FrameThrower · Actors · Frank Whaley
Frank Whaley
2 films · 93 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1996–1998
Born 20 July 1963 · Syracuse, New York, USA
Frank Joseph Whaley is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, musician and comedian. His roles include Brett in Pulp Fiction, Robby Krieger in The Doors, Jim Dodge in Career Opportunities, young Archie "Moonlight" Graham in Field of Dreams, and Guy in Swimming with Sharks. He has also appeared in films and TV series such as Born on the Fourth of July, The Freshman, A Midnight Clear, Swing Kids, Broken Arrow, Luke Cage, Red Dragon and World Trade Center.
Whaley was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, the son of Robert W. Whaley Sr. and Josephine (née Timilione).Whaley graduated from Anthony A. Henninger High School in 1981 and left home at 18. He graduated from the University at Albany.
How their films are shot
Measured across 93 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Frank takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 62% of their frames are day, 63% natural — the look of the work Frank takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 93 frames from Frank Whaley's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.