Actor

Frankie Faison

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.

Notable work

8.3
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Barney
8.2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as William Bailey
6.8
Hannibal (2001)
as Barney Matthews
6.9
Coming to America (1988)
as Landlord
7
Red Dragon (2002)
as Barney
7
White Chicks (2004)
as Chief Elliott Gordon
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Tom Nickerson
7.6
The Blacklist (2013)
as Abraham Moores
8.5
The Rookie (2018)
as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark
8.1
The Expanse (2015)
as Charles
8.6
The Wire (2002)
as Ervin Burrell
6.9
Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
as Henry 'Pop' Hunter

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