Frankie Russel Faison (born June 10, 1949) is an American actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner, and, later, Commissioner, Ervin Burrell in the HBO series The Wire.
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Hello Tomorrow! (2023)
Guest starring as Buck Manzell
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Gargon Mothership (Mar 24, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Another Day, Another Apocalypse (Mar 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: The Numbers Behind the Numbers (Mar 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Your Brighter Tomorrow, Today (Feb 17, 2023)
The Rookie: Feds (2022)
Starring as Christopher "Cutty" Clark
(20 episodes)
- Episode 1x22: Red One (May 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x21: Bloodline (Apr 25, 2023)
- Episode 1x20: I Am Many (Apr 18, 2023)
- Episode 1x18: Seeing Red (Mar 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x17: Payback (Feb 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x16: For Love and Money (Feb 21, 2023)
- Episode 1x15: Dead Again (Feb 14, 2023)
- Episode 1x14: The Offer (Jan 31, 2023)
- Episode 1x13: The Remora (Jan 24, 2023)
- Episode 1x12: Out for Blood (Jan 17, 2023)
- Episode 1x11: Close Contact (Jan 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: The Silent Prisoner (Jan 3, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: Flashback (Nov 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Standoff (Nov 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Countdown (Nov 15, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Reaper (Nov 1, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Felicia (Oct 25, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Star Crossed (Oct 11, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Face Off (Oct 4, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Day One (Sep 27, 2022)
The Village (2019)
Starring as Ron Davis
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: I Have Got You (May 21, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: I am Defiant (May 14, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: Choosing to Hope (May 7, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Couldn't Not Love You (Apr 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Yes or No (Apr 23, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: Laid Bare (Apr 16, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Heart on Fire (Apr 9, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: In Your Bones (Apr 2, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Good Thing (Mar 26, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 19, 2019)
God Friended Me (2018)
Guest starring as Virgil Johnson
- Episode 2x17: Harlem Cinema House (Mar 15, 2020)
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television* (2017)
Guest starring as Captain Jackson
- Episode 1x05: Hungry for Justice (Oct 25, 2017) [Special Guest Star]
The Good Fight (2017)
Guest starring as Pastor Jeremiah Easton
- Episode 1x08: Reddick v Boseman (Apr 2, 2017)
Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
Guest starring as Henry "Pop" Hunter
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Code of the Streets (Sep 30, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Moment of Truth (Sep 30, 2016)
An American Girl Story (2015)
Starring as Frank Ellison
- Episode 1x01: Melody 1963: Love Has to Win (Oct 20, 2016)
The Blacklist (2013)
Guest starring as Abraham Moores
- Episode 8x05: The Fribourg Confidence (No. 140) (Feb 5, 2021)
Banshee (2013)
Starring as Sugar Bates
(35 episodes)
- Episode 4x08: Requiem (May 20, 2016)
- Episode 4x07: Truths Other Than the Ones You Tell Yourself (May 13, 2016)
- Episode 4x05: A Little Late to Grow a Pair (Apr 29, 2016)
- Episode 4x04: Innocent Might Be a Bit of a Stretch (Apr 22, 2016)
- Episode 4x03: The Book of Job (Apr 15, 2016)
- Episode 4x02: The Burden of Beauty (Apr 8, 2016)
- Episode 4x01: Something Out of the Bible (Apr 1, 2016)
- Episode 3x10: We All Pay Eventually (Mar 13, 2015)
- Episode 3x09: Even God Doesn't Know What to Make of You (Mar 6, 2015)
- Episode 3x08: All the Wisdom I Got Left (Feb 27, 2015)
- Episode 3x07: You Can't Hide from the Dead (Feb 20, 2015)
- Episode 3x06: We Were All Someone Else Yesterday (Feb 13, 2015)
- Episode 3x04: Real Life is the Nightmare (Jan 30, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: A Fixer of Sorts (Jan 23, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: Snakes and Whatnot (Jan 16, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: The Fire Trials (Jan 9, 2015)
- Episode 2x10: Bullets and Tears (Mar 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: Homecoming (Mar 7, 2014)
- Episode 2x08: Evil for Evil (Feb 28, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Ways to Bury a Man (Feb 21, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: Armies of One (Feb 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: The Truth About Unicorns (Feb 7, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: Bloodlines (Jan 31, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: The Warrior Class (Jan 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: The Thunder Man (Jan 17, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Little Fish (Jan 10, 2014)
- Episode 1x10: A Mixture of Madness (Mar 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Always the Cowboy (Mar 8, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Behold a Pale Rider (Feb 22, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Wicks (Feb 15, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: The Kindred (Feb 8, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Half Deaf Is Better Than All Dead (Feb 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Meet the New Boss (Jan 25, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: The Rave (Jan 18, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 11, 2013)
Banshee Origins (2013)
Guest starring as Sugar Bates
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Allenwood, Part 1 (Jan 10, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: The Real Lucas Hood (Jan 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: The Forge (Jan 11, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Sugar's Release (Jan 11, 2013)
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Guest starring as Leroy Davis
- Episode 8x19: Aohe Mea Make I Ka Hewa; Make No I Ka Mihi Ole (Apr 6, 2018)
The Good Wife (2009)
Guest starring as Pastor Jeremiah Easton
(4 episodes)
- Episode 6x12: The Debate (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 6x06: Old Spice (Oct 26, 2014)
- Episode 2x07: Bad Girls (Nov 16, 2010)
- Episode 1x17: Heart (Mar 16, 2010)
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Guest starring as William Bailey
(4 episodes)
- Episode 17x05: Fight the Power (Dec 10, 2020)
- Episode 14x11: (Don't Fear) the Reaper (Feb 1, 2018)
- Episode 9x10: Things We Said Today (Jan 10, 2013)
- Episode 6x10: Holidaze (Nov 19, 2009)
The Wire (2002)
Starring as Ervin Burrell
(36 episodes)
- Episode 4x13: Final Grades (Dec 10, 2006)
- Episode 4x11: A New Day (Nov 26, 2006)
- Episode 4x10: Misgivings (Nov 19, 2006)
- Episode 4x09: Know Your Place (Nov 12, 2006)
- Episode 4x08: Corner Boys (Nov 5, 2006)
- Episode 4x07: Unto Others (Oct 29, 2006)
- Episode 4x05: Alliances (Oct 8, 2006)
- Episode 4x04: Refugees (Oct 1, 2006)
- Episode 4x03: Home Rooms (Sep 24, 2006)
- Episode 4x02: Soft Eyes (Sep 17, 2006)
- Episode 3x12: Mission Accomplished (Dec 19, 2004)
- Episode 3x11: Middle Ground (Dec 12, 2004)
- Episode 3x10: Reformation (Nov 28, 2004)
- Episode 3x08: Moral Midgetry (Nov 14, 2004)
- Episode 3x07: Back Burners (Nov 7, 2004)
- Episode 3x06: Homecoming (Oct 31, 2004)
- Episode 3x05: Straight and True (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 3x03: Dead Soldiers (Oct 3, 2004)
- Episode 3x02: All Due Respect (Sep 26, 2004)
- Episode 3x01: Time After Time (Sep 19, 2004)
- Episode 2x12: Port in a Storm (Aug 24, 2003)
- Episode 2x09: Stray Rounds (Aug 3, 2003)
- Episode 2x04: Hard Cases (Jun 22, 2003)
- Episode 2x03: Hot Shots (Jun 15, 2003)
- Episode 2x02: Collateral Damage (Jun 8, 2003)
- Episode 1x13: Sentencing (Sep 8, 2002)
- Episode 1x12: Cleaning Up (Sep 1, 2002)
- Episode 1x11: The Hunt (Aug 18, 2002)
- Episode 1x10: The Cost (Aug 11, 2002)
- Episode 1x08: Lessons (Jul 28, 2002)
- Episode 1x07: One Arrest (Jul 21, 2002)
- Episode 1x06: The Wire (Jul 7, 2002)
- Episode 1x04: Old Cases (Jun 23, 2002)
- Episode 1x03: The Buys (Jun 16, 2002)
- Episode 1x02: The Detail (Jun 9, 2002)
- Episode 1x01: The Target (Jun 2, 2002)
One Life to Live (1968)
Guest starring as Richard Evans
(22 episodes)
- Episode 2012-01-13: Ep. #11105 (Jan 13, 2012)
- Episode 2012-01-12: Ep. #11104 (Jan 12, 2012)
- Episode 2012-01-04: Ep. #11098 (Jan 4, 2012)
- Episode 2012-01-03: Ep. #11097 (Jan 3, 2012)
- Episode 2011-12-15: Ep. #11086 (Dec 15, 2011)
- Episode 2011-11-28: Ep. #11073 (Nov 28, 2011) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2011-08-31: Ep. #11013 (Aug 31, 2011)
- Episode 2010-12-27: Ep. #10842 (Dec 27, 2010)
- Episode 2010-11-03: Ep. #10808 (Nov 3, 2010)
- Episode 2010-10-25: Ep. #10802 (Oct 25, 2010)
- Episode 2010-10-22: Ep. #10801 (Oct 22, 2010)
- Episode 2010-10-21: Ep. #10800 (Oct 21, 2010)
- Episode 2010-10-15: Ep. #10796 (Oct 15, 2010)
- Episode 2010-02-26: Coming Around Again (Feb 26, 2010)
- Episode 2009-11-25: Is It So Small a Thing? (Nov 25, 2009)
- Episode 2009-10-29: A Date with Destiny (Oct 29, 2009)
- Episode 2009-10-20: London Calling (Oct 20, 2009)
- Episode 2009-10-16: Flight of the Buchanans (Oct 16, 2009)
- Episode 2009-09-15: Calling All Angels (Sep 15, 2009)
- Episode 2009-09-14: Dasvidania, Comrade (Sep 14, 2009)
- Episode 2009-09-11: Vlad the Impaler (Sep 11, 2009)
- Episode 2009-09-10: First There Is a Baby, Then There Is No Baby, Then There Is... (Sep 10, 2009)