| Dexter Hartman | |||||||||||||||
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| EastEnders character | |||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Khali Best | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2013–2015 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 4565 7 January 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 4990 2 January 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Lorraine Newman | ||||||||||||||
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Dexter Hartman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Khali Best. His debut was on 7 January 2013.[1] Dexter is the grandson of Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell) and son of her illegitimate daughter, Ava Hartman (Clare Perkins). Dexter's storylines include his friendships with Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) and Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold)
His job as a mechanic with Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), his struggle to accept his estranged father, Sam James (Cornell S John) only to learn that Sam initially tracked him down hoping he would donate a kidney and a tense relationship with the Carter family.
In 2014, Best was suspended from the show for three months by executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins due to bad behaviour.[2]
In November 2014, it was confirmed that Dexter would be written out of EastEnders in early 2015, making his final appearance on 2 January 2015[3][4][5]
- ^ Director: Tim Mercier; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Sally Abbott (7 January 2013). "Episode dated 07/01/2013". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ Metro.co.uk, Amy Duncan for (13 July 2014). "Reason behind EastEnders star Khali Best's suspension finally revealed". Metro. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Harp, Justin (22 November 2014). "EastEnders: Khali Best leaving role as Dexter Hartman - EastEnders News - Soaps - Digital Spy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "BBC One - EastEnders, 02/01/2015".
- ^ "EastEnders: Stan will beg Cora to stay". Digital Spy. 27 December 2014.