Dexter Fletcher
Biography
Dexter Fletcher is an English actor and film director who trained at the Anna Scher Theatre and began performing as a child. Born in the London Borough of Enfield, he played Baby Face in his first film, Bugsy Malone (1976), and made his stage debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As a young actor he appeared in British films including The Elephant Man (1980) and The Bounty (1984). His later screen credits include Caravaggio (1986), The Rachel Papers (1989), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Doom (2005), while on television he played Spike Thomson in Press Gang and appeared in Band of Brothers. For The Raggedy Rawney, he took the Stars de Demain prize at the Geneva Cineme Fête. As a director he made his debut with Wild Bill, then directed Sunshine on Leith (2013), Eddie the Eagle (2015) and Rocketman (2019). He also directed Ghosted (2023) and received executive producer credit on Bohemian Rhapsody.
60years old
Turns 61 on January 31in 111 days
- Born London Borough of Enfield
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 42 years1976 to 2018
Genres
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A role that slipped away
In December 2017, Fletcher was announced as the replacement director for Bryan Singer on the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. Although Fletcher helped finish the film, Singer got sole directing credit and Fletcher got executive producer credit.
Behind the award
Dexter Fletcher took the Stars de Demain prize at the first Geneva Cineme Fête in 1988, honored for his work in The Raggedy Rawney.
Beyond film
Fletcher played Puck in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Glyndebourne Opera in 1981, returned to the role in 1990 at Sadler's Wells, and the later production was recorded by Virgin Classics.
Behind the camera
Fletcher made his directing debut with Wild Bill, a script he co-wrote, and the film came out on 20 March 2012.
Dexter Fletcher movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jason Flemyng appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jason Flemyng's page
Nick Moran's page
Anthony Hopkins's page
Timothy Spall's page
John Gielgud's page
Robbie Coltrane's page
Also two films together5 more actors
- Steven BerkoffDead Cert (2010) and Revolution (1985)
- David O'HaraTristan + Isolde (2006) and Stander (2003)
- Nicholas RoweEat Locals (2017) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Richard DillaneTristan + Isolde (2006) and Solomon (1997)
- Frank HarperTube Tales (1999) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Dexter Fletcher's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$384 million
12 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 12 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$132M34.4% of the total
- 2$90M23.5% of the total
- 3$58M15.1% of the total
- 4$28M7.4% of the total
- 5$28M7.3% of the total
- 6$26M6.8% of the total
- 7$8.6M2.2% of the total
- 8$7.8M2.0% of the total
$4.7 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2026 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.