Clive Standen

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| name = Clive Standen

| image = Clive Standen (54103182837).jpg

| caption = Standen in 2024

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|32|2014|02|27}}

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| birth_place = Holywood, Northern Ireland

| occupation = Actor

| spouse = {{marriage|Lucy Martin|2024}}

| years_active = 1999–present

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Clive James Standen (born July 22, 1981[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641140/ Clive Standen] at IMDb) is an English[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/02/clive-standen-vikings-interview 32-year-old Englishman], born in Northern Ireland Interview: “Vikings” Star Clive Standen Talks Bloody Battles and Why Period Dramas Like “Downton Abbey” Are Lazy, 7 August 2021 actor best known for playing Bryan Mills in the NBC series Taken (2017–2018), based on the film trilogy of the same name, as well as Rollo in the History Channel series Vikings (2013–2018), Sir Gawain in the Starz series Camelot, Archer in the BBC One series Robin Hood, Demetrian Titus in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Secret Level, and Private Carl Harris in the BBC science-fiction programme Doctor Who.

Early life and education

Standen was born on a British Army base in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland,{{cite web|title=Taken's Clive Standen: My Very Particular Set of Skills? Tickle Fights and American Girl Trivia|url=http://people.com/babies/clive-standen-talks-taken-reboot-kids/|website=PEOPLE.com|access-date=24 March 2017|date=27 February 2017}} and grew up in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England.{{cite web|title=My kingdom for a Norse: Vikings actor Clive Standen on fame, film roles and family life|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/clive-standen/story-27491745-detail/story.html|website=Leicester Mercury|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en|date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416182458/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Clive-Standen/story-27491745-detail/story.html|archive-date=16 April 2016|url-status=dead}} He went to school at the King Edward VII School, Melton Mowbray followed by a performing arts course at Melton Mowbray College. Standen then went on to earn a place on the 3 year diploma course in Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Away from acting, in his late teens Standen was an international Muay Thai boxer and later Fencing gold medalist.{{cite web|title=Interview with Clive Standen (Rollo)|url=http://www.history.co.uk/topics/feature/interview-clive-standen-rollo|website=History|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en|date=30 August 2016|archive-date=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517030019/http://www.history.co.uk/topics/feature/interview-clive-standen-rollo|url-status=dead}}

Career

Standen's first experience of stunts, horse riding and sword fighting was at age 12 when he got his first job working in a professional stunt team in Nottingham. At the age of 15 Standen was a member of both the National Youth Theatre and the National Youth Music Theatre performing in productions at many well known venues. Later Standen won a place on the three-year acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/03_march/27/hood7.shtml|title=BBC – Press Office – Robin Hood returns to BBC One: Clive Standen|website=Bbc.co.uk}}

In 2004, Standen appeared in Waking the Dead; the Second World War documentary drama Ten Days to D-Day; and took the lead role of Major Alan Marshall in Zero Hour a TV dramatisation of Special Air Service mission operation Barras in Sierra Leone. The next year he appeared in three episodes of the British soap Doctors and Tom Brown's Schooldays, the acclaimed{{cite web |url=http://www.companypictures.co.uk/production.aspx?code=tombrown |title=Company Pictures: Tom Brown's Schooldays |access-date=2010-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024120359/http://www.companypictures.co.uk/production.aspx?code=tombrown |archive-date=24 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }} ITV adaptation of the book by Thomas Hughes. Standen played Private Carl Harris in three episodes of the fourth series of the relaunched British sci-fi programme Doctor Who. The following year he played Archer, the half-brother of Robin Hood in the BBC One series Robin Hood.Hodgkinson, Will. [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jun/16/robin-hood-jonas-armstrong-bbc Robin Hood: easily replaced by another archer], The Guardian, 16 June 2009. Accessed 25 April 2015. Standen was part of the main cast of the TV series Camelot for Starz in which he portrayed the famous Arthurian knight Sir Gawain.

In film, Standen took a supporting role in the mainstream Bollywood film Namastey London, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. In 2012, Standen completed filming on the Vertigo Films feature film Hammer of the Gods. He is a series lead on the History Channel's Vikings in the role of Rollo.{{cite web|title=EXCLUSIVE: 'Vikings' Star Clive Standen Talks Rollo's Absence, Teases 'Fiery' Reunion Between Rollo and Bjorn|url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/204528_exclusive_vikings_star_clive_standen_talks_rollo_absence_teases_fiery_reunion_between_rollo_and_bjorn/|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=7 December 2016 |access-date=24 March 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title='Vikings' Star Clive Standen: Why It's Not Enough to Just WANT to Be an Actor (or Entrepreneur)|url=http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/vikings-star-clive-standen-why-its-not-enough-to-just-want-to-be-an-actor-or-ent.html|website=Inc.com|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en|date=30 November 2016}} Clive portrayed Bryan Mills in the television adaptation of Taken then starred as Colonel Knox in the Screen Gems thriller film Patient Zero.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/92488/patient-zero-begins-filming/|title=Patient Zero Begins Filming|website=Dreadcentral.com|date=9 March 2015 }} Standen was cast in the main role of Anthony Lavelle for NBC's Council of Dads;{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/council-of-dads-clive-standen-cast-nbc-drama-pilot-1202565312/|title='Taken's Clive Standen To Co-Star In NBC Drama Pilot 'Council Of Dads'|first1=Nellie|last1=Andreeva|date=26 February 2019|website=Deadline.com}}

In 2021, Standen and Amy Bailey (who played Kwenthrith in Vikings) teamed up to create the Vikcast podcast about the Vikings TV series they will co-host, with Bailey stating: "We've gathered our beloved castmates, production members, and celebrity guests to talk about the show and everything beyond."{{cite news|last=Ngimbi |first=Emmanuella |title=Vikings' Rollo and Kwenthrith stars reunite for major new project: 'Prepare yourself!' |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1495841/Vikings-Rollo-Kwenthrith-Vikcast-Clive-Standen-Amy-Bailey |newspaper=Daily Express |location=London, UK |date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=December 27, 2021 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date=}}

In addition to his screen roles, Standen has done voice overs for video games such as Aliens vs. Predator{{cite web|title=Vikings star Clive Standen discusses Dying Light, gaming, TV show|url=https://www.gamecrate.com/vikings-star-clive-standen-discusses-dying-light-gaming-tv-show/10396|website=Gamecrate.com|access-date=24 March 2017|language=en}} and Inversion. He also lent his voice to the video game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, portraying Lieutenant Demetrian Titus as a replacement for Mark Strong, who had voiced Titus in the first game.

Personal life

Standen is a spokesman for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O674lyrPcAo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/O674lyrPcAo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Real Men Don't Whale|date=29 August 2013|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} In September 2024, Standen married actress Lucy Martin in Provence, France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/vikings-clive-standen-and-lucy-martin-wed-in-magical-ceremony/|title='Vikings' Stars Clive Standen and Lucy Martin Tie the Knot in 'Magical' French Ceremony (Exclusive)|work=Us Magazine|first=Eliza|last=Thompson|date=2 September 2024|accessdate=22 September 2024}}