Biography
Shea Whigham is an American actor. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida, and attended Tyler Junior College before earning a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase.
Whigham is known for his role as Elias 'Eli' Thompson in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. His film credits include Silver Linings Playbook (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), American Hustle (2013), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Joker (2019), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) as the voice of George Stacy, Eileen (2023) as Jim Dunlop, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) as Briggs. He has also appeared in the first season of True Detective and the third season of Fargo.
