Frank Blake | |
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Born | |
Education | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2017- |
Television | Normal People Sanditon Blue Lights |
Frank Blake is an Irish stage, television and film actor.
From Tuamgraney, in County Clare, he was born to Michael and Mary Blake and is the youngest of three children.[1] He was educated at Scariff Community College.[2] He attended the annual amateur drama festival circuit each year from the age of four years-old in his home town, with plays staged in the school hall. He made his stage debut aged 17, in the community musical performance of Jesus Christ Superstar. He spent a year at NUI Galway studying Drama, German and Philosophy but also appeared in eight plays in Dramsoc that year.[3] He moved to Dublin and graduated from The Lir Academy in 2016.[4]
His stage performances include a role with an all-star cast in Druid Theatre Company's Richard III. He played Neoptolemus in a stage version of Hecuba by Rough Magic.[2][5] He appeared in a stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill novel Asking For It at the Abbey Theatre, which was also performed at venues including the Lincoln Center in New York.[1] He also appeared in Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.[3]
On television, he played Constable Pip Bircher in The Frankenstein Chronicles before playing Alan Sheridan on the Lenny Abrahamson television adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People.[6][7] He had roles in Bridgerton, Game of Thrones and the Tom Holland-led film Cherry. He had a recurring role in the second season of Sanditon, as well as in Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla.[8]
In 2024, he appears as Shane Bradley in BBC One police drama Blue Lights.[9]
His great aunt is the author Edna O'Brien.[2] He told The Irish Times in 2022 that his family run an equestrian centre.[10]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Constable Pip Bircher | 3 episodes |
2019 | Resistance | Conor | 2 episodes |
2019 | Game of Thrones | Sentry | 1 episode |
2020 | Normal People | Alan | 6 episodes |
2021 | Cherry | Seasoned Medic | |
2021 | Bridgerton | Harry | 1 episode |
2021 | Invasion | Madden | 1 episode |
2022 | Sanditon | Captain Declan Fraser | 6 episodes |
2022 | Vikings: Valhalla | Birger | 2 episodes |
2023 | Double Blind | Marcus | |
2024 | Blackshore | Sean | 3 episodes |
2024- | Blue Lights | Shane Bradley | Series 2 |
TBA | The Border† | Sean |