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{{Short description|English actor (born 1981)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Clive Standen
| image = Clive Standen - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.jpg
| caption = Standen in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|07|22}}
| birth_name = Clive James Standen
| birth_place = [[Holywood, County Down|Holywood]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Francesca de Takats|2007|2023|end=div}}
*{{marriage|Lucy Martin|2023}}
}}
| children = 3
}}

'''Clive James Standen''' (born 22 July 1981) is an English<ref>[https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/02/clive-standen-vikings-interview 32-year-old Englishman], '' Interview: “Vikings” Star Clive Standen Talks Bloody Battles and Why Period Dramas Like “Downton Abbey” Are Lazy'', 7 August, 2021</ref> actor best known for playing Bryan Mills in the [[NBC]] series ''[[Taken (2017 TV series)|Taken]]'' (2017–2018), based on the [[Taken (franchise)|film trilogy]] of the same name, as well as [[Rollo]] in the [[History (Canadian TV channel)|History Channel]] series ''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]'' (2013–2018), [[Gawain|Sir Gawain]] in the [[Starz (TV network)|Starz]] series ''[[Camelot (TV series)|Camelot]]'', [[List of Robin Hood (2006 TV series) characters#Archer|Archer]] in the [[BBC One]] series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]'', and [[List of UNIT personnel in Doctor Who#Private Carl Harris|Private Carl Harris]] in the [[BBC]] science-fiction programme ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]].''

==Early life and education==
Clive James Standen was born on a [[British Army]] base in [[Holywood, County Down|Holywood]], [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]],<ref name="people">{{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}}</ref> and grew up in [[Leicestershire]], [[East Midlands]], England.<ref name="leice">{{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}}</ref> He went to school at the [[King Edward VII School (Melton Mowbray)|King Edward VII School]],<ref name=leice /> [[Melton Mowbray]] followed by a performing arts course at Melton Mowbray College.<ref name=leice /> 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]].<ref name=leice /> Away from acting, in his late teens Standen was a former international [[Muay Thai]] boxer<ref name=people /> and later Fencing gold medallist.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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]].<ref name=leice /> 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.<ref name=leice /> Later Standen won a place on the three-year acting course at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]].<ref name="BBCHood">{{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}}</ref>

In 2004, Standen appeared in ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'';<ref name=leice /> the [[Second World War]] documentary drama ''Ten Days to D-Day'';<ref name=leice /> and took the lead role of Major Alan Marshall in ''[[Zero Hour (2004 TV series)|Zero Hour]]''<ref name=leice /> 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 (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' and ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005 film)|Tom Brown's Schooldays]]'', the acclaimed<ref>{{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 }}</ref> [[ITV Network|ITV]] adaptation of the book by [[Thomas Hughes]]. Standen played [[List of UNIT personnel in Doctor Who#Private Carl Harris|Private Carl Harris]] in three episodes of the fourth series of the [[History of Doctor Who#2000s|relaunched]] British sci-fi programme ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]''.<ref name=leice /> The following year he played [[List of Robin Hood (2006 TV series) characters#Archer|Archer]], the half-brother of [[Robin Hood]] in the [[BBC One]] series ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]''.<ref>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.</ref> Standen was part of the main cast of the TV series ''[[Camelot (TV series)|Camelot]]'' for [[Starz (TV network)|Starz]] in which he portrayed the famous Arthurian knight [[Gawain|Sir Gawain]].<ref name=leice />

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 (2013 film)|Hammer of the Gods]].'' He is a series lead on the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel's]] ''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]'' in the role of [[Rollo of Normandy|Rollo]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="inc">{{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}}</ref> Clive portrayed Bryan Mills in the television adaptation of ''[[Taken (2017 TV series)|Taken]]'' <ref name=people /><ref name=inc /> then starred as Colonel Knox in the [[Screen Gems]] thriller film [[Patient Zero (film)|''Patient Zero'']].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Standen was cast in the main role of Anthony Lavelle for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Council of Dads (TV series)|Council of Dads]]'';<ref>{{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}}</ref> the following year the programme was cancelled after one series.

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."<ref>{{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=}}</ref>

In addition to his screen roles, Standen has done voice overs for video games such as [[Aliens vs. Predator (video game)|''Aliens vs. Predator'']]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and [[Inversion (video game)|''Inversion'']].

==Activism==
Standen is a spokesman for [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Francesca de Takats in 2007 at [[Babington House]]; they divorced in March 2023. They have three
children.<ref name="BBCHood"/>

In April 2023, Standen married Lucy Martin.

Lucy Martin 2023- ?

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2004
|''Ten Days to D-Day''
| Canadian Commanding Officer
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005 film)|Tom Brown's Schooldays]]''
| Brooke
| [[Television film]]
|-
| 2006
| ''Heroes and Villains''
| Pete
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Namastey London]]''
| Charlie Brown
|[[Bollywood film]]
|-
| 2010
| ''Eating Dust''
| Spence
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Hammer of the Gods (2013 film)|Hammer of the Gods]]''
| Hagen
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]''
|[[Ed Viesturs]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Patient Zero (film)|Patient Zero]]''
| Colonel Knox
|
|-
| ''[[In Like Flynn (film)|In Like Flynn]]''
| Charlie
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Vault (2019 film)|Vault]]''
| Chucky
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Vendetta (2022 film)|Vendetta]]''
| William Duncan
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]''
| Martin Raynor
| 2-part episode
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Charlie Halliday
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Zero Hour (2004 TV series)|Zero Hour]]''
| Major Alan Marshall
| 1 episode
|-
|2008
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Private Harris
| 3 episodes
|-
|2009
| ''[[Robin Hood (2006 TV series)|Robin Hood]]''
| [[List of Robin Hood (2006 TV series) characters#Archer|Archer]]
| 3 episodes
|-
|2010
| ''[[Camelot (TV series)|Camelot]]''
| [[Gawain|Sir Gawain]]
| Series regular, 10 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Banged Up Abroad]]''
| David Scott
| 1 episode
|-
| 2013–2018
| ''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]''
| [[Rollo]]
| Series regular (season 1-4) <br> Special guest (season 5)
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Atlantis (TV series)|Atlantis]]''
| [[Telamon|Telemon]]
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''[[Taken (2017 TV series)|Taken]]''
| Bryan Mills
| Series regular, 26 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''Mirage''
| Gabriel Taylor
| Series regular, 6 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Council of Dads (TV series)|Council of Dads]]''
| Anthony Lavelle
| Series regular, 10 episodes
|-
| 2023
|[[The Morning Show (American TV series)|''The Morning Show'']]
| Andre Ford
|Season 3
|-
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Aliens vs. Predator (video game)|Aliens vs. Predator]]''
| Various lead Marines <br> Civilian characters
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Inversion (video game)|Inversion]]''
| Leo / Gulthar
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier]]''
| Kosak
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2]]''
| Lieutenant Titus
|}

===Stage===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Character
! Venue
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Invention of Love]]''
| Moses Jackson
| [[Salisbury Playhouse]]
|-
| 2000
| ''[[West Side Story]]''
| Diesel
| [[Royal Albert Hall]]
|-
| 1999-2000
| ''The Ballad of Salmon Pavey''
| Nathanial Giles
| [[Globe Theatre]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|1641140}}
* [https://www.spreaker.com/show/vikcast-its-a-viking-thing_1 Vikcast] at Spreaker

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