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Shea Whigham (born 5 January 1969; age 55) is the actor who voiced the Teenaxi leader in Star Trek Beyond.

Whigham is probably best known for his role as Agent Michael Stasiak in Fast & Furious (2009, with Robert Miano and Marco Rodriguez) and Fast & Furious 6 (2013, with Dwayne Johnson, Joe Taslim, Kim Kold, and Baron Jay). Both films were also directed by Justin Lin. Whigham is also known for his role as Elias "Eli" Thompson in Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) and as SSR Chief Roger Dooley in the Marvel series Agent Carter (2015-2016, with Kurtwood Smith and Ray Wise and executive produced by Stan Lee).

Whigham has started his career in the late 1990s with appearances in the television series Ghost Stories (1997), the romance Of Love & Fantasy (1998), Tigerland (2000, with Clifton Collins, Jr. and James MacDonald), voice work in the video game Smuggler's Run (2000), the television drama Submerged (2001, with James B. Sikking), Bad Company (2002, with Eddie Yansik), the television crime drama R.U.S./H. (2002, with Colm Meaney and Brett Rickaby), the drama All the Real Girls (2003), the music drama Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun (2004), episodes of Medical Investigation (2004, with Neal McDonough, Natalija Nogulich, Erica Mer, and directed by Marc Buckland), the crime movie Water (2004, with Googy Gress), the television drama Paradise (2004, with Peter Epstein), Man of the House (2005, with Liz Vassey and Jimmy Ortega), Faith of My Fathers (2005, with Cary-Hiroyuki, Joe Chrest, and Earl Maddox), Lords of Dogtown (2005, with Matt Malloy, Charles Napier, and Mary Grace), the short thriller Psychic Driving (2005, with James Harper), and Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006).

Further work includes guest roles in episodes of ER (2006, starring Scott Grimes, with Leland Orser, Lise Simms, and Arne Starr), Standoff (2007, with John Billingsley and Ned Vaughn), Lie to Me (2009), Numbers (2009, with Shannon Cochran), Medium (2009, with Franc Ross), True Detective (2014, with Joe Chrest), and Justified (2015, starring Timothy Olyphant), First Snow (2006, with Adam Scott), South of Heaven (2008, with Diora Baird), Pride and Glory (2008, with Jamie McShane), Splinter (2008), The Killing Room (2009), the comedy Spooner (2009, with Christopher McDonald), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009, with Brad Dourif and Scheryl W. Brown), Blood Creek (2009), Barry Munday (2010, with Malcolm McDowell, Christopher McDonald, Matt Winston, Michael Durrell, Marcelo Tubert, Michael William Rivkin, Cole McKay, and Mark Riccardi), Machete (2010), The Conspirator (2010, with Colm Meaney, Stephen Root, David Andrews, and Glenn R. Wilder), Radio Free Albemuth (2010, with Michael Rothhaar, Julie Warner, John Prosky, Joel McKinnon Miller, Kevin McCorkle, Richard Cox, Frank Collison, L.L. Ginter, and Michael Lovern), Take Shelter (2011), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011, with Bob Gunton, Conor O'Farrell, Randy Mulkey, Chic Daniel, and Mark Casimir Dyniewicz), This Must Be the Place (2011, with Fritz Weaver), Catch .44 (2011, with Brad Dourif), Big Miracle (2012, with Stephen Root, Maury Ginsberg, and Brett Baker), Savages (2012, with Sala Baker, Ben Bray, Charles Ingram, Schae Harrison, Bill Blair, and Nick Hermz), Silver Linings Playbook (2012, with Ted Barba), American Hustle (2013, with Anthony Zerbe), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, with Sandra Nelson), Non-Stop (2014, with Anson Mount), Cop Car (2017), Lila & Eve (2015), Knight of Cups (2015, with Clifton Collins, Jr.), A Country Called Home (2015), the short thriller Peacock Killer (2015), and Term Life (2016, with Jonathan Banks).

Following his work on Star Trek, Whigham had recurring roles in Vice Principals (2016-2017), Fargo (2017), and Narcos (2017, with Brett Cullen) and appeared in Kong: Skull Island (2017), the television comedy The Legend of Master Legend (2017, with Cory DeMeyers), Death Note (2017, with Paul Nakauchi, Christian Sloan, Natalie Moon, Paul McGillion, and Lia Lam), and Wheelman (2017, with Seth Ayott).

Whigham later played Mitch Decker in Waco (2018, produced by Kelly A. Manners) and Thomas Carrasco in Homecoming (2018). He also filmed The Catcher Was a Spy (2018), Beirut (2018), Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018), First Man (2018, with Philip Boyd), Low Tide (2018), the television crime drama L.A. Confidential (2018, with Matt McCoy and David Figlioli), City of Lies (2018, with Keith Szarabajka, Van Epperson, and Brandon Molale), the drama Vice (2018, with Don McManus, Time Winters, and Mark Bramhall), Vampires vs. the Bronx (2019), and To the Stars (2019).

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