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Dexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English film director and actor. 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 and the HBO series Band of Brothers and, earlier in his career, starred as Spike Thomson in the comedy drama Press Gang. His earliest acting role was playing Baby Face in the 1976 film Bugsy Malone.

Dexter Fletcher
Fletcher at the 58th BFI London Film Festival in 2014
Born (1966-01-31) 31 January 1966 (age 56)
Nationality
  • English
  • Lithuanian
Occupation
  • Film director
  • actor
Years active1976–present
Spouse
(m. 1997)

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 youth 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 before being cancelled in 2009.[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 also appeared in Misfits as Nathan Young's dad, reprising the role in 2010 for the second series.

Fletcher has been the voice for McDonald's television adverts and (feigning a US accent) is the narrator of The Game audio book written by Neil Strauss. He also narrated the Five series Airforce Afghanistan, as well as the Chop Shop: London Garage series on the Discovery Channel. In 1993, he was the voice of Prince Cinders in the short animated comedy of the same name. Also in 1993, he was the uncredited UNIT soldier narrator of the UNIT Recruiting Film – a five-minute spoof piece that preceded a BBC1 repeat of the sixth and final episode of Doctor Who story Planet of the Daleks.[3] In 2014 he narrated the BBC1 show Del Boys and Dealers. In 1998, Fletcher featured on the song "Here Comes the Flood" from the album Fin de Siecle by The Divine Comedy.


Directing


Fletcher's debut as a director for a script he co-wrote, Wild Bill,[4] which 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 were released on 4 October 2013.[5] 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.[6] Fletcher's latest directing role was on Rocketman, a biopic about the life of Elton John.


Personal life


Fletcher was born in Enfield, the youngest of three boys, in North London, and grew up with his brothers in Woodford Green and Palmers Green; his parents were teachers.[7]

In 1997 he married Lithuanian film and theatre director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė in Westminster.[8] His best man was fellow actor Alan Rickman.[1] Dexter's brothers were also actors; Graham Fletcher-Cook[9] and Steve Fletcher.[10] Fletcher is a dual British and Lithuanian citizen, having been granted Lithuanian citizenship in recognition of his work promoting Lithuanian cultural affairs.[11]


Theft from Buster Edwards


On 15 June 1991, Fletcher was running along Mepham Street in London, when he scooped up two bunches of nasturtiums valued at £5 from a flower stall belonging to the Great Train Robber, Buster Edwards. Edwards declined to chase Fletcher for fear of leaving his stall unattended. Fletcher was seen to run onto York Road. Edwards reported the theft to the police, identifying his assailant as being "that lad out of The Rachel Papers". Fletcher's timing was unlucky because Edwards had seen the film for the first time only days before. Fletcher was arrested and charged with theft.

The following week, Fletcher appeared at Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty. He was given a conditional discharge for twelve months and ordered to pay £30 costs. In mitigation, Fletcher said that the flowers were for his girlfriend and Press Gang co-star Julia Sawalha, but that he had lost his cash card and was therefore unable to obtain funds. Fletcher subsequently apologised to and compensated Edwards.[12]


Filmography



Filmmaking credits


Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Executive
producer
Writer
1999 Let the Good Times Roll No No Yes Short film
2010 Just for the Record No Yes No
Dead Cert No Yes No
2011 Wild Bill Yes No Yes
2013 Sunshine on Leith Yes No No
2015 Eddie the Eagle Yes No No
2018 Bohemian Rhapsody No Yes 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 No
2022 The Offer Yes Yes No Directed 2 episodes
TBA Ghosted Yes No No
TBA Untitled Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows sequel Yes No No

Acting credits


Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
Films
Year Title Role Notes
1976Bugsy MaloneBabyface
1978Les MiserablesGavrocheTV film
1979The Long Good FridayThe boy who asks for money to watch Harold's car
1980The Elephant ManByte's Boy
1984The BountyAble Seaman Thomas Ellison
1985RevolutionNed Dobb
1986CaravaggioYoung Caravaggio
1988Didn't You Kill My Brother?Bike thief
The Raggedy RawneyTom
1989The Rachel PapersCharles Highway
Twisted ObsessionMalcolm Greene
1991All OutAngelo
1993Prince CindersPrince Cinders
1996JudePriest
1997The Man Who Knew Too LittleOtto
1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking BarrelsSoap
1999Topsy-TurvyLouis
Tube TalesJoeSegment: Mr Cool
2000The PatriotCornwallis' tailor/valet
2002BelowKingsley
2003StanderLee McCall
The DealCharlie WhelanTV film
2004The Secret of Year SixMike
Layer CakeCody
2005DoomMarcus "Pinky" Pinzerowski
2006Tristan & IsoldeOrick
2007StardustSkinny Pirate
2008AutumnMichael
2010Kick-AssCody
AmayaFrenchman
Dead CertEddie Christian
2011Jack FallsDetective Edwards
FedzHunter
The Three MusketeersD'Artagnan's father
Wild BillMysterious Barry
2012CovenMr Sheers
2014Muppets Most WantedCameo; deleted scenes
Respectable: The Mary Millington StoryNarrator
2018 TerminalVince
Sherlock Gnomes Reggie Voice role
TBAThe Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight ValPost-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989Press GangJames (Spike) Thomson
The BillTony GillespieEpisode: "The Strong Survive"
1993-1994GamesMasterPresenterSeries 3
1997Famous FiveLou (one off)
2001Band of BrothersJohn Martin
2004The Virgin Queen Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex
2006–2009Hotel BabylonTony Casemore32 episodes
2007Robin HoodCount Friedrich1 episode
2009MisfitsMike Young
2011White Van ManIan
2013Death in ParadiseGrant, The Cabin Barman
2014Rev.Mike TobinEpisode: 3.3
Mount PleasantGus
2020I Hate SuzieBenjamin

References


  1. "Dexter Fletcher". BBC Drama. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
  2. "Dexter Fletcher". IMDb.
  3. "UNIT Recruiting Film". Doctor Who Guide. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "Curtis Brown". www.Curtis brown.co.uk.
  6. Dexter Fletcher Replaces Bryan Singer On 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Deadline. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. "Fame and fortune: Dexter Fletcher". Daily Telegraph. 14 February 2008. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  8. "Marriages England and Wales 1984–2005".
  9. Graham Fletcher-Cook at IMDb [unreliable source?]
  10. Steve Fletcher at IMDb [unreliable source?]
  11. "Lietuvos pilietybę gavęs Dexteris Fletcheris: tai įkvepia stengtis, siekiant, kad Lietuvos vardas būtų dar svarbesnis pasaulio kontekste". Lithuanian Radio and Television. 20 May 2021.
  12. "The Great Train Robbery Crime Magazine". www.crimemagazine.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

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На других языках


[de] Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher (* 31. Januar 1966 in London, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler und Regisseur.
- [en] Dexter Fletcher

[es] Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher (Enfield, Inglaterra, 31 de enero de 1966) es un actor y director de cine británico. Es más conocido por haber interpretado a Soap en la película Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, a Tony Casemore en la serie Hotel Babylon y al Sargento John Martin en la miniserie Band of Brothers. Ha dirigido dos biopics, Eddie the Eagle (2016) y Rocketman (2019), ambas protagonizadas por Taron Egerton en los papeles de Eddie Edwards y Elton John.

[ru] Флетчер, Декстер

Де́кстер Фле́тчер (англ. Dexter Fletcher, род. 31 января 1966 года) — британский актёр кино и телевидения, кинорежиссёр и сценарист. Известен по роли "Мыла" в фильме Гая Ричи «Карты, деньги, два ствола», а также по ролям в телевизионных шоу «Отель «Вавилон»», «Братья по оружию».



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