Dexter Fletcher
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Biography
A former child actor with numerous stage and screen credits, Dexter Fletcher successfully made the transition to adult roles. He was only nine years old when Alan Parker cast him as Babyface in the gangster musical "Bugsy Malone" (1976). Stage and film work followed, including roles in "The Elephant Man" and "The Long Good Friday" (1980). The latter marked Dexter's first collaboration with Bob Hoskins. (Hoskins later cast the dark-haired actor in 1986's "The Raggedy Rawney" and Fletcher directed a short film in the late 1990s starring Hoskins.) After playing Gavroche in the 1978 CBS adaptation of "Les Miserables," he was cast as a young crew member of "The Bounty" (1984) and as Al Pacino's son in "Revolution" (1985). Fletcher began the transition to adult roles as the youthful incarnation of the artist in Derek Jarman's biopic "Caravaggio" (1986).
Fletcher achieved cult stardom in the UK playing American Spike Thompson alongside Julia Sawahla in the children's series "The Press Gang" (1989-93). Around the same time, he landed his first adult leading role in films, as a teenager obsessed with losing his virginity in "The Rachel Papers" (1989). More recently, Fletcher appeared as a priest in Michael Winterbottom's "Jude" (1996) and co-starred with Sting, Steven Mackintosh and Jason Flemyng in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998).
Filmography
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Life Events
1973
Acting debut, played Diana Dors' son in the British movie "Steptoe and Son Ride Again"
1976
Had featured role as Babyface in Alan Parker's "Bugsy Malone"
1977
Stage debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company; played Cobweb in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (date approx.)
1978
Played Gavroche in the CBS TV adaptation of "Les Miserables"
1980
First worked with Bob Hoskins in "The Long Good Friday"
1981
First feature lead, in "4D Special Agents"
1982
Became one of the youngest permanent members of The Royal Shakespeare Company at age 16 (date approx.)
1986
Portrayed the younger artist in Derek Jarman's biopic "Caravaggio"
1988
Had featured role in Bob Hoskins' directorial debut "The Raggedy Rawney"
1989
Co-starred on the British children's series "The Press Gang" as American Spike Thomson (ITV)
1989
First adult leading role in films, "The Rachel Papers"
1996
Portrayed a priest in "Jude"
1998
Played Soap in Guy Ritchie's comedy thriller "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
1999
Appeared in the short film "Let the Good Times Roll," directed by his wife Dalia Ibelhauptaite; Bob Hoskins co-starred
2001
Was featured in the ensemble of "Band of Brothers" (HBO)
2004
Cast in "Stander" the true story of André Stander, a South African police captain who became a bank robber
2004
Cast opposite Daniel Craig in the crime drama "Layer Cake," directed by Matthew Vaughn
2005
Portrayed Pinky in video-game adaptation "Doom"
2006
Played Sir Thomas Bradley - Earl of Sussex in the BBC miniseries "The Virgin Queen"
2007
Joined the ensemble cast of the fantasy drama "Stardust," directed by Matthew Vaughn
2010
Third film with director Matthew Vaughn, "Kick-Ass"
2011
Cast as D'Artagnan's (Logan Lerman) father in Paul W.S. Anderson's "The Three Musketeers"
2011
Made feature directorial debut with the drama "Wild Bill"
2013
Directed the film "Sunshine on Leith"
2015
Appeared in the thriller "Age of Kill"
2016
Appeared in crime dramedy "Smoking Guns"
2016
Directed the biographical dramedy "Eddie the Eagle"
2018
Voiced Gargoyle Reggie in "Sherlock Gnomes"
2018
Appeared in Vaughn Stein-helmed thriller "Terminal"
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