Biography
Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991. He then garnered critical acclaim for his work in the film Close My Eyes (1991) before getting international notice for his performance as a struggling writer in Croupier (1998). In 2005, Owen won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Su...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Cleaner
2025
as Marcus
When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 st...

Him
2021
as Jason
Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ...

Romantic Guide to Lost Places
2020
as Benno
Benno and Allegra: he's over fifty, English, and drinks like a fish; she's twenty years younger, a travel blogger with lots of imagination. They both ...

The Song of Names
2019
as Dovidl Rapoport
A man searching for his childhood best friend — a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust — who vanished decades before on the night of his fi...

Gemini Man
2019
as Clay Verris
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he bec...

The Informer
2019
as Montgomery
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambit...

Ophelia
2019
as Claudius
Ophelia comes of age as lady-in-waiting for Queen Gertrude, and her singular spirit captures Hamlet's affections. As lust and betrayal threaten the ki...

Anon
2018
as Sal Frieland
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In t...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017
as Commander Arün Filitt
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the...

Killer in Red
2017
A man who looks like many others enters a bar to meet a girl. As he waits for her, the bartender tells him about Floyd, a former bartender from the la...

The Escape
2016
as The Driver
After the controversial disappearance of their Chief Medical Officer, a shadowy bio genetics company is under siege by the FBI for secretly cloning hu...

The Confirmation
2016
as Walt
A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend.

Last Knights
2015
as Raiden
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to a...

Words and Pictures
2014
as Jack Marcus
An art instructor and an English teacher form a rivalry that ends up with a competition at their school in which students decide whether words or pict...

Blood Ties
2013
as Chris Pierzynski
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.

Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012
as Ernest Hemingway
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.

Shadow Dancer
2012
as Mac
In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

Killer Elite
2011
as Spike
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime men...

Intruders
2011
as John Farrow
Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into th...

Trust
2010
as William "Will" Cameron
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone...

The Boys Are Back
2009
as Joe Warr
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a pre...

The Boys Are Back
2009
Executive Producer
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a pre...

Duplicity
2009
as Ray Koval
Two romantically involved corporate spies team up to manipulate a race to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and al...

The International
2009
as Louis Salinger
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Sir Walter Raleigh
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard t...

Shoot 'Em Up
2007
as Smith
A man named Mr. Smith delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen.

Children of Men
2006
as Theo Faron
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a san...

The Making of Derailed
2006
as Self
A documentary about the making of Derailed (2005).

Inside Man
2006
as Dalton Russell
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiation...

The Pink Panther
2006
as Nigel Boswell / Agent 006 (uncredited)
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the di...

Derailed
2005
as Charles Schine
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their f...

Sin City
2005
as Dwight
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...

Closer
2004
as Larry
A love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Four strangers - with one thing in common: each other.

The Making of King Arthur
2004
as Self
Short documentary of the making of Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur (2004).

King Arthur
2004
as Arthur
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy ...

Beyond Borders
2003
as Nick Callahan
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade...

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Will Graham
Will Graham is a former London crime boss who has left his former life to live as a recluse in the forest. Haunted by the blood of those he has murder...

Beat the Devil
2002
as The Driver
The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul.

Ticker
2002
as The Driver
The Driver drives a wounded diplomat, who carries a mysterious briefcase, while under helicopter attack. During the attack the briefcase is struck by ...

Hostage
2002
as The Driver
The Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has kidnapped a CEO and has hidden her, demanding $5,088,042...

The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002
as Self
A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...

The Bourne Identity
2002
as The Professor
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank accoun...

Gosford Park
2001
as Robert Parks
In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...

Greenfingers
2001
as Colin Briggs
Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the inmates walk around freely and get job training for their im...

Star
2001
as The Driver
The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city. Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguar...

Powder Keg
2001
as The Driver
The Driver is drafted by the UN to rescue a wounded war photographer named Harvey Jacobs from out of hostile territory. While they are leaving Jacobs ...

The Follow
2001
as The Driver
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way t...

Ambush
2001
as The Driver
While escorting an elderly man to an undisclosed location, The Driver is confronted by a van full of armed men and is warned that the old man has stol...
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
2001
as DCI Ross Tanner
While hiding his own rapidly deteriorating eyesight, a detective investigates the murder of a black youth leader.

Chosen
2001
as The Driver
The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through a dark night in the city to get to a monk's ...

Split Second
1999
as Michael Anderson
A split-second decision made in a fit of rage drives attorney and family man Michael Anderson to desperate measures.The stressed-out lawyer hits his m...

Croupier
1998
as Jack Manfred
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a ga...

Bent
1997
as Max
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentrati...

The Rich Man's Wife
1996
as Jake Golden
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her hus...

Bad Boy Blues
1996
as Paul
Two boyhood friends end up on different sides of the law. How will each react when they meet up for the first time since school?

The Turnaround
1995
as Nick Sharman
Private investigator Nick Sharman accepts a case which at first seems intriguing, but ends up causing him bitter regret.

The Return of the Native
1994
as Damon Wildeve
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers' triangle when she uses her wiles to enti...

Doomsday Gun
1994
as Dov
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When ...

An Evening With Gary Lineker
1994
as Bill
From their 1991 stageplay An Evening with Gary Lineker was adapted for television in 1994 by Arthur Smith and Chris England. The action takes place a...

Nobody's Children
1994
as Corneliu Bratu
An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.

Century
1993
as Paul Reisner
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

Class of '61
1993
as Devin O'Neil
Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. A subplot invo...

The Magician
1993
as George Byrne
For more than a year in the early 1980s, police at Scotland Yard watched the build-up of a potentially massive threat to the stability of British soci...

Close My Eyes
1991
as Richard
After some years of tension, Richard begins a sexual relationship with his sister Natalie. Now married, the relationship proves dangerously obsessiona...

Lorna Doone
1990
as John Ridd
A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her father.

Precious Bane
1989
as Gideon Sarn
In the early 19th century, a young woman with a harelip falls foul of her family's ambition and the superstitions of the local community, but meets a ...

Vroom
1988
as Jake
Two young men and a sultry divorcee flee their drab hometown existence, taking to the road in a bubblegum pink chevrolet.
Kristallnacht
N/A
as Lieutenant Krützfeld
Set in Berlin on the eve of war, police lieutenant Wilhelm Krützfeld over the course of 24 hours navigates a city turned into a powder keg. Following ...