Fagbenle出生于伦敦，在伦敦、西班牙和尼日利亚长大，从小就是一个世界旅行者。小时候，音乐是他的爱好，他在欧洲各地的乐队中演奏萨克斯管，在爱丁堡音乐节、温布利球场、皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅演出，甚至在西班牙巡回演出。16岁时，法格本勒在尼日利亚改编自威廉·莎士比亚戏剧《麦克白》的电影中扮演了他的第一个正式角色。最初受雇演奏萨克斯管的法格本勒在剧中也被赋予了几句台词，那一刻他就知道表演是他的使命。导演对法格本勒的作品印象深刻，在戏剧的第二次复兴中，他获得了主角。Fagbenle 继续就读于著名的皇家戏剧艺术学院，于 2001 年初毕业，并加入了 Sean Bean、Ralph Fiennes 和 Anthony Hopkins 等校友的行列。戏剧成为他的激情所在，因为他出现在英国各地的数十部戏剧中，参与了著名的作品，包括《拉加玛芬》、《罗密欧与朱丽叶》等演出的全国巡回演出，以及音乐剧《波吉和贝丝》在伦敦西区的首演。Fagbenle很快在约翰·瓜尔（John Guare）的获奖戏剧《六度分离》（Six Degrees of Separation）中获得了他的第一个舞台主角。他的作品获得了出色的评价，并获得了 M.E.N. 戏剧奖最佳男主角奖。虽然法格本勒的职业生涯在戏剧方面蓬勃发展，但他也进入了电影和电视领域。

2006 年，Fagbenle 首次亮相剧情片，出现在韦恩斯坦公司的 Breaking and Entering （2006） 中，与裘德·洛、罗宾·赖特和朱丽叶·比诺什演对手戏。2007 年，他与米歇尔·菲佛、保罗·路德和西尔莎·罗南一起出现在《我永远不会成为你的女人》（2007 年）中。2008 年，他首次出现在美国电视上，在 NBC 的 Quarterlife （2007） 中饰演歌手词曲作者约翰——Fagbenle 能够笔下并表演他的角色在节目中播放的所有歌曲。2008年，他还在英国为Fagbenle带来了主演角色;他在广受好评的《沃尔特的战争》（2008 年）中饰演沃尔特·图尔（Walter Tull），这是一部英国陆军第一位混血军官的传记片，以及 BBC 的《消耗激情》（2008 年）。2010 年，Fagbenle 在 BBC One 旗舰节目 Material Girl （2010） 中饰演 Chris。他还出演了电视连续剧《索恩：瞌睡头》（2010 年）和《索恩：吓人猫》（2010 年），改编自马克·比林汉姆的小说《睡头猫》和《吓人猫》。由24（2001）制片人斯蒂芬·霍普金斯（Stephen Hopkins）执导，六集一小时的剧集还由桑德拉·吴（Sandra Oh）和大卫·莫里西（David Morrissey）主演，并销往100多个国家。2010 年还将 Fagbenle 带回美国，在那里他在终身电影《双重婚礼》（2010 年）中与 Tia 和 Tamera Mowry 演对手戏。

闲暇时，Fagbenle 喜欢背包旅行、打篮球，并在许多学校做志愿者，为孩子们提供免费的戏剧和音乐课程。

Born in London and raised across London, Spain, and Nigeria, Fagbenle was a world traveler at a young age. As a child, music was his passion and he played the saxophone in bands across Europe, performing at the Edinburgh Festival, Wembley Arena, the Royal Albert Hall, and even touring Spain. When he was 16 years old, Fagbenle landed his first proper role in a Nigerian adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. Originally hired to play the saxophone, Fagbenle was also given several lines in the play, and he knew at that moment that acting was his calling. The director was so impressed by Fagbenle's work, by the second revival of the play he had secured the lead role. Fagbenle went on to attend the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating early in 2001 and joining alumni such as Sean Bean, Ralph Fiennes, and Anthony Hopkins. Theatre became his passion, as he appeared in dozens of plays across the UK, working in notable productions including the national tours of shows such as Ragamuffin, Romeo & Juliet [as Mercutio], and the West End debut of Porgy and Bess, the musical. Fagbenle was soon offered his first lead role for the stage, in John Guare's award winning play Six Degrees of Separation. His work was met by outstanding reviews, and a M.E.N. Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. While Fagbenle's career flourished on the theatre front, he also made his break into film and television.

In 2006, Fagbenle made his feature film debut, appearing in The Weinstein Company's Breaking and Entering (2006) opposite Jude Law, Robin Wright, and Juliette Binoche. He was next seen in I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) in 2007 alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, and Saoirse Ronan. In 2008, he made his first appearance on US television, starring on NBC's Quarterlife (2007) playing John, a singer songwriter-- where Fagbenle was able pen and perform all the songs his character played on the show. 2008 also brought starring roles for Fagbenle in the UK; as he appeared in the critically acclaimed Walter's War (2008) as Walter Tull, a biopic of the first mixed heritage officer in the British Army, and Consuming Passion (2008) for the BBC. In 2010, Fagbenle took a leading role as Chris in the BBC One flagship show Material Girl (2010). He also starred in the television series Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010) and Thorne: Scaredycat (2010), adaptations of the Mark Billingham novels Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat. Directed by 24 (2001) producer Stephen Hopkins, the six one hour episodes also starred Sandra Oh, and David Morrissey, and was sold to over 100 countries. 2010 also brought Fagbenle back to the states, where he starred opposite Tia and Tamera Mowry in the Lifetime movie Double Wedding (2010).

In his down time, Fagbenle loves to go backpacking, play basketball, and volunteers at numerous schools, putting on free drama and music classes for kids.