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.
As actor 127
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Rookie
2018
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Law & Order
1990
Hawaii Five-0
2010
The Blacklist
2013
Blue Bloods
2010
Elementary
2012
The Good Wife
2009
The Wire
2002
Unforgettable
2011
The Expanse
2015
Banshee
2013
Kate & Allie
1984
Oz
1997
The Good Fight
2017
Bull
2016
Lie to Me
2009
Army Wives
2007
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016
White Chicks
2004
New York Undercover
1994
The Equalizer
1985
The Rookie: Feds
2022
God Friended Me
2018
Forever
2014
Ballard
2025
The Upshaws
2021
Coming to America
1988
Monsters
1988
Hello Tomorrow!
2023
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
Banshee: Origins
2013
Mississippi Burning
1988
The Grudge
2019
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Do the Right Thing
1989
Cat People
1982
True Colors
1990
The Langoliers
1995
The Money Pit
1986
The Village
2019
C.H.U.D.
1984
Maximum Overdrive
1986
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Till
2022
Showtime
2002
Ripple
2025
Sommersby
1993
My Blueberry Nights
2007
The Jury
2004
Freejack
1992
Down to Earth
2001
Highwaymen
2004
Fatherhood
2021
In Good Company
2004
Gods and Generals
2003
Prey
1998
Call Me Claus
2001
Where the Money Is
2000
Hanky Panky
1982
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2008
The Stupids
1996
The Sounding
2017
The Case for Christ
2017
Adam
2009
Hannibal
2001
Mother Night
1996
Red Dragon
2002
Tio Papi
2013
Breaking Point
2009
Black in the 80s
2005
Exterminator 2
1984
Heading Home
1995
I Love Trouble
1994
The Timekeepers of Eternity
2021
Ragtime
1981
The Sham
I'm Your Woman
2020
Meet the Browns
2008
The Rich Man's Wife
1996
A Little Sex
1982
Betsy's Wedding
1990
Roommates
1995
Albino Alligator
1997
Jaded
1998
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
The Cookout
2004
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2021
Money for Nothing
1993
Oxygen
1999
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
2016
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
Common Ground
1990
Clipped Wings, They Do Fly
2018
Julian Po
1997
Permanent Vacation
1981
Splinterheads
2009
An Actor Prepares
2018
City of Hope
1991
Killing Castro
2026
A Little Inside
2002
Tapping the Wire
2007
Jacob Beats Up Nate
For Sale by Owner
2009
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
The Cookout 2
2011
Redemption in Cherry Springs
2021
Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow
2014
Mayor Cupcake
2011
Beyond the Rush
2024
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
King Lear
1974
Away From Here
2014
Premium
2006
Danger Word
2013
Sessions
1983
The Langoliers
1995
The Oedipus Project
2020
Lucille
2023
The Spider and the Fly
1994
America Brown
2005
Messengers
2004
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
Gina, An Actress, Age 29
2001
Manhunter
1986