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Frankie Faison

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

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.

Frankie Faison movies and shows

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
  • Grey's Anatomy2005
  • Law & Order1990
  • The Rookie2018
  • The Blacklist2013
  • Hawaii Five-02010
  • Blue Bloods2010
  • The Good Wife2009
  • Elementary2012
  • The Wire2002
  • The Expanse2015
  • Banshee2013
  • Unforgettable2011
  • Bull2016
  • The Good Fight2017
  • Oz1997
  • Lie to Me2009
  • The Equalizer1985
  • Army Wives2007
  • White Chicks2004
  • New York Undercover1994
  • Marvel's Luke Cage2016
  • Kate & Allie1984
  • Monsters1988