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Clive Owen
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Born: Oct 3, 1964
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Recently breaking into the top ranks of British superstars making it in Hollywood, the smoothly virile actor Clive Owen was born on October 3, 1964, in Coventry. His father was a country/western singer who deserted his family when Clive was only 3. He attended Binley Park Comprehensive School and joined the youth theatre at 13 after playing the scene-stealing role of the Artful Dodger in a production of "Oliver!" In 1984, following graduation, Clive applied and was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for three years. While there he built up a classical resume including roles in "Henry IV, Part I" and "The Lady from the Sea." He subsequently joined the Young Vic Theatre Company and in 1988. Clive made his film debut in the British-made Vroom co-starring with David Thewlis as two fellows who restore a classic American car and take off on the road. Within two years Clive became a full-fledged TV star playing devishly handsome rogue Stephen Crane in "Chancer." His next project raised more than few eyebrows after he filmed Close My Eyes (1991) in which he played a brother who acts on his incentuous desires for his older sister. Clive's popular reputation as a loveable shyster was completely shattered and he lost profitable commercial endorsements and film offers for the next two years as a result. But the persistent Clive pursued with stage roles, including playing a bisexual in a production of Noel Coward's "Design For Living." He returned to TV at that time as well a...[MORE]
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