Frederick Breithoff Weller[1] (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.
Fred Weller | |
|---|---|
 Weller in April 2012 | |
| Born | Frederick Breithoff Weller[1] 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 |
Early life
editWeller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of three sons of lawyers Carole Ann (née Breithoff) Weller (died 2017) and Francis Weller (1922–2018).[2][1][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.[2][5][6] He then studied acting at The Juilliard School as a member of the Drama Division's Group 21 (1988–1992).[7]
Career
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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 starred in the USA Network comedy-drama series In Plain Sight as Deputy U.S. Marshal Marshall Mann.
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 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).
Personal life
editWeller married actress Ali Marsh on September 6, 2003.[2] 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]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Television
edit| 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 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Carole Breithoff Weller Obituary (2017)". The Times-Picayune. April 14, 2017. Archived from the original on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
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;
- ^ a b c "Weddings/Celebrations; Ali Marsh, Frederick Weller". New York Times. September 7, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ "Francis G. Weller Obituary (1922 - 2018)". The Times-Picayune. April 7, 2018. Archived from the original on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife Carole, his twin brother Frederick, his sister Lois Becksfort, and his brother Willet Patrick Weller. He is survived by his three sons, Franz, Frederick, and Garald;
- ^ "Jesuit Alumni in the News". Jesuit High School. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ "Alumni Today". Carolina Alumni Review. UNC General Alumni Association. July–August 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ Stevens, Alexander (July 9, 2008). "Broadway and TV actor Fred Weller comes to Boston for Shakespeare's sake". WickedLocal.com. Gatehouse News Service.
- ^ "Alumni News". The Juilliard School. September 2007. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011.
- ^ Holdren, Sara (December 13, 2018). "Theater Review: Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird Adaptation Walks the Walk". Vulture. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
- ^ Gallagher, Brian (June 1, 2008). "Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller Dish on In Plain Sight". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ La Gorce, Tammy (January 18, 2018). "How Fred Weller, Actor, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ "[T]hat summer [of 1996], I booked my first role, in an independent movie called Puppet. […] This film, which to this day I have never seen because I don't think it's possible to purchase a copy of it anywhere at any price, starred Rebecca Gayheart and Fred Weller […] I don't know anyone who has ever seen or even heard of Puppet. All I can say is that it was screened in a theater at least once, because my manager went to see it." Lange, Artie, with Anthony Bozza and Howard Stern (2009). Too Fat to Fish, Random House Digital, Inc, ISBN 9780385526579, p. 172)