Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949) is an American actor. A reliable character actor, his most well known roles are Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell in The Wire and Barney Matthews in the Hannibal Lecter films.
Filmography:
- Cat People: Detective Brandt
- C.H.U.D.: Sergeant Parker
- Maximum Overdrive: Handy
- Coming to America: Mr. Townsend
- Mississippi Burning: Eulogist
- Do the Right Thing: Coconut Sid
- Hannibal Lecter
- Manhunter: Lieutenant Fisk
- Silence of the Lambs: Barney Matthews
- Red Dragon: Barney Matthews
- Hannibal: Barney Matthews
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): Detective Paretti
- Highwaymen: Will Macklin
- The Wire: Deputy Commissioner Elvin Burrell
- Banshee: Sugar Bates
- White Chicks: Chief Elliott Gordon
- The Grudge: William Matheson
- The Good Wife: Jeremiah Easton
- Luke Cage: Henry "Pop" Hunter
- Till: John Carthan
