From the Gate stage to Marvel stardom, the Tyrone actor has seen his career reach new heights over the past five years. Here, he talks about growing up during the Troubles, misogyny and the manosphere, and the importance of telling LGBTQ+ stories
Fra Fee. Photo: David Reiss
Rural Oxfordshire is a long way from Killyman, Co Tyrone, but there are some similarities, too, as Fra Fee points out. The “oddly monikered Irish actor”, as his Instagram bio describes him, has lived amid the Chiltern Hills since 2020, when he and his husband, Declan Bennett – who is also an actor and musician – decamped there during the pandemic.
“Work in London had dried up and we just thought, ‘Let’s have a different experience,’ thinking it would maybe last a year or so – and five and a half years later, we’re still here,” he says, sipping coffee from a ‘Dog Dad’ mug, his boxer dog Ace at his feet, brimming bookshelves behind him.