Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcher
Dexter Fletcheris an English actor and director. He has appeared in the Guy Ritchie film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as television roles in such shows as the comedy-drama Hotel Babylon, the critically acclaimed HBO series Band of Brothers and earlier in his career, the children's show Press Gang, and the film Bugsy Malone. He also had a short lived stint at presenting, with the third series of Channel 4's GamesMaster that aired between 1993 and 1994...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth31 January 1966
I was turning up at sets where inexperienced people were making these badly written films - but they were doing it; that was the point. They were getting their films out there. And they were paying me, so they obviously had access to money. I just thought, 'I can make something better than this.'
I've been the teenage success, I've been homeless and driving around in my car and not knowing where to eat. You just want to keep working and learning, and I was doing that. If I hadn't done 'Wild Bill,' I'm sure I would have acted in something else.
I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut, I won't stray too far from it.
I didn't make 'Wild Bill' because I wanted to become a director; I just wanted to make 'Wild Bill.'
My first trip abroad was to do a TV version of 'Les Miserables' in France with Anthony Perkins. There I was at 12 acting with the guy from 'Psycho.' My parents were teachers, and it was hard for them to relate to that world.
I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.
With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.
It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being a child actor into my late twenties. It's OK to be precocious when you're young, but when you're a man of about 27 or 28 and playing a 17-year-old in a TV show, it kind of prolongs your childhood.
'Sunshine' is really an experiment for me to see if I am a filmmaker beyond having my own stories to tell.
You don't have to just do what's planned, you can take what's immediately in front of you and use that.
I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.
My first trip abroad was to do a TV version of Les Miserables in France with Anthony Perkins. There I was at 12 acting with the guy from Psycho. My parents were teachers, and it was hard for them to relate to that world.
I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.
I do love making films. I want to be a filmmaker that grows and progresses and does keep trying to push myself. I think that's it... and a bit of confidence maybe.