Dino Fetscher | |
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Born | Dino Fabián Gamecho 9 June 1988 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Dino Fetscher (born 9 June 1988) is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Banana , Paranoid , Gentleman Jack and Years and Years . Fetscher also starred as the synthetic Stanley in Humans .
In 2023 he appeared in the Apple TV+ series Foundation as Glawen Curr, and in 2024 starred in the Netflix drama Fool Me Once as Marty McGregor.
Fetscher was born in Cardiff, Wales. His mother is German and his father is Welsh-Basque. [1] [2] Fetscher trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. [3]
In 2008, aged 19, Fetscher won that year's Mr Gay UK. [4]
As an actor, Fetscher's first television role was as Aiden in the 2015 series Cucumber and its spin-off anthology series Banana . [5] He portrayed series lead DC Alec Wayfield in the 2016 series Paranoid , [6] and the synthetic human Stanley in Humans in 2018. [5] In 2019, Fetscher played the recurring role of Ralph Cousins in Years and Years and portrayed Thomas Beech in Gentleman Jack . [5] In 2023, he appeared in the Apple TV+ series Foundation as Glawen Curr, and in 2024 starred in the Netflix drama Fool Me Once as Marty McGregor. [7] [8] [9]
In 2017, he was nominated as Celebrity Rising Star at the British LGBT Awards. [10] [11] [12]
In 2022, Fetscher was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in a West End production of The Normal Heart . [5] [7] [13]
Fetscher is gay. In a 2015 interview with Attitude , Fetscher said he had come out to his family as a teenager, adding, "I was really lucky, my whole family were all totally fine." [14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | An Equinox of Love | David Greenberg | Short film |
Forget the Pact | Dave | ||
2015 | Iscariot | James Bennet | |
Samuel's Getting Hitched | Samuel | ||
2016 | First | Soldier | |
Now You See Me 2 | Octa Guard | ||
2023 | Good Boy | Leon | Short film |
TBA | Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | TBA | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Cucumber | Aiden | 2 episodes |
Banana | Episode: "Episode #1.7" | ||
2016 | Paranoid | DC Alec Wayfield | 8 episodes |
2018 | Humans | Stanley | 7 episodes |
2019 | Years and Years | Ralph Cousins | 3 episodes |
Gentleman Jack | Thomas Beech | 2 episodes | |
2020 | The Split | Ian Gibson | 1 episode |
2023 | Foundation | Glawen Curr | Season 2 |
2024 | Fool Me Once | Marty McGreggor | 8 episodes |
TBA | Under Salt Marsh | TBA | Upcoming TV series |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Olivier Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Normal Heart | Nominated | [13] |
WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Play | Nominated | [15] |
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