Dexter Fletcher is an English actor and director. He has appeared in the Guy
Ritchie film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as television roles in
such shows as the comedy-drama Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO
series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show Press
Gang, and the film Bugsy Malone. He also had a short lived stint at presenting,
with the third series of Channel 4's GamesMaster in 1993 and 1994.
Career Fletcher trained at the Anna Scher
Theatre drama club. Fletcher's first film part was as Baby Face in Bugsy
Malone. He made his stage début the following year in a production of A
Midsummer Night's Dream. As a child actor, Fletcher was a regular feature in
British productions in the early 1980s such as The Long Good Friday, The
Elephant Man, and The Bounty. As an adult, he has appeared on television as
rebellious teenager Spike Thomson in Press Gang and also Murder Most Horrid
with Dawn French. His American accent had some fans convinced that he actually
is an American. He has starred in the films Caravaggio, The Rachel Papers,
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Layer Cake, AffirmFilm's Solomon as
Rehoboam, and Universal's Doom as a communications officer nicknamed
"Pinky". On television, he has appeared in the
major HBO drama, Band of Brothers and in a supporting role in the BBC One
historical drama The Virgin Queen. He also appeared in Kylie Minogue's 1997
released music video Some Kind of Bliss. Fletcher has starred on BBC One in a
series based on the Imogen Edwards-Jones's book, Hotel Babylon
which ran for four series before being axed in 2009. He also appeared in one
episode, "The Booby and the Beast", of BBC's Robin Hood series 2 as the German
Count Friedrich and in the 2008 radio series The Way We Live Right Now.
He appeared in Bo! Selecta spin off, A Bear's Tail as 'The Scriptwriter' after
fellow Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star Nick Moran portrayed this
role in the pilot, but not in the series proper. He played a brief role in the
BBC series New Tricks, in the episode "Final Curtain", where he played
fictional actor, Tommy Jackson. He also appeared in the Boon episode
"Walking Off Air", playing Eddie Cotton. In 2009, he appeared in Misfits as
Nathan Young's dad, reprising the role in 2010 for the second series.
Fletcher stars in 2009 in the vampire film Dead Cert, which is directed by
Steven Lawson. 2011 saw him acting in his first role as
a police officer, as Detective Edwards in the British film noir Jack Falls,
alongside his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels co-stars Jason Flemyng
and Alan Ford. In 2012, Fletcher had a small role in
horror-comedy Cockneys vs Zombies, where he played the character 'Dad Maguire'.
2012 and Dexter takes the lead role as History Teacher Mr Sheers in
supernatural British teen flick Coven, due for release late 2013. Starring with
him are St Trinian's' twin child actors Holly Mackie and Cloe Mackie
In 2015 Fletcher played the role of 'Scooter' in episode 5 of the 8-part BBC
TV drama The Interceptor. = Directing=
Fletcher's debut as a director, Wild Bill, was released on 20 March 2012. His
second film as director is a new musical film by Stephen Greenhorn, Sunshine on
Leith based around the popular Proclaimers songs which was released on
October 4, 2013. = Presenting=
Fletcher presented the third series of Channel 4 show GamesMaster in 1993.
Dexter was originally slated to be a special guest on the third series but
was then asked to be presenter, after Dominik Diamond left the show due to his
disapproval at McDonald's landing a sponsorship deal with them.
Fletcher recalls presenting GamesMaster was 'very unforgiving' and 'quite
intimidating'. He claimed the most difficult part was 'just getting up,
taking a deep breath, and going out there and doing it'. His style of
presenting was heavily criticised by viewers who said his 'in your face'
method was too 'OTT' and did not suit the show. Some viewers suspected his
genuine Cockney accent was put on for effect. The series finished in 1994 and
Dominik Diamond returned for the last four series until the show ended in
February 1998. = Voice work=
Fletcher has been the voice for McDonald's television adverts and 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 1998, Fletcher featured on the song
"Here Comes the Flood" from the album Fin de Siecle by The Divine Comedy.
Narrates BBC1 show Del Boys and Dealers. Personal life
Fletcher was born in Enfield, England. He dated Press Gang co-star Julia
Sawalha and also had a relationship with actress Liza Walker.
In 1997 he married Lithuanian film and theatre director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė in
Westminster. His best man was fellow actor Alan Rickman. Dexter's brothers
are also actors; Graham Fletcher-Cook and Steve Fletcher.
Filmography References
External links BBC Drama Faces – Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher at the Internet Movie Database
Interview with Dexter Fletcher