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Biography

A veteran character actor whose work has shown he's as comfortable with comedy as drama, Frankie Faison was born in Newport News, VA, in…more

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6/10/1949, Newport News, Virginia

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Role
- The Wire
  Ervin Burrell
  - S 4: Ep 13 Final Grades
    12/10/06
  - S 4: Ep 11 A New Day
    11/26/06
  - S 4: Ep 10 Misgivings
    11/19/06
  - S 4: Ep 9 Know Your Place
    11/12/06
  - S 4: Ep 8 Corner Boys
    11/5/06
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Wire
  Police Comm. Ervin H. Burrell
  - S 3: Ep 2 All Due Respect
    9/26/04
  - S 3: Ep 1 Time After Time
    9/19/04
- The Wire
  Deputy Comm. Ervin H. Burrell
  - S 2: Ep 12 Port in a Storm
    8/24/03
  - S 2: Ep 11 Bad Dreams
    8/17/03
  - S 2: Ep 10 Storm Warnings
    8/10/03
  - S 2: Ep 7 Backwash
    7/13/03
  - S 2: Ep 2 Collateral Damage
    6/8/03
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Wire
  Acting Police Comm. Ervin H. Burrell
  - S 2: Ep 9 Stray Rounds
    8/3/03
  - S 2: Ep 6 All Prologue
    7/6/03
  - S 2: Ep 5 Undertow
    6/29/03
  - S 2: Ep 4 Hard Cases
    6/22/03
  - S 2: Ep 3 Hot Shots
    6/15/03
- Prey
  Ray Peterson
  - S 1: Ep 13 Deliverance (1)
    7/9/98
  - S 1: Ep 12 Progeny
    7/2/98
  - S 1: Ep 11 Vengeance
    6/25/98
  - S 1: Ep 10 Sleeper
    6/18/98
  - S 1: Ep 9 Collaboration
    6/11/98
  - + 8 More Credits
- True Colors
  Ron Freeman
  - S 2: Ep 1 Lester X
    8/22/91
  - S 1: Ep 25 Favorite Son
    5/12/91
  - S 1: Ep 24 Prisoners of Love
    4/28/91
  - S 1: Ep 23 Superman, Superego
    4/21/91
  - S 1: Ep 22 A Matter of Principal
    4/14/91
  - + 21 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- One Life To Live
  Richard Evans
  - S 44: Ep 126 Ep. #11105
    1/13/12
  - S 44: Ep 125 Ep. #11104
    1/12/12
  - S 44: Ep 119 Ep. #11098
    1/4/12
  - S 44: Ep 118 Ep. #11097
    1/3/12
  - S 44: Ep 107 Ep. #11086
    12/15/11
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Wire
  Police Comm. Ervin H. Burrell
  - S 5: Ep 6 Transitions
    1/27/08
  - S 5: Ep 5 Not For Attribution
    1/20/08
  - S 5: Ep 4 Unconfirmed Reports
    1/13/08
  - S 5: Ep 3 More With Less
    1/6/08
Guest Star (16)

Role
- Lie To Me
  Teddy
  - S 3: Ep 8 Smoked
    11/29/10
- Blue Bloods
  Jeffords
  - S 1: Ep 2 Samaritan
    10/1/10
- The Good Wife
  Jeremiah Easton
  - S 1: Ep 17 Heart
    3/16/10
- Grey's Anatomy
  William Bailey
  - S 6: Ep 10 Holidaze
    11/19/09
- Army Wives
  General Baxter
  - S 2: Ep 18 Departures, Arrivals
    10/26/08
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Agent Tom Nickerson
  - S 9: Ep 12 Signature
    1/8/08
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Tom Nickerson
  - S 8: Ep 19 Florida
    5/1/07
- The Jury
  Nick Van Lier
  - S 1: Ep 4 Bangers
    6/22/04
- Cosby
  Ron
  - S 2: Ep 22 On the Rocks
    5/4/98
  - S 1: Ep 21 I'm OK, You're Hilton
    3/10/97
- OZ
  Cornelius Keane
  - S 1: Ep 4 Capital P
    7/28/97
- New York Undercover
  Capt. Wilton
  - S 2: Ep 16 Fire Show
    2/1/96
- Law & Order
  Lester Twiggs
  - S 1: Ep 11 Out of the Half-Light
    12/11/90
- Monsters
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Mandrake Root
    12/10/89
- A Man Called Hawk
  Mr. Carver
  - S 1: Ep 7 Choice of Chance
    3/11/89
- The Equalizer
  Zudo
  - S 3: Ep 7 Mission: McCall (2)
    11/4/87
  - S 3: Ep 6 Mission: McCall (1)
    10/28/87
- Kate & Allie
  Detective
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Bad Seed
    3/18/85

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- Frankie received an honorary doctorate from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2002.
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- Frankie first got interested in acting after appearing in a grade school play.
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- Frankie studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University, he graduated in 1971.
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- Frankie Faison: Far too often have I been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin. I have never thought of myself as a black actor, I have always thought of myself as an actor first, black second. In the same way I think of myself as a human being who happens to be black.
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- Frankie Faison: As an actor I live a life of ups and downs, highs and lows, feast or famine. But when you remember who you are and where you came from, you are prepared to live in dignity as you experience life's ups and downs.
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