Frank Whaley - Milestones

• 2002: Reteamed with Hawke as co-star of "The Jimmy Show"; also wrote and directed; screened at Sundance
• 2002: Returned the favor by appearing in Hawke's directorial debut, "Chelsea Walls" (shot in 1999)
• 1999: Feature directorial and screenwriting debut, "Joe the King"; premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; Kilmer portrayed Joe's bad-tempered, alcoholic father, and Hawke played guidance counselor Len Coles; John Leguizamo also acted and served as an executive producer; Camryn Manheim appeared briefly as an abusive teacher straight out of Dickens; film dedicated to his parents
• 1998: Provided a brilliant cameo as Skee-ball Weasel in the nostalgiac "Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God ... Be Back by Five" (released in the USA in 2000)
• 1998: TV series debut as regular on the CBS drama "Buddy Faro"; took the job in order to help finance his feature directing debut ("I was counting on the idea that we'd be cancelled after 12 episodes, and ideally, it was." Time Out New York, October 14-21, 1999)
• 1997: Acted in "My Brother's Keeper" segment of Showtime's "Dead Man's Gun"
• 1996: Starred in Showtime original movie "Cafe Society"
• 1995: Portrayed Craig Sheffer's brother in TNT's "The Desperate Trail"
• 1995: Associate produced and starred in "Homage", adapted by Mark Medoff from his play "The Homage That Follows"
• 1994: Had critical success with "Swimming With Sharks", playing the hapless assistant to a powerful movie agent (played by Kevin Spacey who also co-produced)
• 1994: Appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" as the college student gunned down by Samuel L Jackson
• 1993: Played Lee Harvey Oswald in "Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald" (NBC)
• 1993: Co-starred with Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale in "Swing Kids"
• 1992: Reteamed with Nicholson for "Hoffa"
• 1992: First film with actor Ethan Hawke, "A Midnight Clear"
• 1991: Appeared uncredited as an Oswald impostor in Stone's "JFK"; role cut in released version but restored for director's cut
• 1991: Portrayed guitarist Robby Kreiger in Stone's biopic "The Doors", starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison
• 1991: Reteamed with Mulroney for the John Hughes-scripted-and-produced "Career Opportunities"
• 1990: As co-star of "The Freshman", helped Matthew Broderick import a Komodo dragon for the mob
• 1990: First feature starring role, "Cold Dog Soup"
• 1989: Made TV-movie debut, "Unconquered" (CBS), working with Dermot Mulroney
• 1989: Played the young Archie "Moonlight" Graham in "Field of Dreams"; Burt Lancaster was the older version
• 1989: First screen collaboration with Oliver Stone, "Born on the Fourth of July", playing Tom Cruise's best friend, a clean-cut Long Island boy who comes back from a tour in Vietnam as a brain-damaged heroin addict
• 1987: Feature debut in "Ironweed", playing the youthful version of Jack Nicholson's character
• 1987: Appeared in "Soldier Boys", a "CBS Schoolbreak Special"
• Formed rock band, the Niagaras, with his brother; played drums
• Thanks to an Education Opportunity Program (for inner-city kids) sponsored by Jimmy Carter, received a stipend, his books and his college education
• Performed in summer stock
• Began acting in high school