Frankie Faison
Movies · Television
Faison was born in Newport News, Virginia, the son of Carmena (née Gantt) and Edgar Faison. He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity. He went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1974.Frankie has been married to Samantha Jupiter Faison since 2017.
Faison started his acting career in 1974 in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear, with James Earl Jones in the title role. Faison later appeared opposite Jones in the Broadway premiere of Fences, for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Faison's next role came in TV, in the short-lived series Hot Hero Sandwich in 1979. Faison did not make it to the big screen until 1980, when he appeared in Permanent Vacation as "Man in Lobby". A string o…
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Frankie Faison “The Silence of the Lambs” Signed Autograph Movie Script ACOA COA
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COMING TO AMERICA Signed Autograph 12X18 Movie Poster FRANKIE FAISON JSA COA
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Filmography
Frankie Faison · 7
White Chicks (2004)
as Chief Elliott Gordon
14 for sale
Red Dragon (2002)
as Barney
15 for sale
Hannibal (2001)
as Barney Matthews
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Barney
114 for sale
Do the Right Thing (1989)
as Coconut Sid
84 for sale
Coming to America (1988)
as Landlord
29 for sale
Mississippi Burning (1988)
as Eulogist
5 for sale
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