Frank Grillo

**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.