Frankie Faison
Acting
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.
Born: June 10, 1949
Place of Birth: Newport News, Virginia, USA
Known For
Common Ground
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
The Oedipus Project
The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, healing online conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the world. Sophocles’ ancient play, written and performed in 429 BC during the time of a plague that killed one-third of the Athenian population, is a timeless story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, and a pestilence that ravages the city of Thebes. At the time the play was first performed, the audience would have been reeling in the wake of a pestilence and its economic, political, and social aftermath. Seen through this lens Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful public health tool for helping Athenians communalize the trauma of the plague, through a story that is as relevant now as it was in its own time.
The Wire
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
The Rookie
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
True Colors
True Colors is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 2, 1990 to April 12, 1992 for a total of 45 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn, and featured an interracial marriage and a subsequent blended family.
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Banshee: Origins
Banshee: Origins is a series of webisodes based on the American drama television series produced by Cinemax called Banshee. The series offers flashbacks in-between the time where Lucas Hood was arrested and when Sheriff Lucas Hood first arrived in Banshee.
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
The Expanse
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Filmography
as Walter
as Arthur Yearwood
as Buck Manzell
as John Carthan
as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark
as Don Gaffney (archive footage)
as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
as Mike
as Clarence
as Art
as Shepherd
as William Matheson
as Ron Davis
as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark
as Mr. Johnson
as Deacon Frank Dodge
as Joe Dubois
as Roland
as Pastor Jeremiah Easton
as Frank Ellison
as Henry 'Pop' Hunter
as Lee Donaldson
as Charles
as Pepper Evans
as Carl
as Abraham Moores
as Gilly
as Sugar Bates
as Sugar Bates
as Judge Brewster O'Hare
as Augustus
as Mayor Beverly
as JoJo Anderson
as Lenny Davis
as Jeffords
as Leroy Davis
as Richter Green
as Pope
as Gene Woodman
as Rhamus Twobellies
as Subject #42
as Pastor Jeremiah Easton
as Harlan
as Ticket Salesman
as L.B.
as Travis
as Self
as General Baxter
as Phil
as Coach Bryant
as William Bailey
as Self
as Corwin
as Jojo Andersen
as Tom Mabry
as Elliott Gordon
as Will Macklin
as Jim Lewis
as Barney
as Ervin Burrell
as Lt. Winship
as Tom Donner
as Dwayne
as Dick Lacey
as Whitney Daniels
as Barney Matthews
as Jimmy Dupree
as Albert
as Security Guard
as Phil Kline
as Tom Nickerson
as Det. Paretti
as Henry Broker
as Ray Peterson
as Sheriff Leon
as Cornelius Keane
as Agent Marv Rose
as Robert Sterling Wilson
as Detective Ron Lewis
as The Lloyd
as Don Gaffney
as Horace Jones
as Professor Martin
as Police Chief
as Madigan
as Joseph
as Eagle Man
as Levonne
as Barney
as Lester Crawford
as Ron Freeman
as Zack Monroe
as Otis Debnam
as Coconut Sid
as Eulogist
as Landlord
as Lt. Fisk
as Handy
as James
as Zudo
as Be Gee
as Sgt. Parker
as Intern
as Cop Driver
as Det. Brandt
as Electrician
as Gang Member No. 1
as Man in Lobby
as Captain