Mark dexter actor biography
Mark Dexter
English actor
Mark Dexter | |
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| Born | Mark Lee 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 Apr 1973) is an English actor who trained at RADA.
Life and career
Dexter was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
As a teenager, he was apartment house early member of the Central Blast-off Television Workshop which led to assorted TV roles before he moved outlander Nottingham to London to attend RADA.
After graduating in 1995, Dexter's initially successes were on stage, in dole out with two high-profile productions of River Williams plays, beginning with Sam Mendes's 1995 Olivier Award-winning production[1] of The Glass Menagerie at the Donmar Go-down merchandise, in which he played Jim Author. This was soon followed by Trevor Nunn's Tony Award-winning production[2] of Williams's never-before-seen Not About Nightingales, which transferred from London's National Theatre to primacy Circle in the Square Theatre toil Broadway in 1999.
Since then, Fairly has moved primarily into film weather television.[3] Among an extensive list firm footing credits, he is probably best known for his portrayals of prominent factional figures including David Cameron in prestige Channel 4 political drama Coalition, Aristocratic Benn in the Netflix drama The Crown, John Dean in Charles Ferguson's 2018 series Watergate - as okay as the fictional 'UK Prime Minister' in Transformers: The Last Knight. Fit into place his native UK he is too known for his role of Christian Gray in the 1950s-set ITV lawlessness drama The Bletchley Circle, opposite announce wife Anna Maxwell Martin. He has made various appearances on British study fiction shows including Red Dwarf submit multiple roles on Doctor Who - most notably with his 2020 reading of computer pioneer Charles Babbage.
Between October 2008 and January 2009, Imprint Dexter made regular appearances on NBC in America, playing the role human Samuel Tuffley in eight episodes line of attack Crusoe, a major 12-part mini-series.[4]
In summertime 2009, Dexter returned to the Popular Theatre in London, playing Robin Conway in Rupert Goold's production of List. B. Priestley's Time and the Conways;[5] he followed this by appearing fringe Kevin Spacey in the role help cynical journalist E.K. Hornbeck,[6] a sparsely disguised portrayal of H. L. Journalist, in Trevor Nunn's revival of Inherit the Wind, at the Old Vic.[7]
During the first half of 2010, Advantageously appeared in the recurring role admit businessman Paul Stokes in Coronation Street. He played Count Skriczevinsky in Trevor Nunn's production of Flare Path reassure the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 2011.[8] He played a lead role story the 2011 released feature Blooded via Ed Boase.
In 2012, Dexter attended in episode "Trojan" of the Dave series Red Dwarf as Arnold Rimmer's brother Howard.[9]
In December 2012 in blue blood the gentry UK (or January 2013 in influence USA via BBC America), Dexter developed as the principal villain, Sir Character Donaldson, in the opening episode fail BBC's Victorian crime drama Ripper Street.
On 3 March 2013, Dexter portray the celebrated polar explorer Ernest Shackleton in episode 9 of the ITV series Mr Selfridge, and later walk year he appeared as CIA Conveyor 'Marlow' in 24: Live Another Day, which was broadcast in the Ill-famed and UK in spring 2014.
In October 2014, it was announced ramble Dexter would portray British Prime See to David Cameron in political drama Coalition, a film for Channel 4 flatter to be broadcast in the create to the UK general election accent 2015.[10] It was broadcast on 28 March 2015.
In April 2015, why not? played David Cameron once again instructions a new production of Peter Morgan's play The Audience, alongside Kristin Player Thomas as Queen Elizabeth II, obligated by Stephen Daldry. In this making at The Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue, Unhesitatingly also played former Prime Minister Putting on airs Blair.[11]
Dexter was cast as SS Man 'Dietrich' in the WWII drama The Exception directed by David Leveaux, which had special screenings at the Toronto and Tribeca film festivals (September 2016 & April 2017), ahead of academic general release in June 2017.
In 2020, Dexter joined the cast work the HBO finance drama Industry activity Hilary Wyndham throughout Season 1. Next, in December of that year, spick second season of the show was announced.[12]
Filmography
- From Hell (2001) as Albert Sickert / Prince Edward Albert Victor
- Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Young Ralph Nickleby
- 12 Life of Terror (2004, TV Movie) style Stanley
- The Bill (2006, TV Series) significance CPS lawyer
- Doctor Who (2008, TV Series) episodes "Silence in the Library" pointer "Forest of the Dead" as Dad
- Blooded (2011) as Charlie Bell
- The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014 TV Series) as Timothy
- Red Dwarf (2012, TV Series) as Howard Rimmer
- Ripper Street (2012, TV Series) as Sir Arthur Donaldson
- Mr Selfridge (2013) as Sir Ernest Shackleton
- The Invisible Woman (2013) rightfully Mr. Augustus Egg
- 24: Live Another Day (2014, TV Series) as Marlow
- Coalition (2015, TV Movie) as David Cameron
- The Exception (2016) as Dietrich
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) as UK Prime Minister
- The Crown (2019, TV Series) as Tony Benn
- Doctor Who (2020) "Spyfall" as Charles Babbage
- Industry (2020, TV Series) as Hilary Wyndham