Shea Whigham
Acting
Born: 1969-01-05 · Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Biography
Shea Whigham (born January 5, 1969) 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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
2027
George Stacy (voice)
Archangel
2026
F1
2025
Chip Hart
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
Briggs
Lake George
2024
Don
Fancy Dance
2024
Frank
Eileen
2023
Jim Dunlop
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
Briggs
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
George Stacy (voice)
The Gray Man
2022
Six's Father
South of Heaven
2021
Schmidt
Small Engine Repair
2021
Patrick 'Packie' Hanrahan
The Gateway
2021
Parker
F9
2021
Michael Stasiak
Vampires vs. the Bronx
2020
Frank Polidori
The Quarry
2020
The Man
Low Tide
2019
Sergeant Kent
Joker
2019
Detective Burke
To the Stars
2019
Hank Deerborne
Vice
2018
Wayne Vincent
📺 TV Shows (20)
Death by Lightning
2025
Roscoe Conkling
Bad Thoughts
2025
PQ
American Primeval
2025
Jim Bridger
It's Florida, Man.
2024
Walt
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
2023
George Reeves
Waco: The Aftermath
2023
Mitch Decker
Gaslit
2022
G. Gordon Liddy
Perry Mason
2020
Pete Strickland
Modern Love
2019
Peter
The Righteous Gemstones
2019
Dusty 'The Slick Bandit' Daniels
Dirty John
2018
William Meehan
Homecoming
2018
Thomas Carrasco
Waco
2018
Mitch Decker
Legend of Master Legend
2017
Peanut Head
Vice Principals
2016
Ray Liptrapp
Marvel's Agent Carter
2015
Roger Dooley
Fargo
2014
Moe Dammick
True Detective
2014
Joel Theriot
Boardwalk Empire
2010
Elias 'Eli' Thompson
Lie to Me
2009
Jered Blunt