Frankie Faison(I)

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Frankie Faison at an event for The Wire (2002)

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.

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Till (2022)

Frankie Faison was born on 10 June 1949 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Do the Right Thing (1989), Coming to America (1988) and White Chicks (2004). He is married to Samantha Jupiter Faison. He was previously married to Jane Mandel.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations

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Known for

Do the Right Thing

7.9

Coconut Sid

1989

Coming to America

7.1

Landlord

1988

White Chicks

5.8

Chief Elliott Gordon

2004

Adam

7.1

Harlan

2009

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Actor

Beyond the Rush
8.5
- Arthur Yearwood
- 2024
Lucille
Short
- Herman
- 2023
The Rookie: Feds
5.3
TV Series
- Christopher 'Cutty' Clark (as Frankie R. Faison)
- 2022–2023
Hello Tomorrow!
6.3
TV Series
- Buck Manzell
- 2023
Till
7.2
- John Carthan
- 2022
The Rookie
8.0
TV Series
- Christopher 'Cutty' Clark
- 2022
Someone Out There
TV Series
- Carl
- 2021
Bull
7.1
TV Series
- Lee Donaldson (as Frankie R. Faison)
- 2021
Redemption in Cherry Springs
6.2
TV Movie
- Joe
- 2021
Fatherhood
6.6
- Mike (as Frankie R. Faison)
- 2021
The Blacklist
7.9
TV Series
- Abraham Moores (as Frankie R. Faison)
- 2021
The Expanse
8.5
TV Series
- Charles
- 2020
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
TV Series
- William Bailey
- 2009–2020
I'm Your Woman
6.2
- Art
- 2020
God Friended Me
7.0
TV Series
- Mr. Johnson
- 2020

Soundtrack

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You're My Musical Soulmate

Is That a Turkey Sandwich?

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Alternative names
- Frankie R. Faison
Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Born
- June 10, 1949
- Newport News, Virginia, USA
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Other works
TV commercial: Sears

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Trivia
Despite the fact that there were numerous characters in common between them, Faison is the only actor to appear in all of the first four Hannibal Lector films: Manhunter (1986) as Lt. Fiske and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002) as Barney the Orderly.