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Fast Facts About Clive Owen: Born in Coventry, England on October 3, 1964. His wife is Sarah-Jane Fenton, whom he met when they appeared together as "Romeo and Juliet." The couple married in 1995 and has two daughters, Hannah, born in 1997, and Eve, born in 1999. Played Joseph (but as Elvis Presley) in a Binley Park production "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat". Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and, after graduation, joined the Young Vic Theatre Company, performing Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" and Claudio in "Measure for Measure." In 1988, performed in the road trip tale, "Vroom" alongside David Thewlis and Diana Quick. Also displayed his darker side as a psychopath in the BBC's adaptation of "Precious Bane" (aired in the USA on PBS' "Mystery!"). From 1990-91, turned roguishly heroic for the British TV series "Chancer." And the following year, portrayed an ambitious businessman who is seduced by his older sister (Saskia Reeves) and then becomes obsessed in Stephen Poliakoff's drama, "Close My Eyes." In 1993, was asked to play a Jewish doctor who clashes with the head of a medical center (Charles Dance) in the period piece, "Century." The same
year, crossed the Atlantic to appear in the ABC drama, "Class
of '61," as an Irish graduate of West Point who goes off to fight
in the Civil War. In 1997, portrayed a concentration camp inmate in Sean Matthias' film version of "Bent." Also in 1997, co-starred on the London stage in "Closer." In 1999, appeared opposite Alex Kingston in director Mike Hodges' crime drama, "The Croupier." The film would provide his breakthrough role as a hard-boiled croupier who conspires to defraud a casino. From 1999-200, the actor's popularity increased when he starred in a series of four "Second Sight" telepics for the BBC, playing hotshot British detective Ross Tanner. And he became an icon of cool as the driver in a series of advertising-driven, avant garde action shorts sponsored by BMW (at BMWFilms.com). In 2001, was in Robert Altman's "Gosford Park," playing the brooding Robert Park, who emerges as a central figure in the storyline. In 2002, was cast in the big-budget studio adapatation of Robert Ludlum's spy thriller, "The Bourne Identity," as the ruthless, steel-nerved assassin professor. Next starred opposite Angelina Jolie in the melodrama "Beyond Borders." And in 2004, teamed again with Hodges for the noirish "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," playing a retired British gangster who emerges from his secluded countryside life to investigate the death of his brother. Also in 2004, performed in Antoine Fuqua's "King Arthur," a big-budget, action-oriented film that cast him as England's once and future king. In 2005, starred opposite Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Jude Law in Mike Nichols' "Closer," about four strangers, their chance meetings, instant attractions and casual betrayals. |