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Frankie Faison

Full / Real Name: Frankie Russel Faison
Born: 10 June 1949 (76 years old)
Gender: Male

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Frankie Faison (sometimes credited as Frankie R. Faison) is an American actor best known for his role as Commissioner Ervin H. Burrell in the police drama television series The Wire, from 2002-2008.

He also has a starring role as Sugar Bates, a former boxer, ex-con and the owner of the local watering hole The Forge who knows Lucas' secret past and has his back, in the action drama television series Banshee.

Television Roles

Show

Character

All My Children - Season 1

Frank Dawson

Banshee - Season 1

Sugar Bates

Banshee - Season 2

Sugar Bates

Banshee - Season 3

Sugar Bates

Banshee - Season 4

Sugar Bates

Blue Bloods - Season 1

Jeffords

Cosby - Season 1

Ron

Elementary - Season 2

Judge Brewster O'Hare

Forever - Season 1

Pepper Evans

Grey's Anatomy - Season 6

William Bailey

Grey's Anatomy - Season 9

William Bailey

Law & Order - Season 1

Lester Crawford

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 8

FBI Agent Tom Nickerson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 9

FBI Agent Tom Nickerson

Lie to Me - Season 3

Teddy

Oz - Season 1

Cornelius Keane

Prey - Season 1

Detective Ray Peterson

The Good Wife - Season 1

Jeremiah Easton

The Good Wife - Season 2

Jeremiah Easton

The Good Wife - Season 6

Jeremiah Easton

The Wire - Season 1

Comm. Ervin H. Burrell

The Wire - Season 2

Comm. Ervin H. Burrell

The Wire - Season 3

Comm. Ervin H. Burrell

The Wire - Season 4

Comm. Ervin H. Burrell

The Wire - Season 5

Comm. Ervin H. Burrell

Unforgettable - Season 2

Mayor Beverly


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