Fabien Frankel

About

Fabien Joseph Frankel (born 6 April 1994) is an English actor and director. He is best known for his role as Ser Criston Cole in House of the Dragon, Anthony Grasso in Task, and Dominique Renelleau in The Serpent. Frankel is also an award-nominated director and producer.

Frankel was born at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, to English actor Mark Frankel (1962–1996) and French advertising executive Caroline Besson. His paternal grandmother was from an Iraqi Jewish family that moved to India but was not of Indian descent, and his paternal grandfather’s family were Ashkenazi Jewish emigrants from Russia and Poland to London’s East End. Frankel’s father died in a road accident when he was two, while his mother was pregnant with his younger brother Max. The two brothers were raised in London by their mother, and spoke French at home. She introduced them to film by taking them to the cinema once a week.
Frankel took a year-long foundation course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2017.

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