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Clive Owen

Acting

Born October 3, 1964 · Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Biography

Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964) is an English actor. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for playing the lead role in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. He received critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My Eyes (1991) before earning international attention for his performance as a struggling writer in Croupier (1998). In 2005, he won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award . He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the drama Closer (2004). Owen has played leading roles in films such as Sin City (2005), Derailed (2005), Inside Man (2006), Children of Men (2006), and The International (2009). In 2012, he earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in Hemingway & Gellhorn. He played Dr. John W. Thackery on the Cinemax medical drama series The Knick, for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama nomination. In 2021, Owen starred in the psychological romance-horror miniseries Lisey's Story. Also, he portrayed President Bill Clinton in the third season of American Crime Story. He then had further television roles in A Murder at the End of the World (2023) and Monsieur Spade (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Clive Owen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • European Film Award – People's Choice AwardBest European Film · 2018 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2005 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Clive Owen

Icons

The Knick

2014as Dr. John Thackery

American Crime Story

2016as Bill Clinton

Children of Men

2006as Theo Faron

Sin City

2005as Dwight

The Bourne Identity

2002as The Professor

Inside Man

2006as Dalton Russell

Ophelia

2018as Claudius

A Murder at the End of the World

2023as Andy Ronson

Star

2001as The Driver

Bent

1997as Max

Being: Liverpool

as Narrator (voice)

Closer

2004as Larry

Gosford Park

2001as Robert Parks

The Song of Names

2019as Dovidl Rapoport

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

2007as Sir Walter Raleigh

Croupier

1998as Jack Manfred

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017as Commander Arün Filitt

The Informer

2019as Montgomery

Trust

2010as William "Will" Cameron

Shoot 'Em Up

2007as Smith

Vroom

1988as Jake

Cleaner

2025as Marcus Blake

The Confirmation

2016as Walt

Last Knights

2015as Raiden

Words and Pictures

2013as Jack Marcus

Derailed

2005as Charles Schine

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Gemini Man

2019as Clay Verris

Killer Elite

2011as Spike

The International

2009as Louis Salinger

The Boys Are Back

2009as Joe Warr

King Arthur

2004as Arthur

Greenfingers

2000as Colin Briggs

The Return of the Native

1994as Damon Wildeve

Chancer

as Derek Love

Monsieur Spade

2024as Samuel 'Sam' Spade

Lisey's Story

2021as Scott Landon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

Blood Ties

2013as Chris Pierzynski

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012as Ernest Hemingway

Anon

2018as Sal Frieland

Shadow Dancer

2012as Mac

Duplicity

2009as Ray Koval

The Pink Panther

2006as Nigel Boswell / Agent 006 (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self - Guest

Second Sight

as Ross Tanner

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Intruders

2011as John Farrow