Frank John Hughes

A native of the South Bronx Hughes is of half Italian-half Irish descent. He studied jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. At the age of nineteen, he became one of the youngest members ever to be given lifetime membership in the Actors Studio. He also studied with acting teacher Sonia Moore. After numerous stage productions Off-Broadway, Hughes made his feature film debut in Robert Celestino's True Convictions (1991).
Following his first appearance in True Convictions, Hughes has starred in such films as: Bad Boys (1995), Lonely in America (1991), The Funeral (1996) opposite Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken, Layin' Low (1996), Mr. Vincent (1997), Urban Jungle (1999), Robbers (2000), Anacardium (2001) (for which he won "Best Actor" at the New York Independent Film Festival)[citation needed], and Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002). He also appeared i…