Frankie Faison

Born: 1949-06-10, Newport News, Virginia, USA

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.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005)
• The Blacklist (2013)
• Blue Bloods (2010)
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
• The Good Wife (2009)
• The Wire (2002)
• The Expanse (2015)
• Banshee (2013)
• Bull (2016)
• Lie to Me (2009)
• Army Wives (2007)
• Unforgettable (2011)
• The Good Fight (2017)
• Oz (1997)
• New York Undercover (1994)
• Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
• God Friended Me (2018)
• White Chicks (2004)
• Forever (2014)
• The Rookie: Feds (2022)
• Ballard (2025)
• The Upshaws (2021)
• Hello Tomorrow! (2023)
• Coming to America (1988)
• The Langoliers (1995)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
• Mississippi Burning (1988)
• True Colors (1990)