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Fred Weller

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Fred Weller
Weller in April 2012
Born
Frederick Breithoff Weller[1]

(1966-04-18) April 18, 1966 (age 58)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Ali Marsh
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(m. 2003)​
Children2

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.

Early life

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Weller 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

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Weller 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

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Film

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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;
  2. ^ a b c "Weddings/Celebrations; Ali Marsh, Frederick Weller". New York Times. September 7, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "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;
  4. ^ "Jesuit Alumni in the News". Jesuit High School. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  5. ^ "Alumni Today". Carolina Alumni Review. UNC General Alumni Association. July–August 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  6. ^ Stevens, Alexander (July 9, 2008). "Broadway and TV actor Fred Weller comes to Boston for Shakespeare's sake". WickedLocal.com. Gatehouse News Service.
  7. ^ "Alumni News". The Juilliard School. September 2007. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011.
  8. ^ Holdren, Sara (December 13, 2018). "Theater Review: Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird Adaptation Walks the Walk". Vulture. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ La Gorce, Tammy (January 18, 2018). "How Fred Weller, Actor, Spends His Sundays". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  11. ^ "[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)
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