Editing Dexter Fletcher (section)

==Career==
Fletcher trained at the [[Anna Scher|Anna Scher Theatre]].<ref name="bbcbio">{{cite web |title=Dexter Fletcher |work=BBC Drama |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/dexter_fletcher_person_page.shtml?link=/drama/faces/dexter_fletcher.shtml |access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref> His first film part was as Baby Face in ''[[Bugsy Malone]]'' (1976). He made his stage début the following year in a production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. As a youth actor he was regularly featured in British productions in the early 1980s, including ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'', ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'' and ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]''. In 1987 Fletcher was cast in ''[[Lionheart_(1987_film)|Lionheart]]''. As an adult he appeared on television as the rebellious teenager Spike Thomson in ''[[Press Gang]]'' and in ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]'' (1991) with [[Dawn French]]. He has also starred in the films ''[[Caravaggio (1986 film)|Caravaggio]]'' (1986), ''[[The Rachel Papers]]'' (1989), ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' (1998), ''[[Layer Cake (film)|Layer Cake]]'' (2004), AffirmFilm's ''[[Solomon (film)|Solomon]]'' as [[Rehoboam]] and Universal's ''[[Doom (film)|Doom]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002077/|title=Dexter Fletcher|website=IMDb}}</ref>

He appeared as Puck in Britten's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' in 1981 at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne Opera]] and on their autumn tour,<ref>Blyth, Alan. Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford. ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', December 1981, Vol.32 No.12 p1294.</ref> and then again in 1990 in an Opera London production at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]],<ref>Goodwin, Noel. Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream. ''Opera'', Vol.41 No.12 p1502-03.</ref> subsequently recorded by [[Virgin Classics]].<ref>[https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Nov07/Britten_Midsummer_3818322.htm CD Review Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op. 64, Virgin Classics 3818322.] accessed 4 March 2024.</ref>

On television Fletcher has appeared in the major [[HBO]] drama, ''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'' and in a supporting role in the BBC One historical drama ''[[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|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 (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]'' that ran for four series before being cancelled in 2009.<ref name="bbcbio"/> He also appeared in "[[The Booby and the Beast]]", an episode in the second series of the BBC's series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV 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 (TV series)|New Tricks]]'', in the episode "Final Curtain", as an actor named Tommy Jackson.
In 2009, he also appeared in [[Misfits (TV series)|''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 ''[[The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists|The Game]]'' 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]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/story.php?story=UNITRecruitingFilm/1&uc_cast=1/ |title=UNIT Recruiting Film |access-date=8 June 2018 |publisher=Doctor Who Guide}}</ref> 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 Siècle (album)|Fin de Siecle]]'' by [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]. 

===Directing===
Fletcher's debut as a director was for a script he co-wrote, ''[[Wild Bill (2011 film)|Wild Bill]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acast.com/distractionpieces/dexterfletcher-distractionpiecespodcastwithscroobiuspip-269|title=Dexter Fletcher • Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #269 {{!}} Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip on acast|last=acast|date=2019-05-21|website=acast|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> which was released on 20 March 2012. His second film as director is a musical film by [[Stephen Greenhorn]], ''[[Sunshine on Leith (film)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' based around the popular [[The Proclaimers|Proclaimers]] songs which were released on 4 October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/paul-brannigan-receives-scottish-bafta-nomination/|title=Curtis Brown|website=www.Curtis brown.co.uk}}</ref> In 2015, he directed the feature film ''[[Eddie the Eagle (film)|Eddie the Eagle]]''. In December 2017, Fletcher was announced as [[Bryan Singer]]'s replacement director on the [[Queen (band)|Queen]] biopic ''[[Bohemian Rhapsody (film)|Bohemian Rhapsody]]''. The film was released in November 2018. While Fletcher had helped finish the film, Singer received sole directing credit and he received executive producer credit.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2017/12/dexter-fletcher-replaces-bryan-singer-on-bohemian-rhapsody-1202221696/ Dexter Fletcher Replaces Bryan Singer On 'Bohemian Rhapsody'] ''Deadline''. Retrieved 6 December 2017.</ref> Fletcher directed the 2019 biopic ''[[Rocketman (film)|Rocketman]]'' about the life and music of [[Elton John]]. In February 2020, he signed on to direct a reboot of ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]'' for [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/paramount-rocketmans-dexter-fletcher-the-saint-reboot-1203505890/|title='Rocketman' Filmmaker Dexter Fletcher to Direct 'The Saint' Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)|publisher=Variety|date=18 February 2020|author=Justin Kroll|access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> He also directed the [[Apple TV+]] feature film [[Ghosted (2023 film)|''Ghosted'']], which was released in April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2019 |title='Ghosted' Director Implies That Apple Used Algorithm Data Instead of His Own Vision |url=https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/4/qznbvs3rjrrlr9stlc3lp5z36dscc7 |website=World of Reel}}</ref><ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/01/ghosted-director-dexter-fletcher-hints-april-release-film-chris-evans-ana-de-armas-1235223310/]</ref>