Fred Weller

Career

In 1993, Weller was one of the main regulars in the TV series Missing Persons. He has made guest appearances in episodes of Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Monk and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He has also appeared in several well-received films, such as Stonewall, The Business of Strangers, The Shape of Things, and the 2000 drama/miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family portraying the character Brian Wilson. He starred in the USA Network comedy-drama series In Plain Sight as Deputy U.S. Marshal Marshall Mann.

He appeared on Broadway in 2003 in the Tony award-winning play Take Me Out in which he appeared completely nude, and in 2014 in the Terrence McNally play Mothers and Sons. In 2018, he appeared on Broadway as Bob Ewell in Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird, an adaptation of Harper Lee's novel.

Weller has played lead roles in many successful independent films, including Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things (with Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz and Gretchen Mol), James Toback's When Will I Be Loved (opposite Neve Campbell) and The Business of Strangers (with Stockard Channing and Julia Stiles).

Personal life Weller married actress Ali Marsh on September 6, 2003. They have two children, a daughter born in 2007, whose godmother is his In Plain Sight co-star Mary McCormack, and a son born in 2010. He and his family live in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1991 Bugsy Architect Assistant Uncredited 1995 Stonewall Matty Dean Main character 1996 Basquiat Frank 1997 Hudson River Blues Ron 1998 How to Make the Cruelest Month Rickey Harvest Bucky Upton Armageddon NASA Tech 1999 Puppet Rick Main character (co-star). Puppet was never released to the general public 2001 The Business of Strangers Nick Harris Main character 2003 The Shape of Things Philip Main character The Pink House Young Pritchard 2004 When Will I Be Loved Ford Welles Main character 2005 Southern Belles Tracy Hampton Four Lane Highway Sean 2008 Life in Flight Kit 2009 Streetcar Darko Short; also writer and director Buffalo Bushido Wendyl 2012 The Normals Lannigan 2014 Bad Country Detective Shepard 2016 The Free World Officer Ryan The Fundamentals of Caring Bob Richardson 2018 BlacKkKlansman Patrolman Andy Landers 2022 Out of the Blue Deputy Fox Causeway Rick The Independent Spencer Erickson

Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 I'll Fly Away Jimmy Yates Episode: "I’ll Fly Away" 1993 Law & Order Dan Garrett Episode: "Promises to Keep" The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Eliot Ness Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues" 1993–1994 Missing Persons Investigator Johnny Sandowski Main character (regular cast), all 17 episodes 1997 Gold Coast Arnold Rapp TV movie 1998 Dellaventura Mark Matthews Episode: "David & Goliath" 1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Nicholai Karvovsky TV movie; main character 2000 The Beach Boys: An American Family Brian Wilson 2 episodes Madigan Men Sebastian JamesEpisode: "Bachelors" In the Beginning Jacob 2 episodes 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Preston Bennett Episode: "Tortured" 2004 The Jury Holden Bradford Episode: "Memories" 2004–2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dale Mullen/Simon Harper II 2 episodes 2006 Related Lucas Episode: "The Move" Monk Jay Bennett Episode: "Mr. Monk, Private Eye" 2008–2012 In Plain Sight Marshall Mann Main character (co-star), all 61 episodes 2009 Wainy Days Stosh 2 episodes 2010–2013 The Good Wife Wilk Hobson 2 episodes 2011 Blue Bloods Jacob Krystal 3 episodes 2012 Childrens Hospital Elliot Episode: "A Year in the Life" 2013 Alpha House Digger Mancusi Episode: "Zingers" 2014 The Michael J. Fox Show Will Episode: "Couples" Those Who Kill Nathan Schaeffer Episode: "Souvenirs" Person of Interest Novak Episode: "Panopticon" 2015 The Knick Mr. Brockhurst 2 episodes Forever Eddie Warsaw Episode: "Punk Is Dead" 2016 Elementary Ronnie Wright Episode: "Ready or Not" Banshee Declan Bode 4 episodesBull Pete Peters Episode: "The Necklace" Conviction Lewis Anderson Episode: "Bridge and Tunnel Vision"2017 The Blacklist Joe Peracchio Episode: "Philomena (No. 61)" Odd Mom Out Dean 2 episodes2018 Mosaic Eric 9 episodes The Path Remy Episode: "The Door" 2019–2020 At Home with Amy Sedaris Walter / Blaze 2 episodes