Dexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English actor and director.
Fletcher started his career as an actor, primarily known for appearing in British films such as Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and Layer Cake, as well as the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. He also appeared in Kylie Minogue's music video for "Some Kind of Bliss".
As a director, Fletcher is primarily known for musicals, biopics, and musical biopics. He was hired to complete the 2018 Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody upon original director Bryan Singer's removal, not receiving a director's credit (per DGA rules) but instead being credited as an executive producer. His own directorial effort about a queer British rock star from the 1970s and 80s, Rocketman (this one about Elton John), was released mere months after the former. Other films of his include the biopic Eddie the Eagle, the Proclaimers jukebox musical Sunshine on Leith, and the romantic action-comedy Ghosted (2023). He's been set to direct the third installment of Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes film series (which might or might not get out of Development Hell).
If you live in the UK, you've probably heard his voice on the McDonald's adverts.
Selected filmography:
As actor:
- Bugsy Malone (1976) as Babyface
- Les Misérables (1978) as Gavroche
- The Long Good Friday (1979) as Boy
- The Elephant Man (1980) as Byte's Boy
- The Bounty (1984) as Able Seaman Thomas Ellison
- Revolution (1985) as Ned Dobb
- Caravaggio (1986) as young Caravaggio
- Press Gang (1989) as James "Spike" Thomson
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) as Otto
- Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998) as Soap
- Topsy-Turvy (1999) as Louis
- Band of Brothers (2001) as John Martin
- Below (2002) as Kingsley
- The Deal (2003) as Charlie Whelan
- Layer Cake (2004) as Cody
- Doom (2005) as Marcus "Pinky" Pinzerowski
- Tristan and Isolde (2006) as Orick
- Hotel Babylon (2006 — 2011) as Tony Casemore
- Stardust (2007) as Skinny Pirate
- Misfits (2009 — 2010) as Mike Young
- Kick-Ass (2010) as Cody
- The Three Musketeers (2011) as D'Artagnan's father
- Wild Bill (2011) as Mysterious Barry note
- Muppets Most Wanted (2014) note
- Love at First Sight (2023) as Val
As director:
- Wild Bill (2011)
- Sunshine on Leith (2013)
- Eddie the Eagle (2016)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) note
- Rocketman (2019)
- Ghosted (2023)
- Sherlock Holmes 3 (TBA)
As host
- GamesMaster (1993 - 1994)
