Frank John Hughes
Born
November 11

The South Bronx, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

Frank John Hughes (born November 11) is an American film and television actor, and screenwriter. Hughes is best known for his portrayals of "Wild Bill" Guarnere in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, Tom Fox in Catch Me If You Can, Tim Woods in 24, and Walden Belfiore in The Sopranos.[1]

Early life

A native of the Bronx, Mr. Hughes studied jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving back to New York City to study acting. At nineteen, he was the youngest member ever to be given lifetime membership at the renowned Actors Studio. To support himself as an actor he joined Teamsters Local 814 as a furniture mover.

Career

After numerous stage productions, Hughes worked steadily in the New York independent film scene making his feature film debut in Robert Celestino's TRUE CONVICTIONS. Since then, he has appeared in nearly one hundred films and TV shows.

Among his numerous TV credits are LAW & ORDER, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS, as Charley O'Banion in Dick Wolf's PLAYERS for NBC opposite Ice T, BOOMTOWN, MONK, LAX, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, as Tom Fox in seasons 6 and 7 of 24, and as Walden Belfiore in the final season of HBO’s THE SOPRANOS.

Some of his film credits include Micheal Bay’s BAD BOYS, starring Martin Lawrence and Wil Smith. The Sundance Film Festival hit Mr. Vincent. Able Ferrara’s THE FUNERAL. Steven Spielberg’s CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, where he starred opposite Tom Hanks and Leonardo Di Caprio. The Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, EMMY Award-winning HBO mini-series BAND OF BROTHERS, where he received worldwide acclaim for his performance as Wild Bill Guarnere.

In 2011, Hughes wrote and co-starred with Rick Gomez in the film LEAVE and also wrote 2012’s THE DARK TOURIST starring Michael Cudlitz and Melanie Griffith. 2013 saw Mr. Hughes’ script POX AMERICANA broke the top ten on the prestigious Black List, resulting in a two-picture deal with Warner Brothers. Since then, he has written ten studio films, including projects for Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, and Denzel Washington, and for various studios and production companies, including Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount, BRON, and A24.  His limited series, “11” about the events of 9/11, is being produced by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal at Tribeca Films and FilmNation.

His next film 77 BLACKOUT, is being produced by Chuck Roven for Paramount.

In 2021, Hughes portrayed Frank Sinatra in the Paramount+ series THE OFFER, directed by Dexter Fletcher, and will next be seen as Mike Marino in the upcoming film PEP, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and starring James Madio, which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Filmography

Television

As actor

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1997 Law & Order Mike Bodak NBC Episode "We Like Mike"
1997–1998 Players Charlie O'Bannon NBC 18 episodes
2001 Band of Brothers William "Wild Bill" Guarnere HBO Based on true events, involving the "Easy" Company 2nd Battalion in the United States Military during WWII.
2004 LAX Henry Engels NBC 13 episodes
2007 The Sopranos Walden Belfiore HBO 5 episodes
2010 Criminal Minds Detective Jake Moreland CBS Episode "Public Enemy"
2022 The Offer Frank Sinatra Paramount+

Other appearances include: Cover Me, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Feds, Without a Trace, Monk, Boomtown, Kings of South Beach, Curb Your Enthusiasm, JAG, The Path to 9/11, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NCIS, and Criminal Minds.

As screenwriter

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2002–2003 Boomtown NBC Action/drama series; title references nickname of setting, Los Angeles, CA.
2010–2015 Justified FX Crime/drama series

Video game

YearTitleDeveloperPublisherPlatform(s)Notes
2005 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Treyarch Activision Nintendo GameCube,
PlayStation 2,
Xbox		 Hughes provided multiple voiceover performances in the game.

References

  1. ↑ Owen, Rob (10 June 2007). "TV Review: 'Sopranos' trails off with a tease". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
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