Frank Dillane
Biography
Frank Dillane is a British actor and musician who began as a child extra alongside his father, actor Stephen Dillane, in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997). Born in London, he trained at RADA and graduated in 2013. He became widely known for playing teenage Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), then starred as Nick Clark in Fear the Walking Dead from 2015 to 2018, a breakout role that earned him a Saturn Award nomination. His film work includes In the Heart of the Sea (2015), How to Build a Girl (2019), Papadopoulos & Sons (2012), and Harvest (2025), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. He also appeared in the Netflix series Sense8 and the miniseries The Essex Serpent (2022), and starred in the 2024 ITV drama Joan. For his leading role in Urchin (2025), he won the Un Certain Regard Best Actor Award at Cannes.
35years old
Turns 36 on April 21in 190 days
- Born London
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Frank Stephenson Dillane
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 29 years1997 to 2026
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Behind the award
For playing Mike in Urchin, Dillane received the Best Actor Award in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes in 2025.
Frank Dillane movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Frank Dillane shares two films with Stephen Dillane, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Michael WinterbottomDirector, 1 film, 1997
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Coky GiedroycDirector, 1 film, 2019
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