Biography - Fabien Frankel

Who is Fabien Frankel?

Fabien Frankel is an actor by profession and British by nationality. He is well known for starring in HBO's House of the Dragon as Ser Criston Cole, which is based on George R. R. Martin's book Dance of the Dragons.

Fabien Frankel – Age, Parents, Siblings

Fabien Frankel's birthday is on 6 April 1994, and he was born in London, England, as Fabien Joseph Frankel. His father is the late English actor Mark Frankel, and his mother is Caroline Besson, a French advertising executive. 

His parents were not together for a long time as his father passed away in a motorcycle accident when he was two years old, while his mother was pregnant with his younger sibling, younger brother Max Frankel. Frankel was raised alongside his brother in London and was taught to speak French at home.

Education, Ethnicity

After completing high school, Fabien Frankel took a one-year Foundation Course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). He went on to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and graduated from the same with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Acting in 2017.

His ethnicity includes French from his maternal family and English, Jewish, and Indian from his paternal side, as they were from Iraq and India.

Fabien Frankel – Girlfriend, Wife, Children

Fabien Frankel has been pictured numerous times with actress Jenna Coleman. But she does not seem to be his girlfriend and is rather just friends, as they have co-starred in Netflix’s The Serpent. Moreover, Coleman has been romantically linked to Tom Hughes and later to director Jamie Childs in December 2021.

He was briefly linked to British actress Bella Maclean in 2025. It is unclear if they are still together.

Currently, he is believed to be single, sans wife and children.

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Fabien Frankel – Career

Early Days

After graduating from college, Fabien Frankel went on to work at Charing Cross Theatre in the stage production of The Knowledge (2017). Two years later, he made his screen debut in the 2019 romantic comedy film Last Christmas. The same year, he was cast as the lead character, Theo Sipowicz, in the pilot of AMC’s NYPD Blue spin-off series.

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Films, TV Series

This was followed by guest roles in four episodes of the TV mini-series The Serpent as Dominique Renelleau and in the 2021 episode of the TV series An Uncandid Portrait of Gaspar Chevrolet. He also portrayed the character of Dixon in the 2022 film Venice at Dawn.

Finally, Frankel was cast as Dornish Marcher knight Ser Criston Cole in the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. The series is based on George R. R. Martin's book Dance of the Dragons. This is considered his breakthrough role, which he played from 2022 to 2026.

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Co-stars

On the set of House of the Dragon, Fabien Frankel has worked with Sonoya Mizuno, Steve Toussaint, Tom Glynn-Carney, Ewan Mitchell, and Jefferson Hall.

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Fabien Frankel – Net Worth, Salary

The figure on the net worth and annual salary/income of Fabien Frankel is under review. Also, as his career progresses, his net worth is expected to increase.

Fabien Frankel – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles including Twitter and Facebook, Frankel seems to be absent. He is followed by hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram.

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