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Frankie Faison

Acting

Born June 10, 1949 · Newport News, Virginia, USA

Also known as Frankie Russel Faison · Frankie R. 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 1987 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Wire

2002as Ervin Burrell

The Rookie

2018as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

Banshee Origins

2013as Sugar Bates

The Silence of the Lambs

1991as Barney

Grey's Anatomy

2005as William Bailey

The Expanse

2015as Charles

Oz

1997as Cornelius Keane

Banshee

2013as Sugar Bates

Lie to Me

2009as Teddy

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Tom Nickerson

Forever

2014as Pepper Evans

Blue Bloods

2010as Jeffords

Do the Right Thing

1989as Coconut Sid

God Friended Me

2018as Mr. Johnson

Hawaii Five-0

2010as Leroy Davis

Mississippi Burning

1988as Eulogist

The Upshaws

2021as Clarence

The Blacklist

2013as Abraham Moores

Elementary

2012as Judge Brewster O'Hare

The Good Wife

2009as Pastor Jeremiah Easton

Fatherhood

2021as Mike

The Good Fight

2017as Pastor Jeremiah Easton

Army Wives

2007as General Baxter

Till

2022as John Carthan

New York Undercover

1994

Law & Order

1990as Lester Crawford

Ballard

2025

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

2019as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.

Unforgettable

2011as Mayor Beverly

The Rookie: Feds

2022as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

The Village

2019as Ron Davis

Monsters

as Jack Lyle

Bull

2016as Lee Donaldson

Red Dragon

2002as Barney

Manhunter

1986as Lt. Fisk

Ragtime

1981as Gang Member No. 1

The Case for Christ

2017as Joe Dubois

Luke Cage

2016as Henry 'Pop' Hunter

White Chicks

2004as Elliott Gordon

Prey

1998as Ray Peterson

Coming to America

1988as Landlord

Adam

2009as Harlan

Hannibal

2001as Barney Matthews

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999as Det. Paretti

City of Hope

1991as Levonne

Meet the Browns

2008as L.B.

Mother Night

1996as Robert Sterling Wilson

Ripple

2025as Walter

Redemption in Cherry Springs

2021as Joe

The Money Pit

1986as James