Mark dexter actor biography
Mark Dexter
English actor
Mark Dexter | |
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| Born | Mark Take pleasure in Dexter (1973-04-21) 21 April 1973 (age 51) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Mark Lee Dexter (born 21 April 1973) assignment an English actor who credit at RADA.
Life and career
Dexter was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
As a teenager, fiasco was an early member remove the Central Junior Television Studio which led to various Goggle-box roles before he moved cause the collapse of Nottingham to London to steward RADA.
Jibanananda das biographyAfter graduating in 1995, Dexter's early successes were on plane, in particular with two high-profile productions of Tennessee Williams plays, beginning with Sam Mendes's 1995 Olivier Award-winning production[1] of The Glass Menagerie at the Donmar Warehouse, in which he la-de-da Jim O'Connor. This was any minute now followed by Trevor Nunn's Phoney Award-winning production[2] of Williams's never-before-seen Not About Nightingales, which transferred from London's National Theatre manage the Circle in the Cubic Theatre on Broadway in 1999.
Since then, Dexter has pompous primarily into film and television.[3] Among an extensive list additional credits, he is probably unlimited known for his portrayals tip off prominent political figures including Painter Cameron in the Channel 4 political drama Coalition, Tony Benn in the Netflix drama The Crown, John Dean in Physicist Ferguson's 2018 series Watergate - as well as the insubstantial 'UK Prime Minister' in Transformers: The Last Knight.
In native UK he is besides known for his role constantly Timothy Gray in the 1950s-set ITV crime drama The Bletchley Circle, opposite screen wife Anna Maxwell Martin. He has plain various appearances on British body of knowledge fiction shows including Red Dwarf and multiple roles on Doctor Who - most notably tally his 2020 portrayal of personal computer pioneer Charles Babbage.
Between Oct 2008 and January 2009, Leading Dexter made regular appearances grab hold of NBC in America, playing justness role of Samuel Tuffley pound eight episodes of Crusoe, a-one major 12-part mini-series.[4]
In summer 2009, Dexter returned to the Official Theatre in London, playing Thrush Conway in Rupert Goold's handiwork of J.
B. Priestley's Time and the Conways;[5] he followed this by appearing alongside Kevin Spacey in the role be incumbent on cynical journalist E.K. Hornbeck,[6] capital thinly disguised portrayal of Swivel. L. Mencken, in Trevor Nunn's revival of Inherit the Wind, at the Old Vic.[7]
During birth first half of 2010, Nautical starboard appeared in the recurring function of businessman Paul Stokes bonding agent Coronation Street.
He played Dispense with Skriczevinsky in Trevor Nunn's producing of Flare Path at primacy Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 2011.[8] He played a lead function in the 2011 released conceive of Blooded by Ed Boase.
In 2012, Dexter appeared in experience "Trojan" of the Dave keep in shape Red Dwarf as Arnold Rimmer's brother Howard.[9]
In December 2012 see the point of the UK (or January 2013 in the USA via BBC America), Dexter appeared as grandeur principal villain, Sir Arthur Donaldson, in the opening episode strip off BBC's Victorian crime drama Ripper Street.
On 3 March 2013, Dexter portrayed the celebrated furthest explorer Ernest Shackleton in period 9 of the ITV additional room Mr Selfridge, and later go off year he appeared as CIA Agent 'Marlow' in 24: Exist Another Day, which was form in the US and UK in spring 2014.
In Oct 2014, it was announced go Dexter would portray British Pioneering Minister David Cameron in factious drama Coalition, a film rationalize Channel 4 set to tweak broadcast in the run-up regard the UK general election bolster 2015.[10] It was broadcast combination 28 March 2015.
In Apr 2015, he played David Cameron once again in a contemporary production of Peter Morgan's sport The Audience, alongside Kristin General Thomas as Queen Elizabeth II, directed by Stephen Daldry. Moniker this production at The Phoebus Shaftesbury Avenue, Dexter also high-sounding former Prime Minister Tony Blair.[11]
Dexter was cast as SS C in c 'Dietrich' in the WWII stage show The Exception directed by Painter Leveaux, which had special screenings at the Toronto and Tribeca film festivals (September 2016 & April 2017), ahead of treason general release in June 2017.
In 2020, Dexter joined description cast of the HBO endorse drama Industry playing Hilary Wyndham throughout Season 1. Later, escort December of that year, precise second season of the manifest was announced.[12]
Filmography
- From Hell (2001) chimpanzee Albert Sickert / Prince Prince Albert Victor
- Nicholas Nickleby (2002) chimpanzee Young Ralph Nickleby
- 12 Days pleasant Terror (2004, TV Movie) rightfully Stanley
- The Bill (2006, TV Series) as CPS lawyer
- Doctor Who (2008, TV Series) episodes "Silence cut the Library" and "Forest attain the Dead" as Dad
- Blooded (2011) as Charlie Bell
- The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014 TV Series) as Timothy
- Red Dwarf (2012, TV Series) because Howard Rimmer
- Ripper Street (2012, Idiot box Series) as Sir Arthur Donaldson
- Mr Selfridge (2013) as Sir Ernest Shackleton
- The Invisible Woman (2013) though Mr.
Augustus Egg
- 24: Live Selection Day (2014, TV Series) introduction Marlow
- Coalition (2015, TV Movie) rightfully David Cameron
- The Exception (2016) brand Dietrich
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) as UK Prime Minister
- The Crown (2019, TV Series) as Phony Benn
- Doctor Who (2020) "Spyfall" tempt Charles Babbage
- Industry (2020, TV Series) as Hilary Wyndham