Clive Owen

Clive Owen

Acting
Born Oct 03, 1964
From 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 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.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Closer
6.8
2004

Closer

Larry

Children of Men
7.6
2006

Children of Men

Theo Faron

The Bourne Identity
7.5
2002

The Bourne Identity

The Professor

Sin City
7.5
2005

Sin City

Dwight

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
6.6
2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Commander Arün Filitt

Inside Man
7.4
2006

Inside Man

Dalton Russell

Gosford Park
6.8
2001

Gosford Park

Robert Parks

Cleaner
6.3
2025

Cleaner

Marcus Blake

Killer Elite
6.3
2011

Killer Elite

Spike

Gemini Man
6.3
2019

Gemini Man

Clay Verris

The Pink Panther
5.9
2006

The Pink Panther

Nigel Boswell / Agent 006 (uncredited)

King Arthur
6.3
2004

King Arthur

Arthur

Trust
6.5
2010

Trust

William "Will" Cameron

Last Knights
6.4
2015

Last Knights

Raiden

Anon
6.0
2018

Anon

Sal Frieland

Shoot 'Em Up
6.5
2007

Shoot 'Em Up

Smith

Ophelia
7.1
2019

Ophelia

Claudius

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
6.7
2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Sir Walter Raleigh

Duplicity
5.9
2009

Duplicity

Ray Koval

The Informer
6.5
2019

The Informer

Montgomery

Blood Ties
6.1
2013

Blood Ties

Chris Pierzynski

The International
6.3
2009

The International

Louis Salinger

Derailed
6.4
2005

Derailed

Charles Schine

Close My Eyes
5.8
1991

Close My Eyes

Richard

Ambush
6.5
2001

Ambush

The Driver

Bent
6.9
1997

Bent

Max

Hemingway & Gellhorn
6.1
2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Ernest Hemingway

The Song of Names
6.7
2019

The Song of Names

Dovidl Rapoport

Intruders
5.5
2011

Intruders

John Farrow

Shadow Dancer
5.9
2012

Shadow Dancer

Mac

Croupier
6.7
1998

Croupier

Jack Manfred

Beyond Borders
6.4
2003

Beyond Borders

Nick Callahan

Doomsday Gun
5.5
1994

Doomsday Gun

Dov

Hostage
6.6
2002

Hostage

The Driver

Ticker
6.7
2002

Ticker

The Driver

Greenfingers
6.3
2001

Greenfingers

Colin Briggs

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5.5
2003

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Will Graham

Words and Pictures
6.4
2014

Words and Pictures

Jack Marcus

The Confirmation
6.4
2016

The Confirmation

Walt

Chosen
6.3
2001

Chosen

The Driver

The Rich Man's Wife
5.3
1996

The Rich Man's Wife

Jake Golden

Vroom
6.1
1988

Vroom

Jake

Powder Keg
6.9
2001

Powder Keg

The Driver

The Follow
6.8
2001

The Follow

The Driver

The Boys Are Back
6.3
2009

The Boys Are Back

Joe Warr

Class of '61
4.1
1993

Class of '61

Devin O'Neil

The Escape
6.4
2016

The Escape

The Driver

The Making of Gosford Park
5.0
2002

The Making of Gosford Park

Self

Star
6.9
2001

Star

The Driver

The Return of the Native
6.1
1994

The Return of the Native

Damon Wildeve

Century
4.9
1993

Century

Paul Reisner

Beat the Devil
7.0
2002

Beat the Devil

The Driver

Lorna Doone
5.9
1990

Lorna Doone

John Ridd

The Making of King Arthur
8.7
2004

The Making of King Arthur

Self

The Magician
3.5
1993

The Magician

George Byrne

Precious Bane
6.0
1989

Precious Bane

Gideon Sarn

Him
4.5
2021

Him

Jason

The Making of Derailed
4.8
2006

The Making of Derailed

Self

An Evening With Gary Lineker
1.0
1994

An Evening With Gary Lineker

Bill

Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht

Lieutenant Krützfeld

Romantic Guide to Lost Places
5.7
2020

Romantic Guide to Lost Places

Benno

Bad Boy Blues
10.0
1996

Bad Boy Blues

Paul

Nobody's Children
4.3
1994

Nobody's Children

Corneliu Bratu

Split Second
3.3
1999

Split Second

Michael Anderson

2001

Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind

DCI Ross Tanner

The Turnaround
4.0
1995

The Turnaround

Nick Sharman

Blasphemous

Killer in Red
6.5
2017

Killer in Red

National Theatre Live: End
2026

National Theatre Live: End

Alfie