Dexter Fletcher trivia: 32 unknown facts about the English director!

Dexter Fletcher is an English actor and director. He started directing films in 2011 and since then he has garnered praise from critics!

So let’s dive in to some trivia and facts about his life and career!

1. Dexter Fletcher was born on 31 January 1966
2. He is an English actor and director
3. He appeared in Guy Ritchie’s film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, crime comedy Smoking Guns
4. As well as television roles in such shows as the comedy-drama Hotel Babylon, the HBO series Band of Brothers, and earlier in his career, the children’s show Press Gang, and the film Bugsy Malone
5. He also had a short-lived stint at presenting the third series of Channel 4’s GamesMaster
6. That aired between 1993 and 1994
7. Fletcher made his directorial debut with Wild Bill (2011)
8. And also directed Sunshine On Leith (2013) and Eddie the Eagle (2016)
9. Fletcher replaced Bryan Singer as director of Bohemian Rhapsody
10. A film biopic about the band Queen, released in October 2018
11. Due to DGA rules, he received executive producer credit
12. His most recent film, Rocketman (2019)
13. It is based on Elton John
14. Fletcher has been the voice for McDonald’s television adverts
15. And (feigning a US accent) is the narrator of The Game audio book written by Neil Strauss
16. He also narrated the Five series Airforce Afghanistan
17. As well as the Chop Shop: London Garage series on the Discovery Channel
18. In 1993, he was the voice of Prince Cinders in the short animated comedy of the same name
19. Also in 1993, he was the uncredited UNIT soldier narrator of the UNIT Recruiting Film
20. A five-minute spoof piece
21. That preceded a BBC1 repeat of the sixth and final episode of Doctor Who story Planet of the Daleks
22. In 1998, Fletcher featured on the song “Here Comes the Flood” from the album Fin de Siecle by The Divine Comedy
23. In 2014 he narrated the BBC1 show Del Boys and Dealers
24. Fletcher was born in Enfield, England
25. His parents who were teachers
26. And grew up in Woodford Green and Palmers Green
27. He dated his Press Gang co-star Julia Sawalha
28. And also had a relationship with actress Liza Walker
29. In 1997 he married Lithuanian film and theatre director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė in Westminster
30. His best man was fellow actor Alan Rickman
31. Dexter’s brothers are also actors
32. They are Graham Fletcher-Cook and Steve Fletcher