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Dexter Fletcher

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Biography

Dexter Fletcher OBE (born 31 January 1966) is an English film director and actor. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as in television shows such as the comedy drama Hotel Babylon and the HBO series Band of Brothers and, earlier in his career, starred as Spike Thomson in the comedy drama Press Gang. His earliest acting role was in the 1973 comedy drama film Steptoe and Son Ride Again. Fletcher made his directorial debut with Wild Bill (2011), and also directed Sunshine on Leith (2013) and Eddie the Eagle (2015). He replaced Bryan Singer as director of Bohemian Rhapsody, a biopic about the band Queen, released in October 2018; due to DGA rules, he received executive producer credit. In 2019, he directed Rocketman, a biographical film based on the life and music of performer Elton John. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Dexter Fletcher, licensed under CC-BY-SA; full list of contributors is on Wikipedia.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Bounty

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Eddie the Eagle

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Bohemian Rhapsody

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Kick-Ass

As Cody

Ghosted

As Raoul

The Elephant Man

As Bytes' Boy

Rocketman

Directed

The Three Musketeers

As D’Artagnan’s Father

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Show Must Go On

From Freddie Mercury's operatic excess to the raw defiance of punk, this chain traces how cinema captures the transformative power of self-expression.

8 films

When Finishing Beats Winning

A chain of films where the protagonist loses the official contest but achieves a deeper, personal victory, redefining what it means to go the distance.

8 films

Small Craft Warnings

From the open sea to a leaky skiff, these eight films use small boats as vessels for self-discovery, each one a different kind of voyage.

8 films

Moana and the Sea as Mirror and Crucible

Taking the core premise of Moana (the ocean as a living force that tests, transforms, and reveals who you are) and steering it into far darker territory, this c...

8 films

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