Frank John Hughes

A native of the South Bronx, Frank John Hughes studied Jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving back to New York to begin studying with legendary Russian method acting teacher Sonia Moore at her Studio of the Theatre. At the age of nineteen he became one of the youngest members ever to be given lifetime membership into New York's prestigious Actor's Studio. In 1988, after stage productions Off-Broadway, Hughes made his feature film debut in Robert Celestino's True Convictions. Hughes and Celestino would next collaborate in 1997 on the Sundance Film Festival hit Mr. Vincent. Since then Hughes has appeared in films such as Bad Boys opposite Will Smith, The Funeral, Layin' Low, Urban Jungle, Robbers, Deranged, for which he won best actor at the New York Independent Film Festival, Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can opposite Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, 'Yonkers Joe' and Righteous Kill opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. A veteran of numerous tel