is currently starring as Elias Thompson on the HBO dramatic series Boardwalk Empire as Elias “Eli” Thompson, sheriff of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and brother of the main character Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi). Wigham is known to fans of horror from the film SPLINTER.
He stars in the 2000 film TIGERLAND, alongside Colin Farrell. He then went on to appear in the television movies SUBMERGED, R.U.S./H., and PARADISE before he was featured in the 2003 film ALL THE REAL GIRLS. Between 2004 and 2006, he was credited in the Japanese film OUT OF THIS WORLD, the drama television series Medical Investigation, the films WATER and MAN OF THE HOUSE, the television movie Faith of My Fathers, and the films LORDS OF DOGTOWN, PSYCHIC DRIVING and SOUTH OF HEAVEN. Whigham had been featured in one 1997 episode of the television series Ghost Stories.
