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
What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.
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?
You get spoiled on 'Captain America,' where your trailer's two blocks long and it's got three bedrooms.
I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.
Listen, 'The Purge' actually exists in some form or another in many places around the world when you think about it.
The soap opera was so long ago - the thing about soap operas, and there's something to be said for doing it, but you do a script a day. I don't want to say it's a training ground; it really isn't, but what it does teach you is discipline.
When you have Liam Neeson in a film, no matter how good everyone else is, it's a Liam Neeson film. And if there's wolves, and you're running, it's about Liam Neeson running from wolves.
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.
I'm a believer in getting punched in the face. I know it sounds cliched, but to me, fighting is a metaphor for life.
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 giddy. I am like an 8-year-old child, every day. I feel blessed for the opportunities. I feel blessed that people are responding to the work, and I'm landing myself in things that people far more talented than I am are allowing me to work on.
I think if we live with more compassion globally, I think we would be in a better place. We've had more then we have had as human beings technology wise.
I think there is a level of altruism that wants to help fellow human beings.
I look at the script first and who's directing it and then talk to the director to find out what his vision of the movie is and if it matches my vision and then we go after it.