Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-06-10 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Newport News, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

Frankie Russel Faison
Frankie R. Faison
프랭키 페이슨
فرانکی فیزن

Frankie Faison

Biography

Frankie Faison is an American stage and screen actor, best known for his role as Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell in HBO's television series "The Wire", and as Barney Matthews in the "Hannibal Lecter" franchise. He studied Drama at Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, and graduated from New York Universities' Acting Program.

Known For

8.3%

The Silence of the Lambs

Feb 14, 1991

8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

6.8%

Hannibal

Feb 8, 2001

6.9%

Coming to America

Jun 29, 1988

7.0%

Red Dragon

Oct 2, 2002

6.9%

White Chicks

Jun 23, 2004

7.9%

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sep 20, 1999

7.6%

The Blacklist

Sep 23, 2013

8.1%

The Expanse

Dec 14, 2015

8.5%

The Rookie

Oct 16, 2018

8.6%

The Wire

Jun 2, 2002

6.9%

Marvel's Luke Cage

Sep 30, 2016

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Acting

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Ripple as Walter

2024

Beyond the Rush as Arthur Yearwood

2023

Hello Tomorrow! as Buck Manzell

2022		Till as John Carthan
2022		The Rookie: Feds as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

2021		The Timekeepers of Eternity as Don Gaffney (archive footage)
2021		The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
2021		Redemption in Cherry Springs as Joe
2021		Fatherhood as Mike
2021		The Upshaws as Clarence

2020		I'm Your Woman as Art
2020		The Oedipus Project as Shepherd

2019		The Grudge as William Matheson
2019		The Village as Ron Davis

2018		The Rookie as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark
2018		God Friended Me as Mr. Johnson
2018		An Actor Prepares as Deacon Frank Dodge

2017		The Case for Christ as Joe Dubois
2017		The Sounding as Roland
2017		The Good Fight as Pastor Jeremiah Easton

2016		An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win as Frank Ellison
2016		Marvel's Luke Cage as Henry 'Pop' Hunter
2016		Bull as Lee Donaldson

2015

The Expanse as Charles

2014		Forever as Pepper Evans
2014		Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow
2014		Away From Here as Carl

2013		Danger Word as Grandpa Joe
2013		The Blacklist as Abraham Moores
2013		Tio Papi as Gilly
2013		Banshee as Sugar Bates
2013		Banshee: Origins as Sugar Bates

2012		Elementary as Judge Brewster O'Hare
2012		Cowgirls n' Angels as Augustus

2011		Unforgettable as Mayor Beverly
2011		The Cookout 2 as JoJo Anderson
2011		Mayor Cupcake as Lenny Davis

2010		Blue Bloods as Jeffords
2010		Hawaii Five-0 as Leroy Davis

2009		Breaking Point as Richter Green
2009		Splinterheads as Pope
2009		For Sale By Owner as Gene Woodman
2009		Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant as Rhamus Twobellies
2009		Brief Interviews with Hideous Men as Subject #42
2009		The Good Wife as Pastor Jeremiah Easton
2009		Adam as Harlan
2009		Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later as Self

2008		Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as Ticket Salesman
2008		Meet the Browns as L.B.

2007		My Blueberry Nights as Travis
2007		Tapping the Wire as Self

2006

Premium as Phil

2005		America Brown as Coach Bryant
2005		Grey's Anatomy as William Bailey
2005		Black in the 80s as Self

2004		In Good Company as Corwin
2004		The Cookout as Jojo Andersen
2004		Messengers as Tom Mabry
2004		White Chicks as Elliott Gordon
2004		The Jury
2004		Highwaymen as Will Macklin

2003

Gods and Generals as Jim Lewis

2002		Red Dragon as Barney
2002		The Wire as Ervin Burrell
2002		Showtime as Lt. Winship
2002		A Little Inside as Tom Donner

2001		Call Me Claus as Dwayne
2001		Thirteen Conversations About One Thing as Dick Lacey
2001		Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal as Self
2001		Down to Earth as Whitney Daniels
2001		Hannibal as Barney Matthews
2001		The Sleepy Time Gal as Jimmy Dupree
2001		Gina, An Actress, Age 29 as Albert

2000

Where the Money Is as Security Guard

1999		Oxygen as Phil Kline
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Tom Nickerson
1999		The Thomas Crown Affair as Det. Paretti

1998		Jaded as Henry Broker
1998		Prey as Ray Peterson

1997		Julian Po as Sheriff Leon
1997		Oz as Cornelius Keane
1997		Albino Alligator as Agent Marv Rose

1996		Mother Night as Robert Sterling Wilson
1996		The Rich Man's Wife as Detective Ron Lewis
1996		The Stupids as The Lloyd

1995		The Langoliers as Don Gaffney
1995		Heading Home as Horace Jones
1995		Roommates as Professor Martin

1994		New York Undercover
1994		I Love Trouble as Police Chief
1994		The Spider and the Fly as Lt. Turner

1993		Money for Nothing as Madigan
1993		Sommersby as Joseph

1992

Freejack as Eagle Man

1991		City of Hope as Levonne
1991		The Silence of the Lambs as Barney

1990		Law & Order as Lester Crawford
1990		True Colors as Ron Freeman
1990		Betsy's Wedding as Zack Monroe
1990		Common Ground as Otis Debnam

1989

Do the Right Thing as Coconut Sid

1988		Mississippi Burning as Eulogist
1988		Monsters
1988		Coming to America as Landlord

1986		Manhunter as Lt. Fisk
1986		Maximum Overdrive as Handy
1986		The Money Pit as James

1985

The Equalizer as Zudo

1984		Exterminator 2 as Be Gee
1984		C.H.U.D. as Sgt. Parker
1984		Kate & Allie

1983

Sessions as Intern

1982		Hanky Panky as Cop Driver
1982		Cat People as Det. Brandt
1982		A Little Sex as Electrician

1981		Ragtime as Gang Member No. 1
1981		Permanent Vacation as Man in Lobby

1974

King Lear as Captain