Occupation Actor Siblings Mark Ridley Role Film actor | Name Frank Ridley Years active 1998–present Nephews Ryan Ridley, Adam Ridley | |
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Spouse Francine Fagundez (m. 1985–1992) Movies Little Erin Merryweather, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Debaters, Underdog, The Call to the Post Similar People David Morwick, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Brad Anderson, Frederik Du Chau | ||
Frank Ridley is an American film and television actor best known for his portrayal of satirical politician Honest Gil Fulbright. Born into a musical family in Michigan, he originally trained as an opera singer with Richard Conrad. After attending Boston Conservatory of Music, he started his career as a regular member of Sarah Caldwell's Opera Company of Boston.
His television career started when he was cast as Terry Mulligan in the Showtime network series Brotherhood. His other TV work includes roles on House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Alpha House, Olive Kitteridge, The Night Of, The Leftovers, and 30 Rock.
He also can be seen in a variety of films including Inside Llewyn Davis, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), and The Judge.
Honest Gil Fulbright
Honest Gil Fulbright is a satirical political candidate portrayed by Frank Ridley. Fulbright originally "ran" for the U.S. Senate in 2014 as an "honest politician for Kentucky" on behalf of Represent.US.
Fulbright has been featured on CNN, The Today Show, Fox & Friends, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post.
The campaign got a powerful boost when noted artist Shepard Fairey reimagined his iconic Obama HOPE poster as a Gil Fulbright SOLD poster to help raise funds for the finance-reform-minded satirical campaign. His campaign message was "I'm only in this thing for the money, but at least I'm honest about it." Fulbright is currently considering a run at the 2016 presidential election.