1. Fra Fee was born on 20 May 1987 and is a Northern Irish actor and singer.
29 Facts About Fra Fee
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Fra Fee is best known for playing Courfeyrac in Tom Hooper's 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables, and for his role as Kazi in the Disney+ series Hawkeye, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Fra Fee, who was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and raised in rural Killyman, attended St Patrick's Academy in Dungannon for his schooling.
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Fra Fee began performing regularly with Bardic Theatre in his early days before pursuing music at the University of Manchester.
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Fra Fee later went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, where he graduated in 2009.
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Fra Fee appeared in numerous productions at Belfast's Grand Opera House in conjunction with the Welsh National Opera, including The Beggar's Opera, The Mikado, Sweeney Todd, as well as a production of The Elixir of Love as Nemorino, directed by John Doyle.
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Immediately following his graduation from the Royal Academy of Music, Fra Fee was cast as Billy Kostecki in the West End production of Dirty Dancing.
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Fra Fee played Schlomo in the RTE Irish tour of Fame, before essaying the title role in Aladdin at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.
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From November to December 2012, Fra Fee played Florizel in Howard Goodall's professional world premiere of A Winter's Tale.
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Fra Fee played Young Buddy in Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the Toulon Opera in March 2013, before playing Robbie in A Man of No Importance for Salisbury Playhouse.
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On 2 August 2013, Fra Fee was a guest soloist for BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night singing America's Greatest Broadway Hits.
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Fra Fee starred in the title role of Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, alongside Scarlett Strallen as Cunegonde and David Thaxton as Maximillian, from 23 November 2013 to 22 February 2014.
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Fra Fee later starred as Philip Ashley in Dublin's Gate Theatre production of Dame Daphne du Maurier's My Cousin Rachel, adapted for the stage by Joseph O'Connor at the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina as part of the Spoleto Festival USA from 22 May to 8 June 2014.
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On 26 January 2015, Fra Fee reprised the role of Henrik Egerman in A Little Night Music for one night only at the Palace Theatre in London's West End, reunited with previous co-stars Janie Dee as Desiree, David Birell as Frederick, Joanna Riding as Countess Malcolm as well as new cast members Jamie Parker as Carl Magnus and Anne Reid as Madame Armfeldt.
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Fra Fee made his Shakespeare debut as Romeo in Dublin's Gate Theatre's production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Wayne Jordan from March 2015 to May 2015.
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In June 2015, Fra Fee returned to Belfast to take up the role of Jamie in a production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years directed by Stephen Whitson, working alongside fellow West End actress Amy Lennox.
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From September 2015 to 5 March 2016, Fra Fee played the role of Amiens in Polly Findlay's production of As You Like It at the National Theatre in London starring Rosalie Craig as Rosalind.
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Fra Fee played the role of Mole in the new musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows with music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe and a book by Julian Fellowes in a production that starred Rufus Hound as Toad from August to November 2016.
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Fra Fee played his final performance in the West End production on 6 January 2018.
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Fra Fee performed the role of Chip in John Wilson's production of Leonard Bernstein's On The Town on 25 August 2018 at the Royal Albert Hall, having performed two weeks earlier in the same venue as one of the Jets in John Wilson's production of West Side Story.
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Fra Fee reprised his role in the Broadway transfer of The Ferryman in New York alongside most of the original cast as well as newcomer to the play Fionnula Flanagan.
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Fra Fee plays William Bogue in Irish horror-comedy Boys From County Hell written and directed by Chris Baugh, due to premiere at TriBeCa Film Festival 2020.
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Fra Fee plays Fergus in Irish Western Thriller Pixie, alongside Alec Baldwin, Olivia Cooke, and Ben Hardy.
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In June 2019, Fra Fee took part in a semi-staged concert version of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a musical by Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn, in which Fra Fee plays the same character in the studio cast recording, performing alongside Christine Allado and John-Owen Jones.
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From October to December 2019, Fra Fee replaced actor Colin Morgan in the role of Owen in the National Theatre's production of Brian Friel's Translations, directed by Ian Rickson, alongside Ciaran Hinds, Seamus O'Hara and Judith Roddy.
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On 21 March 2022, Fra Fee took over the role of The Emcee in Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre, starring alongside Amy Lennox.
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In June 2024, Fra Fee starred as Andy in a miniseries for the BBC, Lost Boys and Fairies, where he and his partner Gabriel, played by Sion Daniel Young, look to adopt a child.
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Fra Fee is in a relationship with actor and singer Declan Bennett, with whom he lives in rural Oxfordshire.
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Rarely offstage during the entire two-plus-hour performance, Fra Fee's stamina is incredible.