Dexter Fletcher
Biography
Dexter Fletcher is an English actor and director best known for Press Gang (1989) - where he played opposite real-life partner (at the time) Julia Sawalha - as well as directing Eddie the Eagle (2015) and Rocketman (2019), and finishing off Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) after Bryan Singer was fired. His career began at the age of 10, with a small role in Bugsy Malone (1976).
Dalia Ibelhauptaite (1997 - present)
Trivia
Host of video game show, Gamesmaster (1992) in its third season.
Alan Rickman was best man at his wedding.
Married his wife twice. Once in England, where Alan Rickman was his best man and, again, in Lithuania, where Eric Stoltz was his best man. His wife is from Lithuania, and he's learning to speak the language.
His brothers Steve Fletcher and Graham Fletcher Cook are also actors. His grandmother, singer and dancer Grace Cook worked as a showbiz chaperone, and after retiring became a member of The Zimmers.
Good friends with chef Jamie Oliver.
Although Bryan Singer remains the sole credited director, Fletcher was brought in to finish directing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) after Singer was fired for his on-set behavior.
Personal Quotes
[on his wife Dalia Ibelhauptaite] "She's the best influence on me. She's my hero and my best friend. She loves me and I really feel that. I remember lying in bed one night, alone after a bad day, and wanting very much to be with her. I realised I was happy when I was with her and in control. So I set about making her my wife".
I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.
I left school with no qualifications but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.
[About his role as the young Caravaggio in _Caravaggio_] "I was kind of afraid I might just end up rolling around naked on a beach. But I had this 15 minute meeting scheduled with Jarman and I ran out two hours later and bought a book about Caravaggio because Jarman was so absolutely involved and passionate."
[About playing "Sergeant John W. Martin" in Band of Brothers (2001)] "The more I spoke to John, the more I realised that we were telling a real story. We had a serious responsibility. We owed it to these men to produce something more than sentimental schlock".
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 love walking along Leith's waterfront and wandering around some of New Town's beautiful streets and squares, with their gorgeous Georgian architecture.
I love traveling, but I have to admit I didn't initially take to Agra in India. As soon as you arrive, someone wants to show you around, take your bags or sell you something - and it's just a bit of a culture shock. You just have to make the necessary mental adjustment to the setting.