In the Blindspot episode “CA-CA-Candidate for Cri-Cri-Crime”, the team is drawn into dangerous political intrigue when an American flag tattoo points to someone from Matthew Weitz’s (Aaron Abrams) past. Meanwhile, Sabrina Larren (Jen Richards) introduces herself to Weitz as someone who works directly for the CIA director and explains that she’s taking over for Jake Keaton — who’s in a coma. She also informs him that she’s expanding the investigation to include him. That news has Weitz knocking on the door of Frank Davenport.
Frank Davenport is portrayed by Mario Van Peebles. He’s known for his roles on Superstition (Isaac Hastings), Nashville (Henry Benton), Damages (Agent Randall Harrison), All My Children (Samuel Woods), Rude Awakening (Marcus Adams), L.A. Law (Andrew Taylor), and in the films Baadasssss! (as his father Melvin Van Peebles of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song fame, SEE LINK ABOVE), Panther (Stokely Carmichael), Clint Eastwood’s Heartbreak Ridge (Corporal Stitch Jones), and Jaws: The Revenge (Jake), among others. The Columbia University graduate is also known as a director; his directorial debut was the 1991 film New Jack City starring Wesley Snipes and Ice T. Van Peebles more recently co-directed the 2016 remake of the 1977 miniseries Roots. Blindspot airs Fridays at 8 pm on NBC, right before Midnight, Texas.
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