56 years old (Born on November 11, 1967)
American, Actor.
Studied with famed New York acting teacher Sonia Moore, who taught him the Stanislavski Method. He went on to become one of the youngest lifetime members of the Actor's Studio in New York after he was accepted at the age of 19. A member of Teamsters local 814 in New York as a furniture mover, which he did on and off for ten years, to support his wife and child. Lived two blocks from the Actors Studio in Hell's Kitchen. Originally from the Bronx, Hughes now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. He still has a Bronx accent. He is a member of the Actor's Studio. In 1999 his intense dedication to his craft caused him to gain 58 pounds to prepare to play a man with Down's Syndrome. The film was postponed and in the interim he was cast in Band of Brothers where he had two months to lose the weight in order to play a 17-year-old Wild Bill Guarnere. He went through a brutal routine of barely eating and running 6-8 miles a day. Just before filming he went to see a doctor where he was told that he had burnt out his adrenal glands.Frank John Hughes's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Frank John Hughes
Plays the drums and studied jazz at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachussetts
Is a published poet and was in the same issue of the New York Quarterly as is favorite writer Charles Bukowski.
Worked with Al Pacino and J.J. Johnston on the play American Buffalo in a staged reading at the Tiffany Theater.
He's a major jazz fan, and some of his favorite music choices include Tom Waits, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash.