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 and the crime comedy Smoking Guns, 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. He had a short stint as a
presenter on the third series of Channel 4's GamesMaster in 1993 and
1994.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.Fletcher trained at the Anna
Scher Theatre. 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.
director. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking
Barrels and the crime comedy Smoking Guns, 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. He had a short stint as a
presenter on the third series of Channel 4's GamesMaster in 1993 and
1994.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.Fletcher trained at the Anna
Scher Theatre. 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.
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