Portrait of Frankie Faison

Acting

Frankie Faison

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2001 and 2009 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Beyond the Rush
Beyond the Rush
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 96 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frankie Faison Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    2.5, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Warfare
    0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Character Study 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Inspirational 2
  • Underdog Story 2
  • Redemption Arc 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 71
Ripple
Ripple (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Walter

Ballard
Ballard (2025)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Beyond the Rush
Beyond the Rush (2024)
GoodWatch score 85

as Arthur Yearwood

Hello Tomorrow!
Hello Tomorrow! (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Buck Manzell

Till
Till (2022)
GoodWatch score 80

as John Carthan

The Rookie: Feds
The Rookie: Feds (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021)
GoodWatch score 82

as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.

Redemption in Cherry Springs
Redemption in Cherry Springs (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joe

The Upshaws
The Upshaws (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Clarence

Fatherhood
Fatherhood (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mike

The Timekeepers of Eternity
The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

as Don Gaffney (archive footage)

I'm Your Woman
I'm Your Woman (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Art

2010s

27 titles · average score 65
The Village
The Village (2019)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Ron Davis

The Rookie
The Rookie (2018)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

The Case for Christ
The Case for Christ (2017)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joe Dubois

The Expanse
The Expanse (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Charles

Banshee: Origins
Banshee: Origins (2013)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Sugar Bates

Banshee
Banshee (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Sugar Bates

Tio Papi
Tio Papi (2013)
GoodWatch score 39

as Gilly

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Abraham Moores

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Judge Brewster O'Hare

Cowgirls n' Angels
Cowgirls n' Angels (2012)
GoodWatch score 65

as Augustus

Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Leroy Davis

Blue Bloods
Blue Bloods (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Jeffords

2000s

33 titles · average score 56
Adam
Adam (2009)
GoodWatch score 66

as Harlan

Breaking Point
Breaking Point (2009)
GoodWatch score 27

as Richter Green

Splinterheads
Splinterheads (2009)
GoodWatch score 44

as Pope

My Blueberry Nights
My Blueberry Nights (2007)
GoodWatch score 56

as Travis

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as William Bailey

White Chicks
White Chicks (2004)
GoodWatch score 46

as Chief Elliott Gordon

Highwaymen
Highwaymen (2004)
GoodWatch score 42

as Will Macklin

Messengers
Messengers (2004)

as Tom Mabry

The Wire
The Wire (2002)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Ervin Burrell

Hannibal
Hannibal (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

as Barney Matthews

Down to Earth
Down to Earth (2001)
GoodWatch score 38

as Whitney Daniels

Call Me Claus
Call Me Claus (2001)
GoodWatch score 51

as Dwayne

1990s

26 titles · average score 59
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
GoodWatch score 69

as Det. Paretti

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tom Nickerson

Prey
Prey (1998)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Ray Peterson

Jaded
Jaded (1998)
GoodWatch score 49

as Henry Broker

Oz
Oz (1997)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Cornelius Keane

Julian Po
Julian Po (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sheriff Leon

The Rich Man's Wife
The Rich Man's Wife (1996)
GoodWatch score 31

as Detective Ron Lewis

The Langoliers
The Langoliers (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Don Gaffney

Heading Home
Heading Home (1995)

as Horace Jones

City of Hope
City of Hope (1991)
GoodWatch score 84

as Levonne

True Colors
True Colors (1990)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Ron Freeman

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lester Crawford

1980s

17 titles · average score 57
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing (1989)
GoodWatch score 87

as Coconut Sid

Coming to America
Coming to America (1988)
GoodWatch score 66

as Landlord

Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning (1988)
GoodWatch score 76

as Eulogist

Monsters
Monsters (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Jack Lyle

Maximum Overdrive
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
GoodWatch score 36

as Handy

The Money Pit
The Money Pit (1986)
GoodWatch score 56

as James

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Zudo

Exterminator 2
Exterminator 2 (1984)
GoodWatch score 19

as Be Gee

Kate & Allie
Kate & Allie (1984)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

C.H.U.D.
C.H.U.D. (1984)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sgt. Parker

Cat People
Cat People (1982)
GoodWatch score 60

as Det. Brandt

Ragtime
Ragtime (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Gang Member No. 1

1970s

1 title
King Lear
King Lear (1974)

as Captain