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.
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Complete Filmography

Beyond the Rush
2024
as Arthur Yearwood
Working undercover to expose a corrupt judge, an investigative journalist confronts his secret past plus his mother's mental illness and must choose b...

Till
2022
as John Carthan
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his...

The Timekeepers of Eternity
2021
as Don Gaffney (archive footage)
In this mesmerizing experimental film, a Stephen King television movie is compressed and transformed through hypnotic black and white collage animatio...

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2021
as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who...

Redemption in Cherry Springs
2021
as Joe
After fallout from a story, reporter Melanie goes home to Cherry Springs for a break. When a friend disappears, she uses her skills to get to the trut...

Fatherhood
2021
as Mike
A widowed new dad copes with doubts, fears, heartache and dirty diapers as he sets out to raise his daughter on his own. Inspired by a true story.

I'm Your Woman
2020
as Art
A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.

The Oedipus Project
2020
as Shepherd
The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from So...

The Grudge
2019
as William Matheson
After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is ...

An Actor Prepares
2018
as Deacon Frank Dodge
After suffering a heart attack, a world-famous and hard-drinking actor is forced to drive across country with his estranged son—who testified against ...

The Case for Christ
2017
as Joe Dubois
Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills...

The Sounding
2017
as Roland
On a remote island off the coast of Maine, Liv, after years of silence, begins to weave a language out of Shakespeare's words. A driven neurologist, b...

An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
2016
as Frank Ellison
Set in Detroit during the Civil Rights Movement, "An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love Has to Win" examines the joyful life and troubled times o...
Trouble & the Shadowy Deathblow
2014
No man is an island, but there are always exceptions. Meet Jim Funkle, played by Tony Hale. A once promising food scientist, his career came to an end...

Away From Here
2014
as Carl
Six years after an affair with the 15-year old daughter of the priest who was his mentor, a former youth minister, now an ex-con and recovering addict...
Danger Word
2013
as Grandpa Joe
A 13-year-old girl and her grandfather, hiding out in a wooded cabin after a plague, meet the challenge of their lives when her birthday trip to a Tra...

Tio Papi
2013
as Gilly
It was a bachelor’s life for hard-working and fun-loving Ray Ray Dominguez (Joey Dedio) who dreamt of leaving the barrio for a more carefree existence...

Cowgirls n' Angels
2012
as Augustus
A group of rodeo trick-riders recruits a young girl to join them.

The Cookout 2
2011
as JoJo Anderson
Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team.

Mayor Cupcake
2011
as Lenny Davis
A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. With no formal experience or education to speak of, sh...

Breaking Point
2009
as Richter Green
"Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep-seated conspiracy and his own lingerin...

Splinterheads
2009
as Pope
SPLINTERHEADS introduces Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. When a small-t...

For Sale By Owner
2009
as Gene Woodman
One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
as Rhamus Twobellies
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
as Subject #42
After her boyfriend mysteriously leaves her with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at a prestigious East Coast university is le...

Adam
2009
as Harlan
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2009
as Self
In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING. It also includes footage from a twenti...

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
2008
as Ticket Salesman
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus begins an odd night f...

Meet the Browns
2008
as L.B.
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she'...

My Blueberry Nights
2007
as Travis
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams ac...

Tapping the Wire
2007
as Self
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission ...

Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
2007
as Barney
A visual commentary for "The Silence Of The Lambs" with the cast & crew in a "picture in picture" mode.

Premium
2006
as Phil
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate ...

America Brown
2005
as Coach Bryant
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.

In Good Company
2004
as Corwin
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naiv...

The Cookout
2004
as Jojo Andersen
When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep thing...

Messengers
2004
as Tom Mabry
Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, an...

White Chicks
2004
as Elliott Gordon
Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socia...

Highwaymen
2004
as Will Macklin
James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years...

Gods and Generals
2003
as Jim Lewis
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from th...

Red Dragon
2002
as Barney
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it ...

Showtime
2002
as Lt. Winship
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.

A Little Inside
2002
as Tom Donner
When he unexpectedly becomes a single parent, an aspiring professional baseball player trades in his bat for a socket wrench and becomes a small-town ...

Call Me Claus
2001
as Dwayne
When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets ...

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
as Dick Lacey
The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of...

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
as Self
Several aspects of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Hannibal (2001) are examined through interviews with the cast and crew, and behind the scenes footage. W...

Down to Earth
2001
as Whitney Daniels
Struggling comic Lance Barton knows what it's like to die on stage. But when his life takes an unexpected turn - straight to heaven - Lance is sure th...

Hannibal
2001
as Barney Matthews
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again wh...

The Sleepy Time Gal
2001
as Jimmy Dupree
A young woman learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job and goes on a journey to find her birth mother.

Gina, An Actress, Age 29
2001
as Albert
A struggling young actress lands her first job...only to discover that her "part" is to lie to an assembly of factory workers to keep them from unioni...

Where the Money Is
2000
as Security Guard
Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for ...

Oxygen
1999
as Phil Kline
When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs ou...

The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
as Det. Paretti
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Bann...

Jaded
1998
as Henry Broker
When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town bar, she discovers that they have more planned tha...

Julian Po
1997
as Sheriff Leon
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out ...

Albino Alligator
1997
as Agent Marv Rose
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the...

Mother Night
1996
as Robert Sterling Wilson
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real...

The Rich Man's Wife
1996
as Detective Ron Lewis
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her hus...

The Stupids
1996
as The Lloyd
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Heading Home
1995
as Horace Jones
A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a bond en route to Washington, D.C.

Roommates
1995
as Professor Martin
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.

I Love Trouble
1994
as Police Chief
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
The Spider and the Fly
1994
as Lt. Turner
A wager between two novelists about committing the perfect crime becomes real when a murder occurs under the circumstances they had plotted in jest an...

Money for Nothing
1993
as Madigan
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. ...

Sommersby
1993
as Joseph
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By al...

Freejack
1992
as Eagle Man
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a...

City of Hope
1991
as Levonne
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Barney
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatri...

Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Zack Monroe
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...

Common Ground
1990
as Otis Debnam
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focus...

Do the Right Thing
1989
as Coconut Sid
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...

Mississippi Burning
1988
as Eulogist
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where...

Coming to America
1988
as Landlord
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise...

Manhunter
1986
as Lt. Fisk
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a ne...

Maximum Overdrive
1986
as Handy
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck sto...

The Money Pit
1986
as James
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-...

Exterminator 2
1984
as Be Gee
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

C.H.U.D.
1984
as Sgt. Parker
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a ...

Sessions
1983
as Intern
High-priced call girl Lee Churchill, is examining her life via therapy "sessions". Her double life is unknown to her parents, sister and "straight" ma...

Hanky Panky
1982
as Cop Driver
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later m...

A Little Sex
1982
as Electrician
Michael and Katherine have enjoyed a long relationship together even before they tie the knot. But Michael does not hide the fact he's a womanizer and...

Cat People
1982
as Det. Brandt
After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is draw...

Ragtime
1981
as Gang Member No. 1
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nos...

Permanent Vacation
1981
as Man in Lobby
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost...

King Lear
1974
as Captain
James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their lo...
White Chicks 2
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as Chief.Elliott Gordon