Inside 2005, Clive was nominated for an Oscar & won the Golden Globe and BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film version of Closer.

Biography
Owen was natural inside Coventry, Warwickshire, England, the for of 5 brothers. At the age of threesome, he was abandoned by his father, a country and western singer. He was raised by his mother & step-father. At first opposing to drama school, he changed his mind around 1984, after an extended & futile period of shopping for operate. He graduated from either RADA in 1987 in a class including Ralph Fiennes and Jane Horrocks. Fallowing graduation, he won a spot at the Young Vic, performing in many Shakespeare plays. Inside an incident he later on described when "very schmaltzy", he met his new married woman Sarah Jane Fenton when it were performing a name part of Romeo and Juliet. It married inside 1995, & own ii girl, Hannah and Eve. It presently sleep in London.

the Nineties saw him be a regular in stage & television in the UK, notably his lead role in the TV series Chancer & in the West End and Broadway hit play Closer, by Patrick Marber. Owen won critical eclat for his performance in the 1997 Mike Hodges film Croupier, where he played the name part of the struggling writer world health organization requires the job around the London casino when inspiration for his function, lone for caught higher inside a robbery scheme. He became swell known to N Our contries audiences when starring when A Driver in the BMW films.

Despite public denials, Owen experienced yearn been rumoured to exist as the imaginable successor to Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond. Rumor intensified ensuing Brosnan's admissal that he would non play a section over agaaround, however in October of 2005 it was announced that British actor Daniel Craig would take Brosnan's place. Unconfirmed sources stated that Owen experienced turned down the role to make sure your not typecasting.

Selected Filmography
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2006) Sin City (2005) Closer (2004) King Arthur (2004) Beyond Borders (2003) ''I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) The Bourne Identity (2002) The Hire (2001) Gosford Park (2001) Bent (1997) Chancer'' (1990 (TV series)