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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.
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 biographical film based on the life and music of performer Elton John.
He appeared as Puck in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1981 at Glyndebourne Opera and on their autumn tour,Blyth, Alan. Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford. Opera, December 1981, Vol.32 No.12 p1294. and then again in 1990 in an Opera London production at Sadler's Wells,Goodwin, Noel. Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Opera, Vol.41 No.12 p1502-03. subsequently recorded by Virgin Classics. CD Review Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 64, Virgin Classics 3818322. accessed 4 March 2024.
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. 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 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. 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.
In 1997, he married Lithuanians film and theatre director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė in Westminster. His best man was fellow actor Alan Rickman. Dexter's brothers were also actors; Graham Fletcher-Cook and Steve Fletcher. Fletcher is a dual British and Lithuanian citizen, having been granted Lithuanian citizenship in recognition of his work promoting Lithuanian cultural affairs.
| +Key | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| + Films | |||
| 1973 | Steptoe and Son Ride Again | Small Boy | |
| Segment: Mr Cool | |||
| Cameo; deleted scenes | |||
| 2016 | Smoking Guns | Paul McVeigh | |
| 2018 | |||
| Sherlock Gnomes | Reggie | Voice role | |
| 2023 | Ghosted | Raoul | |
| 2023 |
| + Television | |
| TV film | |
| Episode: "The Strong Survive" | |
| Main role; 43 episodes | |
| Season 1, Episode 5 "Murder at Tea Time" | |
| Season 3 | |
| TV film | |
| The Virgin Queen | Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex| |
| 32 episodes | |
| 1 episode | |
| Episode: "Final Curtain" | |
| Episode: 3.3 | |
| 1999 | Let the Good Times Roll | Short film | |||
| 2010 | Just for the Record | ||||
| Dead Cert | |||||
| 2011 | Wild Bill | ||||
| 2013 | Sunshine on Leith | ||||
| 2015 | Eddie the Eagle | ||||
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | for the final two weeks of filming; Received credit as executive producer in accordance with DGA rules | |||
| 2019 | Rocketman | ||||
| 2022 | The Offer | Directed 2 episodes | |||
| 2023 | Ghosted |
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