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Frankie Faison
Born: 1949-06-10 in 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.
Rated Filmography (80)
Sorted by Score10.0
Heading Home
1995
10.0
The Oedipus Project
2020
9.0
King Lear
1974
8.5
Common Ground
1990
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
8.0
Tapping the Wire
2007
7.8
An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
2016
7.8
Do the Right Thing
1989
7.7
Mississippi Burning
1988
7.5
Fatherhood
2021
7.3
Till
2022
7.3
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2021
7.1
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
7.1
The Timekeepers of Eternity
2021
7.0
Red Dragon
2002
7.0
Ragtime
1981
7.0
Manhunter
1986
7.0
Gina, An Actress, Age 29
2001
7.0
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
7.0
White Chicks
2004
6.9
The Case for Christ
2017
6.9
Coming to America
1988
6.8
Adam
2009
6.8
Hannibal
2001
6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
6.7
Meet the Browns
2008
6.7
City of Hope
1991
6.6
Mother Night
1996
6.5
The Money Pit
1986
6.5
Sessions
1983
6.5
Redemption in Cherry Springs
2021
6.5
Julian Po
1997
6.4
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2008
6.4
My Blueberry Nights
2007
6.4
Tio Papi
2013
6.4
Gods and Generals
2003
6.4
Sommersby
1993
6.3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
6.1
The Sounding
2017
6.1
Oxygen
1999
6.1
In Good Company
2004
6.1
Cat People
1982
6.0
America Brown
2005
6.0
Messengers
2004
6.0
Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
5.9
Where the Money Is
2000
5.9
I'm Your Woman
2020
5.9
Permanent Vacation
1981
5.9
Splinterheads
2009
5.9
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
5.8
Maximum Overdrive
1986
5.8
An Actor Prepares
2018
5.7
Call Me Claus
2001
5.7
Albino Alligator
1997
5.7
Highwaymen
2004
5.7
Betsy's Wedding
1990
5.7
Roommates
1995
5.6
C.H.U.D.
1984
5.6
Money for Nothing
1993
5.6
Down to Earth
2001
5.6
Showtime
2002
5.5
Freejack
1992
5.5
Away From Here
2014
5.5
I Love Trouble
1994
5.4
The Grudge
2019
5.4
Premium
2006
5.4
The Rich Man's Wife
1996
5.3
Mayor Cupcake
2011
5.3
Jaded
1998
5.3
The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
5.3
Hanky Panky
1982
5.0
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
4.8
The Stupids
1996
4.7
A Little Inside
2002
4.7
The Cookout
2004
4.4
Breaking Point
2009
4.1
Exterminator 2
1984
3.8
The Cookout 2
2011
3.6
A Little Sex
1982
3.4
For Sale by Owner
2009