Clive Rowe

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| name = Clive Rowe

| honorific_suffix = MBE

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| birthname = Clive Mark Rowe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|3|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oldham, Lancashire, England

| alma_mater = Guildhall School of Music and Drama

| yearsactive = 1989–present

| occupation = Actor, singer

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Clive Mark Rowe (born 27 March 1964) is a British actor. He began his career in theatre, winning a Laurence Olivier Award.

On television, he is known for his roles as in the CBBC series The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002–2005) and So Awkward (2015–2017), the BBC drama All the Small Things (2009), and the Disney series The Evermoor Chronicles (2014–2017).

Biography

Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Clive Rowe grew up in Shaw, Lancashire, in the parish of East Crompton and attended St. James Primary School and Crompton House School. As a teenager he was a member of Crompton Stage Society. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Rowe has appeared in many pantomimes. He is of a Caribbean descent.

Television

Rowe has appeared on television in Dalziel and Pascoe and The Bill, and had a main role as "Duke" in The Story of Tracy Beaker in Series 1 to 4.

He appeared in the 2007 Christmas special of Doctor Who — "Voyage of the Damned" as "Morvin Van Hoff".

More recently, he appeared on the BBC1 drama All The Small Things, portraying "Clifford Beale", a homeless caretaker, more commonly known as "Shrek".

Rowe has also recently appeared in the show So Awkward on CBBC as the father of one of the main characters called Jas.

Film

His film roles include that of "Sammy" in Lars Von Trier's controversial Manderlay (2005). He appeared in the 2017 live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast as Cuisinier – the castle's head chef who has been transformed into a stove.

Theatre

While a student at the Guildhall School, Rowe played Wally Watkins in a production of Lady Be Good, which caused the Opera critic to note "one of two potential stars in the cast" who "sang the title song most winningly and rattled off the acres of daffy dialogue with the aplomb and timing of a Durante".Milnes, Rodney. Review of Lady Be Good, July 8, 1987. Opera, Vol. 38, No. 9, September 1987, p. 1094.

In 1992, Rowe was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance as Enoch Snow in the London revival of Carousel.Butler, Robert. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts--show-people-a-star-waiting-to-happen-clive-rowe-1451077.html "Show People: A star waiting to happen: Clive Rowe"], The Independent, September 25, 1994 In 1994, he appeared in Once on This Island.Butler, Robert. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts--show-people-a-star-waiting-to-happen-clive-rowe-1451077.html "Show People: A star waiting to happen: Clive Rowe"], The Independent, 25 September 1994. In 1996, he appeared as Harry in Company at the Noël Coward Theatre. He won the 1997 Olivier for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his role as "Nicely Nicely Johnson" in the National Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls. In 2007, he played the Baker in the Royal Opera House revival of Into the Woods.[https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/180614-into-the-woods-at-royal-opera-house-and-others-2007 Into the Woods 2007] He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for his role in 2008’s Mother Goose at the Hackney Empire. He was called one of the best Dames in the business when he appeared on BBC One's Breakfast News on 10 December 2009. He starred in the pantomime Aladdin at the Hackney Empire from November 2009 to January 2010{{cite web

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and in Jack and the Beanstalk from November 2010.[http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Clive_Rowe_Returns_To_Hackney_Empire_For_JACK_AND_THE_BEANSTALK_20101019 BroadwayWorld.Com]

He appeared as "Judas Iscariot" opposite Dave Willetts' "Jesus" in a touring version of Jesus Christ Superstar. He also voiced "Audrey 2" in the UK tour of Little Shop of Horrors. He frequently plays the Dame in the annual Christmas pantomime at the Hackney Empire. He also starred as the lion and Uncle Henry in a theatre production of The Wiz, a black version of The Wizard of Oz, in 2011.

In the summer of 2009, he appeared as the Jester "Feste" in Edward Dick's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.{{cite web | title = Reviews: Twelfth Night | work = The Stage | url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/21012/twelfth-night | accessdate

= 29 June 2009}}

In September and October 2011, Rowe played Osterberg, Monty Python's lawyer in Steve Thompson's "No Naughty Bits" at the Hampstead Theatre.{{cite web | title = No Naughty Bits | work = The Stage | url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/33493/no-naughty-bits | accessdate = 7 December 2011}} In November 2011, Rowe played 'One-Round' in [http://www.theladykillers.co.uk The Ladykillers] at The Gielgud Theatre, London.{{cite web | title = Crackers or Turkeys? - Festive Picks 2011-12 | work = What's on Stage | url = http://www.whatsonstage.com/features/theatre/london/E8831322658489/Crackers+or+Turkeys%3F+-+Festive+Picks+2011-12+.html | accessdate = 7 December 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112135643/http://www.whatsonstage.com/features/theatre/london/E8831322658489/Crackers+or+Turkeys%3F+-+Festive+Picks+2011-12+.html | archive-date = 12 January 2012 | url-status = dead }} In 2018, he played Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall a role that in the past he won an Olivier Award for portraying.[https://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2018/october/exclusive-photos-guys-and-dolls-all-star-cast-delivers-standout-version-of-the-classic-broadway-musical-at-the-hall/ Guys and Dolls Photos]

Rowe also played one of the debt collectors in The Old Vic's production of Kiss Me, Kate. He played this role in the winter of 2012/13. From mid-2013 to February 2014 Rowe played King Darius in Tori Amos's musical production of The Light Princess, at the Lyttelton Theatre (National). In the summer of 2018, he starred alongside comedian Matt Lucas in Chichester Festival Theatre’s Me and My Girl.

He toured in In the Willows, a modern, hip-hop retelling of the book of the same name. This show promotes equality by, for example, the incorporation of BSL into the choreography. Rowe plays Badger, teacher of a London state school. He was also in Sister Act as Eddie Souther.