Clive Standen is an actor from Great Britain, who started his career at the age of 15 working in youth theater. Worldwide fame was brought to him by his roles in such top-rated television series as Doctor Who, Vikings and Robin Hood.
Clive James Standen was born in 1981, July 22. The boy was born in Great Britain, in a county called Down, which is located in Northern Ireland. His father was a military man, so the specific birthplace of Clive 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 Midlands, the childhood years of the future actor of cinema, theater and television passed.
Biography of Clive Standen: childhood and adolescence
From his early films, Clive was interested in filming in films and on television, and was also attracted to theater. However, the boy did not dream of becoming a famous actor. Clive was more attracted to stunts, he wanted to be a stuntman.
Wanting to make his dream come true, Standen started playing sports early. He went to a martial arts school, studied fencing. Another passion of Clive was horses, so as a teenager 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, three years later, the young man received an offer to join the British youth theater. Despite his childhood dream, Clive opted for 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 located in Melton Mowbray. After that, the young man decided to continue his education, but now he purposefully chose the acting path. First, he went to college, where he studied in detail the basics of acting, studied improvisation and appeared on the stage, participating in educational productions. Then Standen was enrolled in the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, located in London, from which he successfully graduated.
After completing 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 be limited to just playing in the theater. He now has a number of television series on his account, the roles in which made him an especially popular actor, as well as several full-length films.
Theater and not only
During the year - from 1999 to 2000 - Clive Standen worked in a British theater called the Globe. Then he joined the Albert Hall troupe, where he was involved in the musical production of West Side Story. In 2006, the actor joined 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 dubbing cartoons, but chose to work on video games for himself. His voice is spoken by characters in projects such as "Aliens vs. Predator" (2010) and "Dying Light" (2015).
Significant roles in films
Clive made his film debut role in the television movie "Ten Days to D-Day". This picture was released in 2004. The film was highly praised by critics and the public and even won an Emmy award.
A year later, the young actor appeared again 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 became the best in the opinion of the Cine Award.
Clive Standen's last film work at the moment is his role in the movie "Everest". This motion picture was shown in 2015.
Roles in TV series
Clive very quickly became a really famous and in-demand actor, the rapid development of his creative career was due to his roles in a number of popular television series.
For the first time, Standen got into the long-running television project in 2000. He starred in the TV series Doctors, which had fairly high ratings in Britain and at the worldwide box office. Four years later, the actor got into the cast of the TV show "Raising the Dead", but was involved in only a couple of episodes.
In 2008, the artist was invited to take part in the filming of the acclaimed TV series Doctor Who. Clive was not included in the main cast, but appeared in three episodes of the show at once.
Clive's next extremely successful television projects were the series Camelot, released in 2010, and Robin Hood, which was released in 2009. On both occasions, Standen made it to the regular cast, earning him the attention he deserved from audiences and critics alike.
At the moment, the actor is simultaneously involved in two rating television series at once. Since 2013, he has been acting in the Vikings project, and in 2017 he joined the cast of the Hostage show, getting the main role here.
Personal life and family
In 2007, the actor married a girl named Francesca, whom he had known for a very long time.
After becoming husband and wife, Clive and Francesca moved to London. At the moment, three children were born in this marriage: two boys and a girl.
