
Frank Mosley
Known For
Directing
Born
Biography
Frank Mosley is an actor and filmmaker from Texas living in Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the 2015 Berlinale Talents, 2017 NYFF Artist Academy, and 2016 Workshop for Auteurs led by Abbas Kiarostami. His directing work includes Good Condition (Fantasia 2023), Parthenon (Slamdance 2018), Casa De Mi Madre (Champs-Elysees 2017), and The Event (Fantastic Fest 2022), which debuted as a Vimeo Staff Pick and was named a "Top 12 Film of 2023" on NoBudge. Acting credits include Obex (Sundance 2025, Oscilloscope Laboratories), Rent Free (Tribeca 2024, Vinegar Syndrome), Quantum Cowboys (Fantastic Fest 2022, Factory 25), Freeland (SXSW 2020, MUBI), Chained for Life (NYTimes Critics Pick 2018, Kino Lorber), The Procedure (Sundance Jury Prize 2016, Adult Swim), Collective Unconscious (SXSW 2016, The Criterion Channel), and Upstream Color (Sundance Jury Prize, Berlinale 2013). He's been called "a superb actor and filmmaker" (RogerEbert.com) and "a dependably fantastic American indie mainstay" (Filmmaker Magazine).
Most Known For

Person to Person
as Arguing Man

Americana
as Josh McAllister

Freeland
as Josh

Rent Free
as Ron Gelman

OBEX
as Victor

Dogbite
as Carl

Ain't Them Bodies Saints
as Lt. Carson

Ilsa
as John

Kiddo

Upstream Color
as Husband

Sabbatical
as John

The Event
as Jack

Some Beasts

Thunder Road
as Homeless Man

Panhandle Jim
as Jim

The Prowler
as The Prowler

Taurus
as Day Drinker (uncredited)

The Bulb

Boundaries
as Manager

Quantum Cowboys
as Depew