Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher (born January 31, 1966 in London , England ) is a British actor and director .
life and career
Fletcher made his first film appearance in 1976 at the age of ten in the comedy Bugsy Malone . In the 1980s he starred in numerous films, including the films The Bounty (1984) and Revolution (1985). Fletcher played other leading roles in the comedy Er? Want! You not? by Damian Harris from 1989 and 1998 in Guy Ritchie's gangster comedy Bube, Dame, König, grAS . In the British hit series Hotel Babylon , Fletcher embodies the chief concierge Tony Casemore. The series premiered in the UK in 2006 and ran in Germany from 2008 to 2010 on the pay-TV channel FOX Channel and in 2010 on Comedy Central .
2011 followed with the film Wild Bill Fletcher's directorial debut, which was positively received by the critics. His second directorial work, the music film Sunshine on Leith , followed in 2013. In 2016 he directed the sports film Eddie the Eagle - Everything is possible . At the end of 2017 he spontaneously took over the direction of the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody from the previously fired Bryan Singer , which was successful worldwide and won several Oscars and Golden Globe Awards . Fletcher had been involved in the project before, but then left during the long pre-production phase. He was not mentioned in the credits for his directorial work at Bohemian Rhapsody and Singer received the sole credit . In 2019 he directed another successful biopic by a musician with Rocketman about Elton John .
Fletcher is also active as a speaker; he took about the audio book bestseller The Game (dt. The perfect mesh ) by Neil Strauss on.
family
Fletcher has been married to the Lithuanian theater director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (* 1967) since 1997 .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1976: Bugsy Malone
- 1980: The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- 1984: The Bounty (The Bounty)
- 1985: revolution
- 1986: Caravaggio
- 1986: Gothic
- 1987: Richard the Lionheart and the Children of God (Lionheart)
- 1988: Raggedy - A Tale of Love, Escape and Death (The Raggedy Rawney)
- 1989: he? Want! You not? (The Rachel Papers)
- 1989–1993: Press Gang (TV series, 43 episodes)
- 1997: The Bible - Salomon ( Solomon , TV movie)
- 1997: Agent Null Null Nix (The Man Who Knew Too Little)
- 1998: Jack, Queen, King, grAS (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
- 1999: Topsy-Turvy - turned upside down (Topsy-Turvy)
- 2001: Band of Brothers ( Band of Brothers , TV miniseries)
- 2004: Layer Cake
- 2005: Doom - The Movie (Doom)
- 2006–2009: Hotel Babylon (TV series)
- 2007: The Star Wanderer (Stardust)
- 2009: Autumn of the Living Dead (Autumn)
- 2010: Kick-Ass
- 2011: The Three Musketeers (The Three Musketeers)
- 2012: Footsoldiers of Berlin - Your word is law (St George's Day)
- 2013: Death in Paradise (TV series, episode 2x05)
- 2013: Make My Heart Fly - In Love in Edinburgh (Sunshine on Leith)
- 2015: The Coven
- 2015: Age of Kill
- 2015: The Interceptor (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2016: Smoking Guns
- 2017: Eat Locals
- 2017: Double Date
- 2017: 60 Seconds to Die
- 2018: Sherlock Gnomes (voice)
- 2018: Terminal - Revenge has never been more beautiful (Terminal)
As a director
- 2011: Wild Bill
- 2013: Make My Heart Fly - In Love in Edinburgh (Sunshine on Leith)
- 2016: Eddie the Eagle - Anything is possible (Eddie the Eagle)
- 2018: Bohemian Rhapsody
- 2019: Rocketman
Web links
- Dexter Fletcher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes: Wild Bill
- ↑ Jenna Marotta, Jenna Marotta: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Director Dexter Fletcher on the Pressure of Replacing Bryan Singer - Exclusive. In: IndieWire. May 10, 2018, accessed February 8, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fletcher, Dexter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |