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

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

Video game