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Clive Owen is a male film, stage, and television actor and screenwriter from the United Kingdom. Born in 1964 in Coventry, specifically Keresley, Warwickshire, he began his work period in 1987. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and speaks English.
Owen has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film. He resides in Highgate and has two children. His family name is Owen.
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Film & TV
Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
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…
Known for
- National Theatre at Home: End — Alfie2026
- Cleaner — Marcus Blake2025
- Monsieur Spade — Samuel 'Sam' Spade2024
- A Murder at the End of the World — Andy Ronson2023
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2023
- Him — Jason2021
- Lisey's Story — Scott Landon2021
- Romantic Guide to Lost Places — Benno2020
- Ophelia — Claudius2019
- The Informer — Montgomery2019
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Owen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Coventry
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.clive-owen.org
- Image
- Clive Owen (Children of men) cropped.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Highgate
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- Clive Owen
- date of birth
- 1964-10-03
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- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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 and 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 and also 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).
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