Clive Owen
Born: October 3, 1964 in Keresley, Coventry, England, UK
Actor
Clive Owen graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1987. He started acting in London’s Young Vic Theatre in various plays by Shakespeare and soon became a highly sought after actor on the London stage. He made his debut on the big screen at the start of the 90s, and his performance in Croupier, by Mike Hodges, was greatly applauded by critics and catapulted him to fame.
After various roles in series and films for TV, he starred in Greenfingers, by Joel Hershman, which was followed in 2001 by Gosford Park, by Robert Altman, for which he won the Screen Actors’ Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2002 he was in The Bourne Identity, by Doug Liman, and in 2003 he starred with Angelina Jolie in Beyond Borders, by Martin Campbell.
He earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor and won the BAFTA and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in Closer, by Mike Nichols, in 2004.
In 2005 he made two films, Derailed, by Mikael Hafström, and Sin City, by Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino. 2006 was another huge year, with the comedy The Pink Panther, by Shawn Levy; the futuristic Children of Men, by Alfonso Cuarón, and Inside Man, by Spike Lee.
He was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical Comedy in 2007 for his performance in Shoot ‘Em up, by Michael Davis.
In 2009 he made The International, by Tom Tykwer; Duplicity, by Tony Gilroy, with Julia Roberts, and The Boys Are Back, by Scott Hicks.
He will shortly be seen in Trust, by David Schwimmer, and The Killer Elite, by Gary McKendry, with Robert de Niro and Jason Statham. He is currently filming Shadow Dancer,by James Marsh.
Filmography
2013 Recall by Harold Becker
2012 Blind by Richard Loncraine
2012 Cities by Roger Donaldson
2012 Shadow Dancer by James Marsh
2011 Intruders by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
2011 Killer Elite by Gary McKendry
2010 Trust by David Schwimmer
2009 The Boys Are Back by Scott Hicks
2009 Duplicity by Tony Gilroy
2010 Sin City 2 by Frank Miller
2009 Duplicity by Tony Gilroy
2009 The International by Tom Tykwer
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Shekhar Kapur
2008 Shoot 'Em Up by Michael Davis
2006 Children of Men by Alfonso Cuarón
2006 Inside man by Spike Lee
2006 The Pink Panther by Shawn Levy
2006 Derailed by Mikaël Hafstrom
2006 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Mike Hodges
2005 Savage Grace by Tom Kalin
2005 Sin City by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
2004 Closer by Mike Nichols
2004 King Arthur by Antoine Fuqua
2003 Beyond Borders by Martin Campbell
2003 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead by Mike Hodges
2002 Ticker by Joe Carnahan
2002 Beat the Devil by Tony Scott
2002 Hostage by John Woo
2002 The Bourne Identity by Doug Liman
2001 Gosford Park by Robert Altman
2001 Powder Keg by Alejandro González Iñárritu
2001 Star by Guy Ritchie
2001 The Follow by Kar Wai Wong
2001 Chosen by Ang Lee
2001 Ambush by John Frankenheimer
2000 Greenfingers by Joel Hershman
2000 Jardinage à l'anglaise
1998 Croupier by Mike Hodges
1997 Bent by Sean Mathias
1996 The Rich Man's Wife by Amy Holden Jones
1994 The Turnaround by Suri Krishnamma
1993 Century by Stephen Poliakoff
1991 Close My Eyes by de Stephen Poliakoff
1998 Vroom by Beeban Kidron
