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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: 58/100

Highest rated: Beyond the Rush
85/100

What stands out

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

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

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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

72

TV show · as Walter

Ballard

80

TV show

Beyond the Rush

85

as Arthur Yearwood

Hello Tomorrow!

60

TV show · as Buck Manzell

Till

80

as John Carthan

The Rookie: Feds

66

TV show · as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

82

as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.

Redemption in Cherry Springs

63

as Joe

The Upshaws

66

TV show · as Clarence

Fatherhood

63

as Mike

The Timekeepers of Eternity

70

as Don Gaffney (archive footage)

I'm Your Woman

65

as Art

2010s

27 titles · average score 65

The Village

49

TV show · as Ron Davis

The Rookie

71

TV show · as Christopher 'Cutty' Clark

The Case for Christ

63

as Joe Dubois

The Expanse

83

TV show · as Charles

Banshee: Origins

84

TV show · as Sugar Bates

Banshee

81

TV show · as Sugar Bates

Tio Papi

39

as Gilly

The Blacklist

80

TV show · as Abraham Moores

Elementary

82

TV show · as Judge Brewster O'Hare

Cowgirls n' Angels

65

as Augustus

Hawaii Five-0

69

TV show · as Leroy Davis

Blue Bloods

73

TV show · as Jeffords

2000s

33 titles · average score 56

Adam

66

as Harlan

Breaking Point

27

as Richter Green

Splinterheads

44

as Pope

My Blueberry Nights

56

as Travis

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as William Bailey

White Chicks

46

as Chief Elliott Gordon

Highwaymen

42

as Will Macklin

Messengers

as Tom Mabry

The Wire

92

TV show · as Ervin Burrell

Hannibal

56

as Barney Matthews

Down to Earth

38

as Whitney Daniels

Call Me Claus

51

as Dwayne

1990s

26 titles · average score 59

The Thomas Crown Affair

69

as Det. Paretti

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Tom Nickerson

Prey

52

TV show · as Ray Peterson

Jaded

49

as Henry Broker

78

TV show · as Cornelius Keane

Julian Po

63

as Sheriff Leon

The Rich Man's Wife

31

as Detective Ron Lewis

The Langoliers

59

TV show · as Don Gaffney

Heading Home

as Horace Jones

City of Hope

84

as Levonne

True Colors

78

TV show · as Ron Freeman

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Lester Crawford

1980s

17 titles · average score 57

Do the Right Thing

87

as Coconut Sid

Coming to America

66

as Landlord

Mississippi Burning

76

as Eulogist

Monsters

71

TV show · as Jack Lyle

Maximum Overdrive

36

as Handy

The Money Pit

56

as James

The Equalizer

62

TV show · as Zudo

Exterminator 2

19

as Be Gee

Kate & Allie

43

TV show

C.H.U.D.

51

as Sgt. Parker

Cat People

60

as Det. Brandt

Ragtime

70

as Gang Member No. 1

1970s

1 title

King Lear

as Captain