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| 3 | ->''"I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it."'' |
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| 5 | Clive Owen (born 3 October 1964 in Coventry, England) is an English actor of television, stage, and film. Starting in television, his first major Hollywood role was opposite Creator/HalleBerry in ''Film/TheRichMansWife''. His breakthrough role, however, was his critically acclaimed starring turn in Creator/MikeHodges' ''Film/{{Croupier}}''. Since then, he has had major roles in films as diverse as ''Film/GosfordPark'', ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'', ''Film/KingArthur2004'', ''Film/{{Closer}}'', ''Film/SinCity'', ''Film/InsideMan'', ''Film/TheConfirmation'', and ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''. |
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| 7 | Contrary to popular belief, he surprisingly is not [[{{Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow}} Clive Warren]]. |
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| 9 | Owen was reportedly a popular choice to inherit the role of Film/JamesBond 007 when the Creator/PierceBrosnan era came to an end but ultimately Creator/DanielCraig took the mantle instead. |
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| 11 | !! Filmography includes: |
| 12 | * ''Film/TheRichMansWife'' (1996) as Jake Golden |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Croupier}}'' (1998) as Jack Manfred |
| 14 | * ''Film/GosfordPark'' (2001) as Robert Parks |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' (2002) as the Professor |
| 16 | * ''Film/KingArthur2004'' as [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur]] |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Closer}}'' (2004) as Larry Gray |
| 18 | * ''Film/SinCity'' (2005) as Dwight [=McCarthy=] |
| 19 | * ''Film/InsideMan'' (2006) as Dalton Russell |
| 20 | * ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' (2006) as Theo Faron |
| 21 | * ''[[Film/{{Elizabeth}} Elizabeth: The Golden Age]]'' (2007) as Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Duplicity}}'' (2009) as Ray Koval |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheConfirmation'' (2016) as Walt |
| 24 | * ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'' (2017) as Commander Arun Filitt |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'' (2018) as [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Claudius]] |
| 26 | * ''Film/GeminiMan'' (2019) as Clay Varris |
| 27 | * ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory :'' ''Series/{{Impeachment}}'' (2021) as President UsefulNotes/BillClinton |
| 28 | * ''A Murder at the End of the World'' (2023) as Andy Ronson |
| 29 | * ''Series/MisterSpade'' (2024) as [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon Sam Spade]] |
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