt

The Gateway

as Parker

Vampires vs. the Bronx

as Frank Polidori

The Quarry

as The Man

Joker

as Detective Burke

To the Stars

as Hank Deerborne

Low Tide

as Sergeant Kent

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

as Andy Wheeldon

First Man

as Gus Grissom

Vice

as Wayne Vincent

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018

as Dr. Woodbury Laurence

6.8

The Catcher Was a Spy

as Joe Cronin

City of Lies

as Frank Lyga

Beirut

as Gary Ruzak

Kong: Skull Island

as Earl Cole

Death Note

as James Turner

Wheelman

as Motherfucker

Star Trek Beyond

as Teenaxi Leader (voice)

6.8

Term Life

2016

as Matty Miller

6.0

A Country Called Home

as Cole Edwards

Knight of Cups

as Jim

Cop Car

as Man

Lila & Eve

as Holliston

Non-Stop

as Agent Marenick

The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire

2014

as Self

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

as Captain Ted Beecham

American Hustle

as Carl Elway

Fast & Furious 6

as Michael Stasiak

Savages

as Chad

Silver Linings Playbook

as Jake Solatano

Big Miracle

as SAR Pilot Conrad

Take Shelter

as Dewart

The Lincoln Lawyer

as DJ Corliss

The Conspirator

as Capt. Cottingham

Catch.44

as Billy

This Must Be the Place

as Ernie Ray

Machete

as Sniper

Barry Munday

as Donald

Radio Free Albemuth

as Phil

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

as Justin

The Killing Room

as Tony Mazzolla

Blood Creek

as Luke Benny

Spooner

as Stan Manfretti

Fast & Furious

as Michael Stasiak

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

as Self

Splinter

as Dennis Farell

Pride and Glory

as Kenny Dugan

South of Heaven

as Mad Dog Mantee

Wristcutters: A Love Story

as Eugene

First Snow

as Vincent McClure

Man of the House

as Ranger Holt

Lords of Dogtown

as Drake Landon

Faith of My Fathers

as Norris Overly

Water

as Daniel West

Paradise

as Jeremiah Alcott

Out of This World

as Russell Reade

All the Real Girls

as Tip

Bad Company

as Agent Wells (Uncredited)

5.5

Submerged

2001

as Capt. Oliver Naquin

5.1

Tigerland

2000

as Pvt. Wilson

6.6

The Stalemate

Fight for '84

Agent Carter

as Roger Dooley

Television (27)

American Primeval

as Jim Bridger

Death by Lightning

as Roscoe Conkling

Bad Thoughts

as PQ

It's Florida, Man.

as Walt

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

as George Reeves

Waco: The Aftermath

as Mitch Decker

Gaslit

as G. Gordon Liddy

Perry Mason

as Pete Strickland

Perry Mason

as Pete Strickland

The Righteous Gemstones

2019

as Dusty 'The Slick Bandit' Daniels

Modern Love

as Peter

Dirty John

as William Meehan

Homecoming

as Thomas Carrasco

Waco

as Mitch Decker

Legend of Master Legend

as Peanut Head

Vice Principals

as Ray Liptrapp

Marvel's Agent Carter

as Roger Dooley

Fargo

as Moe Dammick

True Detective

as Joel Theriot

Boardwalk Empire

as Elias 'Eli' Thompson

Lie to Me

as Jered Blunt

Numb3rs

as Tom Kardum

Medium

as Patrick Wilkes

Medical Investigation

as Barrett Fidler

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

as Bobby Kenyon

Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey

as Alex Hunter