Frank Grillo
Frank Grillo
Frank Anthony Grillo is an American actor known for his roles in films such as Warrior, The Grey, End of Watchand Zero Dark Thirty. He had his first leading role in the thriller film The Purge: Anarchy, portraying Sergeant Leo Barnes, a role he reprised in The Purge: Election Year. He also plays the Marvel supervillain Brock Rumlow / Crossbones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 June 1965
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
You get spoiled on Captain America, where your trailers two blocks long and its got three bedrooms.
You've got to go out there and do your things. Whatever comes your way, you jump on it, and like anything, that's how you get your experience.
Im a believer in getting punched in the face. I know it sounds cliched, but to me, fighting is a metaphor for life.
I'm not really enamored by movie stars.
I grew up with no money. No money. I always struggled and had the sense that there was this other class of people who went to college - this was when I was younger.
My job as an actor is to serve the script. If I'm looking at it as to see what the best character is, then it's not really looking at the big picture.
By nature, you're aggressive, if you're a fighter, so you deal with things in an aggressive way.
A film that I love is 'Deliverance' from back in the day. You start out with these archetypal characters - the hero, the bookworm, the pacifist - and by the end, it's all turned upside down. I love that.
I'm a believer in getting punched in the face. I know it sounds cliched, but to me, fighting is a metaphor for life.
My favorite movie is 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' with Clint Eastwood, a guy who gets his family killed by the bad guys then goes on a journey of revenge, eventually discovering himself - very existential.
Listen, 'The Purge' actually exists in some form or another in many places around the world when you think about it.
I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.
You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.
What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is this archetypal tough guy and find the beauty?