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Frankie Faison, often credited as Frankie R. Faison, is one of those actors which many people may recognise but not know his name. He was born in Newport News, Virginia, USA on the 10th June 1949. Faison is 6'2" and he studied drama at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. He is married to Jane Mandel and they live in Montclair, New Jersey.

Faison started his acting career in 1974 in the TV series King Lear, which is based on the William Shakespeare play. Faison plays the role of Captain, alongside James Earl Jones, who plays King Lear. Faison's next role came in TV, in the small series Hot Hero Sandwich in 1979. Faison did make it to the big screen in 1980, when he appeared in Permanent Vacation
however he was credited in the film as 'Man in Lobby'. A string of small roles followed, until 1986 when he played the part of Lt. Fisk in Manhunter
. In 1988 he starred alongside Eddie Murphy and again James Earl Jones in Coming to America
, when he played the Landlord. Another big break came for Faison when he appeared as 'Barney' in the classic thriller Silence of the Lambs. Silence of the Lambs would later bring more work Faisons way, as he later appears as Barney in the sequel (Hannibal
) and the prequel (Red Dragon
). In Silence of the Lambs Faison gets the opportunity to work with legendary actors, such as Anthony Hopkins and Ted Levine. In 1991 Faison again appears alongside Hopkins in the film Freejack
, which also stars Mick Jagger and Emilio Estevez. In 1998, he was a regular on the science-fiction TV show Prey.

Trivia

Faison is the only actor to appear in all four Hannibal Lecter films. He played Lt. Fisk in Manhunter
, and Barney in The Silence of the Lambs
, Hannibal
, and Red Dragon
.

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