Clive Standen is an actor from the UK who began his career at the age of 15 with work in a youth theater. He gained world fame in roles in such rating television series as Doctor Who, Vikings and Robin Hood.
Clive James Standen was born in 1981, July 22. The boy was born in the UK, in a county called Down, which is located in Northern Ireland. His father was a military, because Clive’s specific birthplace is a military base located in Holywood. When Clive was two years old, the family left the base with the child and moved to the city of Leicestershire. There, in the East Midland, the childhood of the future film, theater and television actor passed.
Clive Standen Biography: childhood and adolescence
Clive from early tapes was interested in shooting in films and on television, and also attracted the theater. However, the boy did not dream of becoming a famous actor. Clive was more attracted to tricks; he wanted to be a stuntman.
Wanting to make his dream come true, Standen began to play sports early. He went to martial arts school, studied fencing. Clive's other passion was horses, because in his teens he became interested in horse riding.
When the boy was twelve years old, he managed to get into the main composition of the stunt troupe of the city of Nottingham. However, after three years the young man received a proposal to join the British youth theater. Despite his childhood dream, Clive made a choice in favor of the theater. As a result, he toured the country for several years, honing his acting skills and reaping the first fruits of success and fame.
Despite being busy, Clive was easily educated at the royal school in Melton Mowbray. After that, the young man decided to continue his education, but now he has purposefully chosen the acting path. First, he entered college, where he studied in detail the basics of acting, studied improvisation and went on stage, participating in educational productions. Then Standen was enrolled in the Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, located in London, which he successfully completed.
Having completed the education process, Clive decided that it was time to come to grips with the development of his career. The aspiring actor did not want to limit himself only to playing in the theater. On his account now there are a number of television series, the roles in which made him a particularly popular actor, as well as several feature films.
Theater and more
During the year - from 1999 to 2000 - Clive Standen worked in the British theater called "Globe". He then joined the Albert Hall troupe, where he was involved in the musical production of West Side Story. In 2006, the actor got into the cast of the Salisbury Playhouse.
At a certain point in time, Clive decided to try himself as a voice actor. However, he did not sign contracts for scoring animated films, but chose for himself the work on video games. His voice is spoken by characters in projects such as Aliens vs. Predator (2010) and Dying Light (2015).
Significant movie roles
Clive's debut film job was the role in the television film Ten Days to D-Day. This picture was released in 2004. Critics and the public praised the film, it was even awarded the Emmy Award.
A year later, the young actor reappeared in a television movie. This time he got a role in the project "Tom Brown's School Years". And a year later, Standen took part in the filming of the film "Heroes and Villains."
In 2007, Clive starred in the movie Namaste London. This film in 2008 was the best according to the Cine Award.
The latest movie work for Clive Standen is the role in the movie Everest. This movie was shown in 2015.
TV roles
Clive very quickly became a truly famous and sought-after actor, the rapid development of his creative career was due to roles in a number of popular television series.
For the first time in the long-playing television project, Standen was in 2000. He starred in the TV series Doctors, which had fairly high ratings in Britain and at the box office. Four years later, the actor got into the cast of the TV show "Resurrecting the Dead", but was only involved in a couple of episodes.
In 2008, the artist was invited to take part in the filming of the acclaimed series "Doctor Who." Clive did not enter the main cast, but appeared immediately in three series of the show.
The next extremely successful television projects of Clive were the series "Camelot", released in 2010, and "Robin Hood", launched in 2009. In both cases, Standen was among the permanent actors, which earned him well-deserved attention from viewers and critics.
At the moment, the actor is involved simultaneously in two rating television series at once. Since 2013, he has starred in the Vikings project, and in 2017, he joined the caste of the hostage show, receiving the main role here.
