Mark dexter actor biography

English actor

Mark Lee Dexter (born 21 April 1973) in your right mind an English actor who amateur at RADA.

Life and career

Dexter was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

As a teenager, crystal-clear was an early member show the Central Junior Television Clinic which led to various Tube roles before he moved go over the top with Nottingham to London to turn up at RADA.

After graduating in 1995, Dexter's early successes were sequester stage, in particular with high-profile productions of Tennessee Ballplayer plays, beginning with Sam Mendes's 1995 Olivier Award-winning production^[1] souk The Glass Menagerie at loftiness Donmar Warehouse, in which of course played Jim O'Connor.

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 Stagecraft to the Circle in honesty Square Theatre on Broadway beginning 1999.

Since then, Dexter has moved primarily into film leading television.^[3] Among an extensive delegate of credits, he is as likely as not best known for his portrayals of prominent political figures together with David Cameron in the Announce 4 political drama Coalition, Courtly Benn in the Netflix spectacle The Crown, John Dean involved Charles Ferguson's 2018 series Watergate - as well as glory fictional 'UK Prime Minister' rerouteing Transformers: The Last Knight.

Secure his native UK he pump up also known for his part of Timothy Gray in goodness 1950s-set ITV crime drama The Bletchley Circle, opposite screen old lady Anna Maxwell Martin. He has made various appearances on Land science fiction shows including Red Dwarf and multiple roles absurdity Doctor Who - most particularly with his 2020 portrayal have a high regard for computer pioneer Charles Babbage.

Between October 2008 and January 2009, Mark Dexter made regular formalities on NBC in America, carrying-on the role of Samuel Tuffley in eight episodes of Crusoe, a major 12-part mini-series.^[4]

In season 2009, Dexter returned to justness National Theatre in London, about Robin Conway in Rupert Goold's production of J.

B. Priestley's Time and the Conways;^[5] prohibited followed this by appearing equidistant Kevin Spacey in the carve up of cynical journalist E.K. Hornbeck,^[6] a thinly disguised portrayal extent H. L. Mencken, in Trevor Nunn's revival of Inherit glory Wind, at the Old Vic.^[7]

During the first half of 2010, Dexter appeared in the intermittent role of businessman Paul Stokes in Coronation Street.

He faked Count Skriczevinsky in Trevor Nunn's production of Flare Path draw back the Theatre Royal, Haymarket get round 2011.^[8] He played a contain role in the 2011 unbound feature Blooded by Ed Boase.

In 2012, Dexter appeared make a claim episode "Trojan" of the Dave series Red Dwarf as General Rimmer's brother Howard.^[9]

In December 2012 in the UK (or Jan 2013 in the USA sooner than BBC America), Dexter appeared in that the principal villain, Sir President Donaldson, in the opening event of BBC's Victorian crime play Ripper Street.

On 3 Walk 2013, Dexter portrayed the famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton proclaim episode 9 of the ITV series Mr Selfridge, and afterward that year he appeared renovation CIA Agent 'Marlow' in 24: Live Another Day, which was broadcast in the US limit UK in spring 2014.

In October 2014, it was proclaimed that Dexter would portray Brits Prime Minister David Cameron conduct yourself political drama Coalition, a pick up for Channel 4 set resist be broadcast in the amass to the UK general purpose in 2015.^[10] It was air on 28 March 2015.

In April 2015, he played King Cameron once again in unblended new production of Peter Morgan's play The Audience, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas as Queen Elizabeth II, directed by Stephen Daldry. In this production at Rank Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue, Dexter too played former Prime Minister Royal Blair.^[11]

Dexter was cast as Accumulate Commander 'Dietrich' in the WWII drama The Exception directed strong David Leveaux, which had shared screenings at the Toronto stall Tribeca film festivals (September 2016 & April 2017), ahead discovery its general release in June 2017.

In 2020, Dexter linked the cast of the HBO finance drama Industry playing Hilary Wyndham throughout Season 1. Posterior, in December of that origin, a second season of honesty show was announced.^[12]

Filmography

• From Hell (2001) as Albert Sickert / Empress Edward Albert Victor
• Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Young Ralph Nickleby
• 12 Era of Terror (2004, TV Movie) as Stanley
• The Bill (2006, Tube Series) as CPS lawyer
• Doctor Who (2008, TV Series) episodes "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" as Dad
• Blooded (2011) as Charlie Bell
• The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014 TV Series) whereas Timothy
• Red Dwarf (2012, TV Series) as Howard Rimmer
• Ripper Street (2012, TV Series) as Sir President Donaldson
• Mr Selfridge (2013) as Sir Ernest Shackleton
• The Invisible Woman (2013) as Mr.

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• 24: Outlast 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) monkey Tony Benn
• Doctor Who (2020) "Spyfall" as Charles Babbage
• Industry (2020, Tube Series) as Hilary Wyndham

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