Frankie Faison

Frankie Faison, often credited as Frankie R. Faison, is an American actor. He is known for his role as Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell in the HBO series The Wire, as Barney Matthews in the Hannibal Lecter franchise, and as Sugar Bates in the Cinemax series Banshee. For Netflix, he is known for his role in the 2016 superhero series Luke Cage, in which he portrayed, Henry 'Pop' Hunter. In 2021 he stars as TBA in the drama film Fatherhood starring Kevin Hart and Alfre Woodard.

Biography
He was born in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where he joined Theta Chi fraternity. He also attended NYU's Graduate Acting Program, graduating in 1974.

He started his acting career in 1974 in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of King Lear, with James Earl Jones in the title role.

Series

 * Luke Cage

Movies

 * Fatherhood