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Clive Standen
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Clive Standen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1981-07-22,County Down, Northern Ireland
Gender
Male
Biography
Clive Standen is was born on a British Army base in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, and at the age of two he had moved across the water to Leicestershire in the East Midlands. He went to school at King Edward VII School (Melton Mowbray) followed by a performing arts course at Melton Mowbray College. His first experience of stunts and sword fighting was at the tender age of 12 when Standen got his first job working in a professional stunt team in Nottingham learning to Ride, Joust and sword fight..His sword fighting skills are seamless (he is left-handed but learned to fight with his right hand in his early years making him uniquely ambidextrous in the craft). at the age of fifteen Clive was both a member of the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre performing lead roles in plays and musicals in West End and at venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. He then won a place at the London Academy of Dramatic Art LAMDA on their three year acting course. Prior to his role in Robin Hood and Dr Who, Standen appeared in Waking the dead, in 2004, the Second World War drama documentary Ten days to D-day, three episodes of Doctors and Tom Brown's Schooldays, the acclaimed ITV adaptation of the book by Thomas Hughes. He also played the lead role of Major Alan Marshall in the Zero Hour TV dramatization of the SAS mission in Sierra Leone known as operation Barras. Standen took a lead role in the mainstream Bollywood film Namastey London alongside Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar. Clive is also the face of Evian water 2008. Away from acting, in his late teens Standen was a former international Muay Thai Boxer and later Fencing gold medalist. He married his wife Francesca in 2007 at Babington House. They live in London with their three children, Hayden, Edi and Rafferty. Hi is best known for playing the battle hardened warrior 'Gawain' a series regular in the Starz networks TV series 'Camelot' and also 'Archer', the swashbuckling brother of Robin Hood in the BBC TV series Robin Hood; a role which brought Standen much critical acclaim with many of the national press comparing Standen's charming but edgy performance and seemingly effortless sword fighting Skill to Errol Flynn. It was much speculated at the end of the 3rd season that after his brothers death "Archer" would pick up the mantle of Robin Hood and become the shows new hero. Clive is also known for a previous recurring role as Private Harris in the British sci-fi show Doctor Who.

Filmography

Namastey London

6.164

Namastey London
2007-03-23

6.1

Vendetta
2022-05-17

4.1

Possessions
2024-04-12

Hammer of the Gods

4.381

Hammer of the Gods
2013-07-05

5.9

Boudica
2023-10-26

6.8

Everest
2015-09-10

5.3

Patient Zero
2018-09-14

6.5

Clear Cut
2024-07-19

Tom Brown's Schooldays

5.7

Tom Brown's Schooldays
2005-01-01

Heroes and Villains

0

Heroes and Villains
2006-11-17

4.9

In Like Flynn
2018-07-07

5.7

Vault
2019-07-25

Ten Days to D-Day

6.5

Ten Days to D-Day
2004-01-02

8.092

Vikings
2013-03-03

6.3

Camelot
2011-02-25

Waking the Dead

7.2

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

Waking the Dead

7.2

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

7.5

Doctor Who
2005-03-26

6.667

Real Vikings
2016-02-13

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

7.1

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015-01-30

6.504

Taken
2017-02-27

The Morning Show

7.789

The Morning Show
2019-11-01

0

Winter Palace

6.941

Obliterated
2023-11-30

5

Mirage
2020-02-17

Council of Dads

6.8

Council of Dads
2020-03-24