FrameThrower · Actors · Shea Whigham
Shea Whigham
13 films · 1,013 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2003–2023
Born 5 January 1969 · Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Shea Whigham 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. He has appeared as Agent Michael Stasiak in Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, and F9.
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How their films are shot
Measured across 1,013 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Shea takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 13 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Shea takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Eileen
2023 · Jim Dunlop
Lila & Eve
2015 · Holliston
Take Shelter
2011 · Dewart
All The Real Girls
2003 · Tip
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
2023 · Briggs
Joker
2019 · Detective Burke
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Dr. Woodbury Laurence
Death Note
2017 · James Turner
Kong: Skull Island
2017 · Earl Cole
Cop Car
2015 · Man
American Hustle
2013 · Carl Elway
Silver Linings Playbook
2012 · Jake Solatano
Blood Creek
2009 · Luke Benny
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,013 frames from Shea Whigham's 13 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.