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Clive Owen

Actor

Clive Owen

Born October 3, 1964 in Keresley, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK67 films

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).

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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).

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Bourne Identity poster7.5The Bourne Identity2002Sin City poster7.5Sin City2005Inside Man poster7.4Inside Man2006Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets poster6.7Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017Closer poster6.8Closer2004Gemini Man poster6.3Gemini Man2019King Arthur poster6.3King Arthur2004Shoot 'Em Up poster6.5Shoot 'Em Up2007

Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. TBAKristallnachtLieutenant Krützfeld
  2. TBARadioactive
  3. 2027Blasphemous
  4. 2026National Theatre at Home: EndAlfie
  5. 2025CleanerMarcus Blake
  6. 2021HimJason
  7. 2020Romantic Guide to Lost PlacesBenno
  8. 2019The Song of NamesDovidl Rapoport
  9. 2019Gemini ManClay Verris
  10. 2019The InformerMontgomery
  11. 2019OpheliaClaudius
  12. 2018AnonSal Frieland
  13. 2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsCommander Arün Filitt
  14. 2017Killer in Red
  15. 2016The EscapeThe Driver
  16. 2016The ConfirmationWalt
  17. 2015Last KnightsRaiden
  18. 2014Words and PicturesJack Marcus
  19. 2013Blood TiesChris Pierzynski
  20. 2012Hemingway & GellhornErnest Hemingway
  21. 2012Shadow DancerMac
  22. 2011Killer EliteSpike
  23. 2011IntrudersJohn Farrow
  24. 2010TrustWilliam "Will" Cameron
  25. 2009The Boys Are BackJoe Warr
  26. 2009DuplicityRay Koval
  27. 2009The InternationalLouis Salinger
  28. 2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeSir Walter Raleigh
  29. 2007Shoot 'Em UpSmith
  30. 2006Children of MenTheo Faron
  31. 2006Inside ManDalton Russell
  32. 2006The Pink PantherNigel Boswell / Agent 006 (uncredited)
  33. 2005DerailedCharles Schine
  34. 2005Sin CityDwight
  35. 2004CloserLarry
  36. 2004King ArthurArthur
  37. 2003Beyond BordersNick Callahan
  38. 2003I'll Sleep When I'm DeadWill Graham
  39. 2002Beat the DevilThe Driver
  40. 2002TickerThe Driver
  41. 2002HostageThe Driver
  42. 2002The Bourne IdentityThe Professor
  43. 2001Gosford ParkRobert Parks
  44. 2001GreenfingersColin Briggs
  45. 2001StarThe Driver
  46. 2001Powder KegThe Driver
  47. 2001The FollowThe Driver
  48. 2001AmbushThe Driver
  49. 2001Second Sight: Kingdom of the BlindDCI Ross Tanner
  50. 2001ChosenThe Driver
  51. 1999Split SecondMichael Anderson
  52. 1998CroupierJack Manfred
  53. 1997BentMax
  54. 1996The Rich Man's WifeJake Golden
  55. 1996Bad Boy BluesPaul
  56. 1995The TurnaroundNick Sharman
  57. 1994The Return of the NativeDamon Wildeve
  58. 1994Doomsday GunDov
  59. 1994An Evening with Gary LinekerBill
  60. 1994Nobody's ChildrenCorneliu Bratu
  61. 1993CenturyPaul Reisner
  62. 1993Class of '61Devin O'Neil
  63. 1993The MagicianGeorge Byrne
  64. 1991Close My EyesRichard
  65. 1990Lorna DooneJohn Ridd
  66. 1989Precious BaneGideon Sarn
  67. 1988VroomJake