Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher | |
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 Fletcher at the 58th BFI London Film Festival in 2014 | |
| Born | 31 January 1966 Enfield, Greater London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, actor |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse | |
Dexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English actor and director. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as well as in television shows such as the comedy-drama Hotel Babylon, the HBO series Band of Brothers and, earlier in his career, the children's show Press Gang. He was also in the film Bugsy Malone.
Fletcher made his directorial debut with Wild Bill (2011), and also directed Sunshine on Leith (2013) and Eddie the Eagle (2015). He replaced Bryan Singer as director of Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic about the band Queen, released in October 2018; due to DGA rules, he received executive producer credit. In 2019 he directed Rocketman, a film based on the life of Elton John.
Career
Fletcher trained at the Anna Scher Theatre.[1] His first film part was as Baby Face in Bugsy Malone (1976). He made his stage début the following year in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. As a child actor he was regularly featured in British productions in the early 1980s, including The Long Good Friday, The Elephant Man and The Bounty. In 1987 Fletcher was cast in Lionheart. As an adult he appeared on television as the rebellious teenager Spike Thomson in Press Gang and in Murder Most Horrid (1991) with Dawn French. He has also starred in the films Caravaggio (1986), The Rachel Papers (1989), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Layer Cake (2004), AffirmFilm's Solomon as Rehoboam and Universal's Doom.[2]
On television Fletcher has appeared in the major HBO drama, Band of Brothers and in a supporting role in the BBC One historical drama The Virgin Queen (US PBS 2005, UK 2006). He also appeared in Kylie Minogue's music video for "Some Kind of Bliss" (1997). He starred on BBC One in a series based on Imogen Edwards-Jones's book Hotel Babylon that ran for four series.[1] He also appeared in "The Booby and the Beast", an episode in the second series of the BBC's series Robin Hood and in the 2008 radio series The Way We Live Right Now. He appeared in the Bo' Selecta! spinoff A Bear's Tail as The Scriptwriter. He played a brief role in the BBC series New Tricks, in the episode "Final Curtain", as an actor named Tommy Jackson.
In 2009, he appeared in Misfits as Nathan Young's dad, reprising the role in 2010 for the second series.
Directing
Fletcher's debut as a director was for a script he co-wrote, Wild Bill,[3] was released on 20 March 2012. His second film as director is a musical film by Stephen Greenhorn, Sunshine on Leith based around the popular Proclaimers songs which was released on 4 October 2013.[4] In 2015, he directed the feature film Eddie the Eagle. On 6 December 2017, Fletcher was announced as Bryan Singer's replacement director on the Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. The film was released on 2 November 2018. While Fletcher had helped finish the film, Singer received sole directing credit and he received executive producer credit.[5] Fletcher's latest directing role was on Rocketman, a biopic about the life of Elton John.
Personal life
Fletcher was born in Enfield, North London. His parents were teachers.[6]
In 1997 he married Lithuanian film and theatre director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė in Westminster.[7] His best man was fellow actor Alan Rickman.[1] Dexter's brothers were also actors; Graham Fletcher-Cook[8] and Steve Fletcher.[9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | |||
| 1999 | Let the Good Times Roll | No | Yes | Short film |
| 2011 | Wild Bill | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | Sunshine on Leith | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | Eddie the Eagle | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Uncredited | No | Replaced Bryan Singer as director for the final two weeks of filming. Received an executive producer credit in accordance with DGA rules. |
| 2019 | Rocketman | Yes | No | |
| 2021 | Sherlock Holmes 3 | Yes | No | |
As executive producer
- Just for the Record (2010)
- Dead Cert (2010)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Bugsy Malone | Babyface | |
| 1978 | Les Miserables | Gavroche | TV film |
| 1979 | The Long Good Friday | The boy who asks for money to watch Harold's car | |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Byte's Boy | |
| 1984 | The Bounty | Able Seaman Thomas Ellison | |
| 1985 | Revolution | Ned Dobb | |
| 1986 | Caravaggio | Young Caravaggio | |
| 1988 | The Raggedy Rawney | Tom | |
| 1989 | The Rachel Papers | Charles Highway | |
| Twisted Obsession | Malcolm Greene | ||
| 1991 | All Out | Angelo | |
| 1993 | Prince Cinders | Prince Cinders | |
| 1996 | Jude | Priest | |
| 1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Otto | |
| 1998 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Soap | |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Louis | |
| Tube Tales | Joe | Segment: Mr Cool | |
| 2000 | The Patriot | Cornwallis' tailor/valet | |
| 2002 | Below | Kingsley | |
| 2003 | Stander | Lee McCall | |
| The Deal | Charlie Whelan | TV film | |
| 2004 | The Secret of Year Six | Mike | |
| Layer Cake | Cody | ||
| 2005 | Doom | Marcus "Pinky" Pinzerowski | |
| 2006 | Tristan & Isolde | Orick | |
| 2007 | Stardust | Skinny Pirate | |
| 2008 | Autumn | Michael | |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Cody | |
| Amaya | Frenchman | ||
| Dead Cert | Eddie Christian | ||
| 2011 | Jack Falls | Detective Edwards | |
| Fedz | Hunter | ||
| The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan's father | ||
| Wild Bill | Mysterious Barry | ||
| 2012 | Coven | Mr Sheers | |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Cameo; deleted scenes | |
| Respectable: The Mary Millington Story | Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Terminal | Vince |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Press Gang | James (Spike) Thomson | TV series |
| The Bill | Tony Gillespie | Episode: "The Strong Survive" | |
| 1997 | Famous Five | Lou (one off) | TV series |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | John Martin | TV series |
| 2004 | The Virgin Queen | Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex | TV series |
| 2006–2009 | Hotel Babylon | Tony Casemore | 32 episodes |
| 2007 | Robin Hood | Count Friedrich | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Misfits | Mike Young | TV series |
| 2011 | White Van Man | Ian | TV series |
| 2013 | Death in Paradise | Grant, The Cabin Barman | TV series |
| 2014 | Rev. | Mike Tobin | Episode: 3.3 |
| Mount Pleasant | Gus | ||
| 2020 | I Hate Suzie | Benjamin |
References
- ^ a b c "Dexter Fletcher". BBC Drama. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ "Dexter Fletcher". IMDb.
- ^ acast (21 May 2019). "Dexter Fletcher • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #269 | Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip on acast". acast. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Curtis Brown". www.curtisbrown.co.uk.
- ^ Dexter Fletcher Replaces Bryan Singer On ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Deadline. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ "Fame and fortune: Dexter Fletcher". 14 February 2008. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Marriages England and Wales 1984–2005".
- ^ Graham Fletcher-Cook at IMDb [unreliable source?]
- ^ Steve Fletcher at IMDb [unreliable source?]
Bibliography
- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 358–360.
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