Fletcher, Dexter 1966-

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Fletcher, Dexter 1966-

PERSONAL

Born January 31, 1966, in London, England; married Dalia Ibelhauptaite (a director; some sources spell first name as Daliea), 1997.

Addresses:

Agent—Sally Long-Innes, International Creative Management, 76 Oxford St., Oxford House, London W1D 1BS, England. Manager—David Adamson, Chaos Management, 1817 Stanford St., Santa Monica, CA 90404.

Career:

Actor. Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, member of company. Associated with charities and benefits.

Awards, Honors:

Named star of tomorrow, Geneve Film Festival, 1988.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Son, Steptoe and Son Ride Again, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Anglo-EMI, 1973.

Baby Face, Bugsy Malone (musical), Paramount, 1976.

Bytes's boy, The Elephant Man, Paramount, 1980.

Kid, The Long Good Friday, Embassy, 1980.

Steve Fraser, 4D Special Agents (also known as 4D Kids), Children's Film Foundation, 1981.

Seaman Thomas Ellison, The Bounty, Orion, 1984.

Alex, Wings of Death (short film), British Film Institute/Palace Pictures, 1985.

Ned Dobb, Revolution (also known as Revolution 1776), Warner Bros., 1985.

Young Caravaggio, Caravaggio, Cinevista, 1986.

Rushton, Gothic, 1986, Vestron Pictures, 1987.

Michael, Lionheart (also known as Lionheart: The Children's Crusade), Warner Bros., 1987.

Tom, The Raggedy Rawney, L. W. Blair, 1988.

Big Tim, When the Whales Came, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Charles Highway, The Rachel Papers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Malcolm Greene, El sueno del mono loco (also known as The Mad Monkey, Twisted Obsession, El mono loco, and Le reve du singe fou), 1989, dubbed version released by Majestic Film, 1990.

Angelo, All Out (also known as De plein fouet), Crocodile Films/Stella Films/Thomas Koefer Film, 1991.

Voice of Prince Cinders, Prince Cinders (animated), [Great Britain], 1993.

Nick, Dead London, 1996.

Priest, Jude, Gramercy Pictures, 1996.

The walker, Pseudo Realities, 1996.

Him, If You Loved Me …? (short film), Syndicate Pictures, 1997.

Otto, The Man Who Knew Too Little (also known as Agent Null Null Nix and Agent Null Null Nix—Bill Murray in hirnloser Mission), Warner Bros., 1997.

Scott, Time Enough, 1997.

Soap, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (also known as Two Smoking Barrels), Gramercy Pictures, 1998.

Louis, Topsy-Turvy (also known as Mike Leigh Untitled), October Films, 1999.

Let the Good Times Roll (short film), 1999.

Humphrey Davy, Pandaemonium, Moonstone Entertainment, 2000, USA Films, 2001.

Kingsley, Below (also known as Proteus), Dimension Films, 2002.

Lee McCall, Stander, 7 Arts/Grosvenor Park Productions, 2003, Newmarket Films, 2004.

Michael, Deadwood, Picture Production Company/The Electric Theatre Company, 2004.

Mike, The Secret of Year Six (short film), Maverick Film Productions, 2004.

Cody, Layer Cake (also known as L4yer Cake), Sony Pictures Classics, 2005.

Pinky, Doom, Universal, 2005.

Albert, In Your Dreams, Magnet Films, 2006.

Orick, Tristan + Isolde (also known as Tristan & Isolde), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

Skinny pirate, Stardust, Paramount, 2007.

Film Work:

Directed a short film.

Television Appearances; Series:

Spike Thomson, Press Gang, Central Television, 1989-93.

Presenter, Gamesmaster, Channel 4 (England), 1993-94.

The scriptwriter, A Bear's Tail, Channel 4, 2005.

Tony Casemore, Hotel Babylon, BBC, beginning 2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Rehoboam, Solomon (also known as Die Bibel-Salomon and Salomone), PAX TV, 1997.

Staff sergeant John Martin, Band of Brothers, HBO, 2001.

Sir Thomas Radcliffe (the earl of Sussex), The Virgin Queen, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 2005, also broadcast on BBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Gavroche, Les Miserables, CBS, 1978.

Anthony, Out of the Blue, BBC, 1991.

Joe, "Mr. Cool," Tube Tales, Sky Television (England), 1999.

Charlie Whelan, The Deal, Channel 4 (England), 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Aristophanes: The Gods Are Laughing, Channel 4 (England), 1995.

Narrator, The Curse of Superman, Channel 4, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ben, "The Corcelli Medallion: Parts 1 & 2," Jukes of Piccadilly, Thames Television, 1980.

"Pig Ignorance," Dramarama, Independent Television (England), 1986.

Lennox, "Didn't You Kill My Brother?," The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4 (England), 1988.

Eddie Cotton, "Walking off Air," Boon, Independent Television, 1989.

Tony Gillespie, "The Strong Survive," The Bill, Independent Television, 1989.

Colin, "Murder at Tea Time," Murder Most Horrid, BBC-2, 1991.

Biker, "The Last Post," Soldier Soldier, Independent Television, 1992.

Biker, "Loyal to the Corps," Soldier Soldier, Independent Television, 1992.

"Award in Your Ear," The Big One, Channel 4, 1992.

Himself, The Word, Channel 4, 1992.

Contestant, "Heat Two," Celebrity Poker Club, 2003.

Contestant, "Heat Seven," Celebrity Poker Club, 2004.

Appeared as Lou in "Five Go off in a Caravan," an episode of The Famous Five (also known as Enid Blyton's "Famous Five"), Independent Television.

Stage Appearances:

Cobweb, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1977.

Robin, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1980.

The Summer Party, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 1980.

Michael Merrythought, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1981.

Curly, Peter Pan, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1982.

Francis, Henry IV, Part 1, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1982.

Francis, Henry IV, Part 2, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1982.

Valet, The Twin Rivals, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Centre, The Pit, 1982.

Boy, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1984, and Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1985.

Second player, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1984, and Theatre Royal, 1985.

Villager, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1984, and Theatre Royal, 1985.

Derek, Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal, 1985.

RECORDINGS

Albums; with Others:

Puck, Britten: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (opera), Virgin, 1994.

Music Videos:

Kylie Minogue, "Some Kind of Bliss," c. 1997.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Let the Good Times Roll (short film), 1999.

Wrote other short films.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Interview, October, 1986, p. 27.

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