Biography - Frankie studied at University College Galway and the Conservatoire National Superieur d'Art Dramatique, Paris. He is currently appearing in Much Ado about Nothing directed by Rachel O Riordan at the Lyric, Belfast. Recently performed his one-man show Tintype at Kilkenny Arts Festival. Other recent theatre includes Mark Doherty's Trad produced by Galway Arts Festival (Edinburgh Fringe First and Adelaide Fringe awards), Endgame for Prime Cut Productions at the Waterfront Studio, the world premiere of Daragh Carville's Family Plot for Tinderbox Theatre Company and Conal Creedon's Second City Trilogy at the Half Moon Theatre, Cork. Other theatre includes Conversations on a Homecoming and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching towards the Somme (Irish Times Best Supporting Actor award) at the Lyric, and many productions for Druid Theatre Company, Galway, including Sharon's Grave, and At the Black Pig's Dyke, and A Midsummer Night?s Dream for Barabbas. TV includes roles in The Return (ITV), Pulling Moves, Any Time Now, Murder in Eden, Children of the North, and as Donal in the long running Ballykissangel (BBC). Recent film roles have been in Omagh and Middletown and many others including In the Name of the Father, Sweety Barrett, Fools of Fortune, Angela's Ashes, Guiltrip, Sweeney Todd and The Birth of Frank Pop.