Frank Grillo: Movies & Box Office

Frank Anthony Grillo, an American actor, is renowned for portraying Brock Rumlow / Crossbones in three superhero films and one series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Sergeant Leo Barnes in two action-horror films within The Purge franchise. His notable appearances include movies like Warrior (2011), The Grey (2012), End of Watch (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Wolf Warrior 2 and Wheelman (both 2017), as well as Boss Level (2021). He began his acting career in commercials, and his film debut was in The Mambo Kings (1992). He later appeared in Minority Report (2002), April's Shower (2006), and both iMurders and New Line Cinema's Pride and Glory in 2008.

In terms of television roles, Grillo's work includes the lead role in Kingdom (2014–2017) and recurring roles in shows such as Battery Park (2000), For the People (2002–2003), The Shield (2002–2003), Prison Break (2005–2006), Blind Justice (2005), The Kill Point (2007), and Billions (2020). Grillo was born in New York City to a working-class Italian-American family of Calabrian origin. He began wrestling at a young age, took up boxing, and then got into Brazilian jiu-jitsu, earning a brown belt. After graduating from New York University with a business degree, he dabbed his feet in the business world of Wall Street for a year before transitioning towards the glamour of the film industry.