Dino Fetscher
Born
Dino Fabian Gamecho

(1988-06-09) 9 June 1988
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Alma materCentral School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor

Dino Fetscher (born 9 June 1988) is an Olivier Award-nominated Welsh actor. He is known for his roles in the television series Cucumber, Banana, Paranoid, Gentleman Jack and Years and Years. He 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 and the Oscar nominated short film Good Boy starring Ben Whishaw.

Early life

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 2017, he was nominated as Celebrity Rising Star at the British LGBT Awards.[4][5]

Career

Fetscher's first television role was as Aiden in the 2015 series Cucumber and its spin-off anthology series Banana.[6] He portrayed series lead DC Alec Wayfield in the 2016 series Paranoid,[7] and the synthetic human Stanley in Humans in 2018.[6] In 2019, Fetscher played the recurring role of Ralph Cousins in Years and Years and portrayed Thomas Beech in Gentleman Jack.[6] 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.[8]

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.[6][8][9]

Filmography

Year Title Role Type Notes
2013 An Equinox of Love David Greenberg Short film
Forget the Pact Dave Short film
2015 Cucumber Aiden TV 2 episodes
Banana Aiden TV Episode: "Episode #1.7"
Iscariot James Bennet Short film
Samuel's Getting Hitched Samuel Short film
2016 First Soldier Short film
Now You See Me 2 Octa Guard Film
2016 Paranoid DC Alec Wayfield TV 8 episodes
2018 Humans Stanley TV 7 episodes
2019 Years and Years Ralph Cousins TV 3 episodes
2019 Gentleman Jack Thomas Beech TV 2 episodes
2020 The Split Ian Gibson TV 1 episode
2023 Foundation Glawen Curr TV Season 2
2023 Good Boy Leon Short film
2024 Fool Me Once Marty McGreggor TV 8 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022 Olivier Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Normal Heart Nominated [9]
WhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role in a Play Nominated [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Dino Fetscher, the New Hunk of 'Cucumber' and 'Banana'". Out. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Chi è Dino Fetscher in serie Paranoid, Stagione 1". PopcornTv.it (in Italian). 25 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Lowe, Adam (3 March 2015). "Dino Fetscher: 'We are beginning to move away from stereotypes'". Vada Magazine. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "This is the shortlist for the British LGBT Awards". The Independent. 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Banana actor Dino Fetscher on tonight's threesome scene: 'I had nothing but a cock-sock on'". Attitude. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Former Mr. Gay UK and Foundation actor Dino Fetscher is one of hottest stars in the galaxy". Queerty. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Hogan, Michael (22 September 2016). "Paranoid: a dark, conspiracy drama filled with crime clichés: review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 Hudson, David (10 January 2024). "We have a feeling former Mr. Gay UK/Fool Me Once actor Dino Fetscher is about to be everywhere in 2024". Queerty. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Olivier Awards 2022". Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Nominees for 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards announced | WhatsOnStage". 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.


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