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actors & actresses Frankie Faison
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 FRANKIE FAISON, who was born in Newport News, Virginia, studied theater at Illinois Wesleyan University and earned his MFA in theater from New York University before beginning his professional career. He earned Tony and Drama Desk nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the brain-damaged Gabriel to James Earl Jones' Troy Maxon in August Wilson's award winning play, Fences. His other Broadway appearances include Getting Away with Murder, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre production of Of Mice and Men, and the Circle in the Square revival of The Iceman Cometh and The Shadow Box. Faison's films include The Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme, and Hannibal, directed by Ridley Scott, in which he played the conscientious prison guard, Barney to critical acclaim. He has also appeared in Sommersby, Freejack, Albino Alligator, Roommates, Mississippi Burning, Do the Right Thing, Coming to America, The Money Pit, Hanky Panky, Cat People, City of Hope, The Chosen and Ragtime, in which he had the honor of working with the late, great James Cagney on his last film.
Other recent films include: Down to Earth, a remake of the film Heaven Can Wait, this time starring Chris Rock; the independent film, Sleepy Time Gal (Sundance Film Festival), directed by Chris Muney; and Detective Paretti in the film, Thomas Crown Affair. Prior to that he appeared in The Rich Man's Wife and the adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night starring Nick Nolte. He also appeared with Nolte in I Love Trouble with Julia Roberts.
On television, Faison can currently be seen as Deputy Commissioner Burrell on the HBO series The Wire. He appeared as a regular on the series True Colors and the ABC series Prey as well as the NBC series a Hot Hero Sandwich. He has guest-starred on Law and Order, The Cosby Show, Hawk and HBO'S OZ, as well as many other episodic programs.
He recently appeared in Showtime with Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy, 13 Conversations About 1 Thing, directed by Jill and Karen Sprecher, the TNT Film Call Me Clause starring Whoopi Goldberg. He will also appear in the upcoming Gods and Generals, directed by Ron Maxwell.
Faison is married to the producer/director of Luna Stage, Jane Mandel. They have three daughters and reside in New Jersey.
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