- Born
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- In 2011, Hughes wrote and co-starred with Rick Gomez in the film "Leave" and wrote 2012's The Dark Tourist starring Michael Cudlitz and Melanie Griffith. 2013 saw Mr. Hughes' script "Pox Americana" break into the top ten on the prestigious Black List, resulting in a two-picture deal with Warner Brothers. Since then, he has written ten studio films, including projects for Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, and Denzel Washington.
This year, Hughes portrayed Frank Sinatra in the Paramount+ series "The Offer," directed by Dexter Fletcher, and will next be seen as Mike Marino in the upcoming film "Pep," produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and starring James Madio.
- IMDb mini biography by: Self - 2013 saw Mr. Hughes' script Pox Americana broke the top ten on the prestigious Black List, resulting in a two-picture deal with Warner Brothers. Since then, he has written ten studio films, including projects for Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, and Denzel Washington, and for various studios and production companies, including Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount, BRON, and A24. His limited series, "11" about the events of 9/11, is being produced by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal at Tribeca Films and FilmNation.
His next film 77 Blackout, is being produced by Chuck Roven for Paramount.
In 2021, Hughes portrayed Frank Sinatra in the Paramount+ series The Offer, directed by Dexter Fletcher, and will next be seen as Mike Marino in the upcoming film PEP, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and starring James Madio, which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
- IMDb mini biography by: self
- SpouseJelena(1987 - present) (1 child)
- 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 (2001) 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 fasting and running 6-8 miles a day. Just before filming, a doctor told him that he had done serious damage to his adrenal system.
- 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.
- Plays the drums and studied jazz at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachussetts
- Committed the last murder on ''The Sopranos''.
- 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.
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