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Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Highest Rated: 100% Wild Bill (2011)

Lowest Rated: 0% Age of Kill (2015)

Birthday: Jan 31, 1966

Birthplace: Enfield, London, England, UK

A child actor in such hit British dramas as "The Long Goodbye" (1979) and "The Elephant Man" (1980), Dexter Fletcher matured into a capable character player in his adult years, as well as a gifted director of music-driven films like "Rocketman" (2019). Born January 31, 1966 in the London borough of Enfield, England, he was raised, along with his brothers Graham Fletcher-Cook and Steve Fletcher - both of whom would also become actors - by the educator parents in the suburban districts of Woodford Green and Palmers Green. Dexter Fletcher attended the Anna Scher Theatre School and performed on stage before making his screen debut as the "down and out" Baby Face in Alan Parker's cult musical "Bugsy Malone" (1976). He worked steadily in his late adolescence and early teens, appearing in major film and television productions like "The Long Good Friday" (1979) with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" (1980) and "The Bounty (1984), with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins. His breakout role came on television as an American teenager in the popular comedy series "Press Gang" (ITV, 1989-1993), about the staff of a school newspaper. The critical praise afforded to the film led to other acting opportunities for Fletcher, most notably starring roles in "The Raggedy Rawney" (1988) and the romantic comedy "The Rachel Papers" (1988) with Ione Skye. But his acting career cooled in the wake of "Press Gang's" conclusion in 1993, and a mounting struggle with drug dependency led to him declaring bankruptcy and for a period of time, living in his car. Fletcher slowly rebounded with the help of friend and actor Alan Rickman, who introduced him to Lithuanian opera director Dallia Ibelhauptaite, who not only provided him with work but emotional stability that led to their marriage in 1997. The following year, Fletcher landed his comeback role as a would-be gangster in Guy Ritchie's "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998). A major hit in England and a cult favorite in the United States, the film reignited Fletcher's acting career, which would soon include Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), a starring role as a British soldier in the Steven Spielberg-produced "Band of Brothers" (HBO, 2001) and for "Smoking Barrels" producer Matthew Vaughn, roles in "Layer Cake" (2004), "Stardust" (2007) and "Kick-Ass" (2010). In 2012, Fletcher made his debut as co-writer and director with "Wild Bill," a crime comedy with Andy Serkis and Olivia Williams. The feature was a critical success and was soon followed by "Sunshine on Leith" (2013), a film version of the musical of the same name with songs by the Scottish duo the Proclaimers. It, too, was a critical hit, and paved the way for his debut as director on an American co-production: "Eddie the Eagle" (2015), with Taron Egerton as the real-life British ski jump competitor and Hugh Jackman as his coach, was the highest grossing British film released that year, and a modest hit for its Stateside distributor, 20th Century Fox. The studio then tapped Fletcher to finish "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2018), its long-gestating biopic of Queen singer Freddie Mercury, but a change in the film's focus from a gritty R-rated drama to a more audience-friendly, PG-13 release led to his departure from the project. Undaunted, he reteamed with Vaughn for "Rocketman" (2019), another biopic of a '70s rock icon - Elton John - but as the pair began pre-production, Vaughn was contacted by a Fox executive to assist in completing "Rhapsody," which had lost its director, Bryan Singer, with three weeks left in production. Vaughn referred Fletcher, who was brought in to complete the project, for which he received an executive producer credit. Fletcher then returned to "Rocketman," with Egerton as John, which opened in the summer of 2019 to positive reviews and a worldwide gross of $139 million.

Highest rated movies

92% 93% The Elephant Man
81% 84% Layer Cake
79% 80% Bugsy Malone 75% 82% Love at First Sight
75% 93% Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
73% 80% Stander
66% 45% Below
60% 49% Gothic

Filmography

Movies

Credit
75% 82% Love at First Sight Val (Character) - 2023
25% 55% Ghosted Director - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sherlock Holmes 3 Director - 2023
89% 88% Rocketman Director $96.3M 2019
60% 85% Bohemian Rhapsody Executive Producer $216.3M 2018
21% 37% Terminal Vince (Character) - 2018
21% 45% Eat Local Mr. Thatcher (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Seconds to Die Newsreader (Segment: "SCab") (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Respectable: The Mary Millington Story Narrator - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smoking Guns Paul McVeigh (Character) - 2016
82% 82% Eddie the Eagle Director $15.8M 2016
0% 26% Age of Kill Major Jackman (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 11% The Coven Mr. Sheers (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fedz Hunter (Character) - 2013
90% 71% Sunshine on Leith Director - 2013
17% 34% St George's Day Levi (Character) - 2012
100% 82% Wild Bill Director,
Screenwriter
- 2011
No Score Yet 39% The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan's Father (Character) $20.4M 2011
No Score Yet 15% Dead Cert Eddie Christian (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 41% Baseline Joe (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet La historia de Sid Detective Edwards (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 14% Autumn Michael (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 38% In Your Dreams Albert (Character) - 2008
18% 34% Doom Pinky (Character) $28.0M 2005
81% 84% Layer Cake Cody (Character) $2.3M 2004
73% 80% Stander Lee McCall (Character) $19.1K 2003
No Score Yet 73% The Deal Unknown (Character) - 2003
66% 45% Below Kingsley (Character) $589.4K 2002
58% 75% Pandaemonium Humphry Davy (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 66% Tube Tales Joe (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 58% Solomon Rehoboam (Character) - 1998
75% 93% Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Soap (Character) $3.7M 1998
No Score Yet 42% Twisted Obsession Malcolm Greene (Character) - 1989
45% 53% The Rachel Papers Charles Highway (Character) $154.6K 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Raggedy Rawney Tom (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 30% Lionheart Michael (Character) - 1987
60% 49% Gothic Rushton (Character) $32.1K 1986
92% 93% The Elephant Man Bytes's Boy (Character) - 1980
79% 80% Bugsy Malone Baby Face (Character) - 1976

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 85% Death in Paradise Unknown (Character) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mount Pleasant Gus (Character),
Unknown (Voice)
2014
No Score Yet 92% Rev. Mike Tobin (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Babylon Tony Casemore (Character) 2006 2008-2009
No Score Yet 83% Robin Hood Unknown (Character) 2007
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2005 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen Sir Thomas Radcliffe - Earl of Sussex (Character) 2005
94% 96% Band of Brothers John W. Martin (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comic Strip Presents Unknown (Character) 1988