Dexter Hartman
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| Portrayed by | Khali Best | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2013–2015 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 4565 7 January 2013 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 4990 2 January 2015 |
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| Introduced by | Lorraine Newman | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Mechanic | ||||||||||
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| Father | Sam James |
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| Mother | Ava Hartman |
| Grandmothers | Cora Cross |
| Aunts | Tanya Branning |
| First cousins |
Abi Branning Lauren Branning Oscar Branning |
Dexter Hartman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Khali Best. His debut was on 7 January 2013. 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), and 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.
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
Dexter arrives in Albert Square after finding a photograph and address for his mother, Ava's (Clare Perkins), family that she has recently been reunited with after being given up for adoption as a baby. Dexter meets his cousin, Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), and they quickly become friends, with Dexter being invited to a family dinner, though Abi and the rest of the family are unaware that Dexter is related to them until Ava arrives to take him home. Abi is angry with Dexter for lying and Ava is unhappy that Dexter has gone back to Walford. Later, Ava's car breaks down in Walford on her way to a job interview, so Dexter takes it to the local garage where he becomes friends with Abi's boyfriend, Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) offers him work so he can pay for the repairs. Dexter becomes friends with Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) and is shocked to discover that she is a mother. Lola is disappointed by his reaction but they remain friends. However, Phil, who has custody of Lola's baby, Lexi Pearce, is unhappy about Lola and Dexter being friends and tells Lola to stop seeing him. When Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) tells Ava that her son Liam Butcher (James Forde) is in a gang, Ava reveals that Dexter used to be in a gang, which turns out to be the same gang. Ava and Dexter give Bianca advice, but after the gang are arrested and released on bail, they trash Ava and Dexter's home. Dexter tells Ava they have to move away.
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