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My Take
Frank Grillo earns my respect as the consummate working actor. An NYU-educated New Yorker who came up through modeling and television, he has built a career on being the most credible tough guy in any room — Crossbones in the Marvel films, Leo Barnes in The Purge series, Rick Flag Sr. in the DC Universe. What I appreciate is that his menace never feels cartoonish; there is lived-in weariness behind the punches. Past sixty, he maintains a physicality actors half his age would envy. He may never be the marquee name, but directors keep calling because he makes everything around him feel real. That's craft.
Overview
Frank Anthony Grillo (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is known for playing Brock Rumlow / Crossbones in the superhero franchise Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Sergeant Leo Barnes in The Purge franchise, and Rick Flag Sr. in the DC Universe (DCU).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Frank Grillo
- Name (Japanese)
- フランク・グリロ
- Reading
- ふらんく・ぐりろ
- Born
- June 8, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / model / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- New York University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.