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Frankie Faison

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Silence of the Lambs

Appears in a KinoChain journey

White Chicks

As Chief Elliott Gordon

Coming to America

As Landlord

The Thomas Crown Affair

As Det. Paretti

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

As Rhamus Twobellies

Do the Right Thing

As Coconut Sid

Sommersby

As Joseph

Till

As John Carthan

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos

From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...

8 films

From Oscar Glory to Genre Gold: A Career Reinvention Chain

Trace the arc of performers who swapped prestige for pulp, and found a different kind of immortality in genre cinema.

4 films

The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority

From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...

8 films

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