Dex Lee

Dex is perhaps best known for playing the role of Bear Sylvester in BBC’s Doctors for five 
years. For his portrayal, he was nominated for Best Leading Performer, Best Dramatic 
Performance and Best Storyline at the British Soap Awards and for Best Daytime Star at 
the Inside Soap Awards. Other Television includes: Kenny Simmons in the 2024 Christmas 
special of Death in Paradise (Red Planet Pictures/BBC).

Theatre includes: Geoff in Tender (Soho Theatre); Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge! 
The Musical (Piccadilly Theatre); Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate (Sheffield Crucible); 
Curly McLain in Oklahoma! (Grange Park Opera); Know Moe in Five Guys Named 
Moe (Marble Arch Theatre) - WhatsOnStage Awards nomination for Best Supporting 
Actor In A Musical; Jackie in The Wild Party (The Other Palace); Danny Zuko in 
Grease (Curve, Leicester); Fourth/Odyssey Dog in Father Comes Home From The 
Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (Royal Court Theatre); Benny in In The Heights (King's Cross 
Theatre), after having played Jose in the Original London Cast (Southwark Playhouse); 
Seaweed Stubbs in Hairspray (National Tour); Billy in Carrie (Southwark Playhouse); 
Charlie Weems/Victoria Price in The Scottsboro Boys (Garrick Theatre) directed by 
Susan Stroman. 

Concerts include: Captain Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Prince Edward 
Theatre). 

Workshops include: Great Expectations - The Musical (NT Studio); The Drifters 
Girl (Michael Harrison Entertainment); Pinocchio (NT Studio) directed by John Tiffany; 
Victory; Standing At The Sky's Edge (Sheffield Theatres); Feelin' In The Mood 
directed by Chet Walker. 

Training: The Morgan Aslanoff School of Dance and The Arts Educational School.