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Clive Owen
Clive Owen 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…
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entertainment · British actor (born 1964) · film actor · screenwriter · stage actor · television actor · actor · also Clive Owen, Owen
Born 3 October 1964 · Q183178
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2026· 2 entries
The Mirror: Our Yorkshire Farm's Clive Owen reflects on 'passing' over farm 'It's time'
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2025· 2 entries
The Guardian: Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves’s screen history makes their stage reunion all the more emotional | Chris Wiegand
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The Guardian: End review – Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen draw couples trilogy to a tender close
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2021· 1 entry
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
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2019· 4 entries
The Guardian: The Night of the Iguana review – Clive Owen joins menagerie of lost souls
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The Guardian: How we made Closer – by Clive Owen and Patrick Marber
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Played Dovidl Rapaport in The Song of Names
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Owen played the role of the defrocked Reverend T
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: M. Butterfly review – Clive Owen impresses in Julie Taymor's revision
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2015· 2 entries
The Guardian: Old Times review – Clive Owen sings Sinatra in extravagant Pinter revival
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Owen made his Broadway debut in a revival of Harold Pinter's Old Times at the American Airlines Theatre
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2012· 1 entry
Earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in Hemingway & Gellhorn
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2006· 2 entries
Owen starred in Children of Men
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Owen spoofed the Bond connection by making an appearance in the remake of The Pink Panther in which he plays a character named "Nigel Boswell, Agent 006" (when he introduces himself to Inspector Clouseau, he quips that O
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2005· 2 entries
Won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in the drama Closer (2004)
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For Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role in Closer; his other two nominations are for his roles in television including made-for-television film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) for Best Lead Actor in a Mini
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2003· 1 entry
Reteamed with director Mike Hodges in I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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2002· 1 entry
For Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture for his performance in Gosford Park (2002)
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2001· 1 entry
Provided the voice-over for Walk On By, a BBC2 documentary about popular music, as well as starring in a highly acclaimed theatre revival of Peter Nichols' play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, about a couple with a sev
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1999· 1 entry
Appeared as an accident-prone driver in Split Second, his first BBC production in about a decade
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1996· 1 entry
Appeared in his first major Hollywood film The Rich Man's Wife alongside Halle Berry, followed by an unforgettable lead performance as Max in Bent_(1997_film) in 1997
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1988· 2 entries
Starred as Gideon Sarn in a BBC production of Precious Bane and the Channel 4 film Vroom before the 1990s saw him become a regular on stage and television in the UK, notably his lead role in the ITV series Chancer, fo
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When they were in a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Young Vic Theatre in London
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1986· 1 entry
Studied at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1986).
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1984· 1 entry
After a long and fruitless period of searching for work
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-10-03.
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