Fisayo Akinade

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Summary

Fisayo Akinade is an English actor known for Cucumber and Banana, Heartstopper, Atlanta, and stage work including The Crucible. His roles include gay characters and stories about queer relationships and community. Akinade has said that seeing relatively happy queer teenagers and adults in Heartstopper is good to see and that more representation benefits everyone. He has publicly identified as gay; no public statements on party politics, DEI programs, or broader activism are on record.