Frederick Weller is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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.

Personal life

Weller was born in New Orleans and is a cousin of actor Peter Weller

Peter Weller

Peter Frederick Weller is an American film and stage actor, director and lecturer.He is best known for his roles as the title character in the first two RoboCop films and Buckaroo Banzai in the cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension...

. He is a graduate of Jesuit High School

Jesuit High School (New Orleans)

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, a Catholic all-boys high school in New Orleans, and the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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. He married Ali Marsh on September 6, 2003. Mary McCormack

Mary McCormack

Mary Catherine McCormack is an American actress. Best known for her work in television, she has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series Murder One , as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in The West Wing and as Mary Shannon in In Plain Sight .Her film roles include Private...

 is the godmother to Weller's daughter.

Career

In 1993, Weller was one of the main regulars in the TV series Missing Persons

Missing Persons (TV series)

Missing Persons is an American television show set in Chicago. The show is about a fictitious missing persons unit. Each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases....

. He has made guest appearances in episodes of Law & Order

Law & Order

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, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...

, Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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, Monk

Monk (TV series)

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and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

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. He has also appeared in several well-received films, such as Stonewall

Stonewall (film)

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, The Business of Strangers

The Business of Strangers

The Business of Strangers is a 2001 motion picture that tells the story of an eventful night shared between a middle-aged businesswoman and her young assistant....

, The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

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, and the 2000 drama/miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family

The Beach Boys: An American Family

The Beach Boys: An American Family is a 2000 television film written by Kirk Ellis and directed by Jeff Bleckner. It is a dramatization of the early years of The Beach Boys, from their formation in the early 1960s to their peak of popularity as musical innovators, through their late-60s decline ,...

portraying the character Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson

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.

Weller was initially successful as a stage actor, and stage acting is still his biggest passion. He performed in Neil LaBute

Neil LaBute

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 and David Mamet

David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...

 plays and films.

Weller has also played lead roles in many successful independent films, including Neil Labute's The Shape of Things (with Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd is an American actor and screenwriter. He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My...

 and Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Hannah Weisz born 7 March 1970)is an English-American film and theatre actress and former fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues...

), James Tobak's When Will I Be Loved (opposite Neve Campbell

Neve Campbell

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) and The Business of Strangers (with Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

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 and Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

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).

Weller is currently starring in the USA Network

USA Network

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 comedy-drama series In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...

as U.S. Marshal Marshall Mann. He works closely with Mary McCormack

Mary McCormack

Mary Catherine McCormack is an American actress. Best known for her work in television, she has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series Murder One , as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in The West Wing and as Mary Shannon in In Plain Sight .Her film roles include Private...

 (U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon) during filming.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	I’ll Fly Away	Jimmy Yates	Episode: "I’ll Fly Away"
	Bugsy Bugsy Bugsy is a 1991 American crime-drama film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. It stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna, Bebe Neuwirth, and Bill Graham....	Architect Assistant
1993	Law & Order Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...	Dan Garrett	Episode: "Promises to Keep"
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. The series explores the childhood and youth of the fictional character Indiana Jones and primarily stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier as the title character, with...	Eliot Ness	Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues"
1993–1994	Missing Persons Missing Persons (TV series) Missing Persons is an American television show set in Chicago. The show is about a fictitious missing persons unit. Each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases....	Investigator Johnny Sandowski	17 Episodes
1995	Stonewall Stonewall (film) Stonewall is a 1995 historical comedy-drama film. Inspired by the memoir of the same title by openly gay historian Martin Duberman, Stonewall is a fictionalized account of the weeks leading up to the Stonewall riots, a seminal event in the modern American gay rights movement...	Matty Dean
1996	Basquiat	Frank
1997	Hudson River Blues Hudson River Blues Hudson River Blues was a 1997 independent film. "The film tells the story of a two-career couple and how they deal with the wife's urge to become a high-powered lawyer and the husband's desire to change jobs and become an environmentalist caring for the Hudson River."...	Ron
	Gold Coast	Arnold Rapp	TV movie
1998	How to Make the Cruelest Month How to Make the Cruelest Month How to Make the Cruelest Month is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kip Koenig and starring Clea DuVall.-Cast:*Clea DuVall as Bell Bryant*Gabriel Mann as Leonard Crane*J.D...	Rickey
	Harvest	Bucky Upton
	Armageddon	NASA Tech
1999	Puppet	Rick
	Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Aftershock: Earthquake in New York is a 1999 four-hour disaster miniseries that was broadcast in the United States on CBS in two parts, with the first part aired on November 14 and the second on November 16. It was released to VHS in 2000, and on DVD in 2001. It is based on a book written by Chuck...	Nicholai Karvovsky	TV movie
2000	The Beach Boys: An American Family The Beach Boys: An American Family The Beach Boys: An American Family is a 2000 television film written by Kirk Ellis and directed by Jeff Bleckner. It is a dramatization of the early years of The Beach Boys, from their formation in the early 1960s to their peak of popularity as musical innovators, through their late-60s decline ,...	Brian Wilson	TV movie
	In the Beginning In the Beginning (2000 film) In the Beginning is a 2-part miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars Martin Landau and Jacqueline Bisset and it premiered on NBC on 12 November 2000.-Plot:...	Jacob	TV movie
2001	The Business of Strangers The Business of Strangers The Business of Strangers is a 2001 motion picture that tells the story of an eventful night shared between a middle-aged businesswoman and her young assistant....	Nick Harris
2003	The Pink House	Young Pritchard
	The Shape of Things The Shape of Things The Shape of Things is a 2001 play by American author and film director Neil LaBute and a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film. It premièred at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2001 with Paul Rudd as Adam, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, Gretchen Mol as Jenny, and Fred Weller as Phillip. The play was...	Philip
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...	Preston Bennett	Episode: "Tortured"
2004	When Will I Be Loved	Ford Welles
	The Jury The Jury The Jury may refer to:*Jury, a body of persons convened to render a verdict in a legal situation*The Jury , a fictional group of armored vigilantes in the Marvel Comics universe...	Holden Bradford	Episode: "Memories"
2004–2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...	Dale Mullen/Simon Harper II	2 Episodes
2005	Southern Belles Southern Belles Southern Belles is a 2005 film directed by Paul S. Myers and Brennan Shroff.This is a story of two best friends who live in a trailer park located in the town of Johnson's Mark in Georgia. Dreaming of a fresh start in Atlanta they soon learn it will be very difficult to make their way there on...	Tracy Hampton
	Four Lane Highway	Sean
2006	Related	Lucas	Episode: "The Move"
	Monk Monk (TV series) Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...	Jay Bennett	Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye"
2008	Life in Flight	Kit
2008–Present	In Plain Sight In Plain Sight In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...	Marshall Mann	40 Episodes
2009	Streetcar	Darko
	Wainy Days Wainy Days Wainy Days is an internet video series starring David Wain that is hosted on the website, My Damn Channel. It is currently running in its fourth season. The web series follows a fictionalized version of Wain through his everyday life as he tries to form relationships with numerous women and...	Stosh	2 Episodes
	Buffalo Bushido	Wendyl
2010	The Good Wife
2011	Blue Bloods Blue Bloods The Blue Bloods was the name of the professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling that consisted of "Lord" Steven Regal, "Earl" Robert Eaton, and "Squire" David Taylor, along with their butler Jeeves, that operated in the middle to late 1990s....	Jakob Crystal	2 Episodes

Directed

Year	Film
2009	Streetcar

Written Works

Year	Film
2009	Streetcar

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