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Gender: Male
Birthplace: Keresly, near Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Birth Name: Clive Owen
Clive OwenMore Photos Initially, Owen carved out a career in television: in 1988 Owen starred as Gideon Sarn in a BBC television 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 followed by an appearance in the Thames Television production of Lorna Doone. He won critical acclaim...

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Christmas Special
Thursday 27 December 2007 on BBC-2

Maggie is still struggling as an actor whilst Andy has the success he craves with When the Whistle Blows. However, the show has been changed so much, it no longer resembles his original idea. To make things worse, Greg is having the kind of success Andy craves, which leads Andy to ask himself...

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Clive Owen was ranked No.12 in AskMen.com's Top 49 Men of 2007. He was ranked No.11 the previous year. (edit)
Clive was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007. (edit)
Clive Owen starred as the main character "Ser Lev Aris" in the 1996 game "Privateer 2: The Darkening". (edit)
In November 2006, Clive became patron of the Electric Palace Cinema in Harwich, England and launched an appeal for funds to repair deteriorating elements of the fabric. (edit)
January 2007 - Clive has signed on as the face of a new Lancome anti-aging cream for men. He will also be named the new spokesman of the cosmetics firm's new Hypnose Homme fragrance. (edit)

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Clive Owen: Theatre uses a different energy. It's like going to the gym and having a vigorous workout. But every few years is enough because I love filming. I am a real film animal. (edit)
Clive: I've never felt the need to up sticks and relocate to Hollywood. So many films are made in Europe now, and that allows me to stay in the UK. I have my home in London and I have a weekend house in Essex. It means that I'm never that far away from the family. They can visit me on set. For me, London is, and always will be home. I've been there for 20 years, ever since I went to drama school. I can't really imagine living anywhere else. (edit)
Clive: I've never felt the need to up sticks and relocate to Hollywood. So many films are made in Europe now, and that allows me to stay in the UK. I have my home in London and I have a weekend house in Essex. It means that I'm never that far away from the family. They can visit me on set. For me, London is, and always will be home. I've been there for 20 years, ever since I went to drama school. I can't really imagine living anywhere else. (edit)
Clive Owen: (on how his career has taken off in Hollywood) I am amazed but I am also working hard and working a lot. I’m going to take a very sizeable break soon because I ended up in this situation where I made four films back to back. There were always things I wanted to do, like go on holidays, but there were these projects and people I wanted to work with which kept cropping up. I do need to take a long break after this because it’s not an ideal way of working. I am one of those actors who really likes to prepare for their films. I don’t like them to come at me that fast. But I really wanted to do this one. (edit)
Clive Owen: (on working with Denzel Washington in “Inside Man“) For me, he has the massive stature of a full-blown movie star and he’s a really good, fine, intelligent actor. He’s got the whole thing. For a long time, he’s been one of the main serious leading men. He’s been around in movies for a long time and I’ve always respected and liked him since I first saw his work. He has always had this presence and intelligence in everything he does. (edit)
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clive owen is an excellent actor, a good looking guy, and was nominated for an oscar. hes deffinetly on his way to earning himself a star on the walk of fame.
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"Underused"
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"One of the all-time greats"
great actor!
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