Once named Time Out Comedian of the Year, Felix Dexter was born on 9th February in Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.
He moved to Surrey with his family at the age of seven. He studied Law at University College London and began training as a barrister before embarking on a career in comedy. A pioneer of black comedy, his many, varied and very, very funny television and radio credits include: Down The Line, Bellamy’s People, Absolutely Fabulous, Have I Got News For You, Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge, The Lenny Henry Show, The Real McCoy and, most recently, Citizen Khan, the second series of which was screening when he died.
Felix also starred on stage opposite Hollywood actor Christian Slater in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, as well as spending a season performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
A modest and private man he died after a long and dignified struggle with myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer in October 2013.
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