Fred Weller | |
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 Weller in April 2012 | |
| Born | Frederick Weller April 18, 1966 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) Juilliard School (GrDip) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse | Ali Marsh (m. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
Frederick Weller (born April 18, 1966) is an American actor known for portraying Johnny Sandowski on Missing Persons, Shane Mungitt in Take Me Out and Marshall Mann on In Plain Sight .
Weller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of lawyers Carole (died 2017) and Francis Weller (1922–2018). [1] [2] [3] He is a 1984 graduate of Jesuit High School, a Catholic all-boys high school in New Orleans. [4] He graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988. [1] [5] [6] He then studied acting at The Juilliard School as a member of the Drama Division's Group 21 (1988–1992). [7]
In 1993, Weller was one of the main regulars in the TV series Missing Persons . He has made guest appearances in episodes of Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Monk and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles . He has also appeared in several well-received films, such as Stonewall, The Business of Strangers , The Shape of Things , and the 2000 drama/miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family portraying the character Brian Wilson.
He was initially successful as a stage actor, and stage acting is still his biggest passion.[ citation needed ] He has performed in Neil LaBute and David Mamet plays and films.[ citation needed ] He appeared on Broadway in 2003 in the Tony award-winning play Take Me Out in which he appeared completely nude, and in 2014 in the Terrence McNally play Mothers and Sons . In 2018 he appeared on Broadway as Bob Ewell in Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird , an adaptation of Harper Lee's novel. [8]
Weller has also played lead roles in many successful independent films, including Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things (with Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz and Gretchen Mol), James Toback's When Will I Be Loved (opposite Neve Campbell) and The Business of Strangers (with Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles).
He starred in the USA Network comedy-drama series In Plain Sight as Deputy U.S. Marshal Marshall Mann. He worked closely with Mary McCormack (Deputy U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon) during filming.
Weller married actress Ali Marsh on September 6, 2003. [1] They have two children, a daughter born in 2007, whose godmother is his In Plain Sight co-star Mary McCormack, [9] and a son born in 2010. He and his family live in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1991 | Bugsy | Architect Assistant | Uncredited |
| 1995 | Stonewall | Matty Dean | Main character |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Frank | |
| 1997 | Hudson River Blues | Ron | |
| 1998 | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Rickey | |
| Harvest | Bucky Upton | ||
| Armageddon | NASA Tech | ||
| 1999 | Puppet | Rick | Main character (co-star). Puppet was never released to the general public [11] |
| 2001 | The Business of Strangers | Nick Harris | Main character |
| 2003 | The Shape of Things | Philip | Main character |
| The Pink House | Young Pritchard | ||
| 2004 | When Will I Be Loved | Ford Welles | Main character |
| 2005 | Southern Belles | Tracy Hampton | |
| Four Lane Highway | Sean | ||
| 2008 | Life in Flight | Kit | |
| 2009 | Streetcar | Darko | Short; also writer and director |
| Buffalo Bushido | Wendyl | ||
| 2012 | The Normals | Lannigan | |
| 2014 | Bad Country | Detective Shepard | |
| 2016 | The Free World | Officer Ryan | |
| The Fundamentals of Caring | Bob Richardson | ||
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Patrolman Andy Landers | |
| 2022 | Out of the Blue | Deputy Fox | |
| Causeway | Rick | ||
| The Independent | Spencer Erickson |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away | Jimmy Yates | Episode: "I’ll Fly Away" |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Dan Garrett | Episode: "Promises to Keep" |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Eliot Ness | Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" | |
| 1993–1994 | Missing Persons | Investigator Johnny Sandowski | Main character (regular cast), all 17 episodes |
| 1997 | Gold Coast | Arnold Rapp | TV movie |
| 1998 | Dellaventura | Mark Matthews | Episode: "David & Goliath" |
| 1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Nicholai Karvovsky | TV movie; main character |
| 2000 | The Beach Boys: An American Family | Brian Wilson | 2 episodes |
| Madigan Men | Sebastian James | Episode: "Bachelors" | |
| In the Beginning | Jacob | 2 episodes | |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Preston Bennett | Episode: "Tortured" |
| 2004 | The Jury | Holden Bradford | Episode: "Memories" |
| 2004–2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dale Mullen/Simon Harper II | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Related | Lucas | Episode: "The Move" |
| Monk | Jay Bennett | Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye" | |
| 2008–2012 | In Plain Sight | Marshall Mann | Main character (co-star), all 61 episodes |
| 2009 | Wainy Days | Stosh | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2013 | The Good Wife | Wilk Hobson | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Blue Bloods | Jacob Krystal | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Childrens Hospital | Elliot | Episode: "A Year in the Life" |
| 2013 | Alpha House | Digger Mancusi | Episode: "Zingers" |
| 2014 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Will | Episode: "Couples" |
| Those Who Kill | Nathan Schaeffer | Episode: "Souvenirs" | |
| Person of Interest | Novak | Episode: "Panopticon" | |
| 2015 | The Knick | Mr. Brockhurst | 2 episodes |
| Forever | Eddie Warsaw | Episode: "Punk Is Dead" | |
| 2016 | Elementary | Ronnie Wright | Episode: "Ready or Not" |
| Banshee | Declan Bode | 4 episodes | |
| Bull | Pete Peters | Episode: "The Necklace" | |
| Conviction | Lewis Anderson | Episode: "Bridge and Tunnel Vision" | |
| 2017 | The Blacklist | Joe Peracchio | Episode: "Philomena (No. 61)" |
| Odd Mom Out | Dean | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Mosaic | Eric | 9 episodes |
| The Path | Remy | Episode: "The Door" | |
| 2019–2020 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Walter / Blaze | 2 episodes |
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Carole was one of the first 50 female lawyers in the State of Louisiana. She continued to practice law until 6 months ago, and she argued before the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal only 2 months before she was diagnosed with renal cancer. Carole was able to balance a law practice with raising a family, at a time when this type of dual role was almost unheard-of. Her unconditional love for her husband and sons lasted until the very end of her life;
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