1. Clive James Standen was born on July 22,1981 and is an English actor best known for playing Bryan Mills in the NBC series Taken, based on the film trilogy of the same name, as well as Rollo in the History Channel series Vikings, 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.
Clive Standen went to school at the King Edward VII School, Melton Mowbray followed by a performing arts course at Melton Mowbray College.
Clive 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 Clive Standen was an international Muay Thai boxer and later Fencing gold medalist.
At the age of 15 Clive 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 Clive Standen won a place on the three-year acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
In 2004, Clive 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.
Clive Standen played Private Carl Harris in three episodes of the fourth series of the relaunched British sci-fi programme Doctor Who.
Clive 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 2012, Clive Standen completed filming on the Vertigo Films feature film Hammer of the Gods.
Clive Standen is a series lead on the History Channel's Vikings in the role of Rollo.
Clive Standen portrayed Bryan Mills in the television adaptation of Taken then starred as Colonel Knox in the Screen Gems thriller film Patient Zero.
Clive Standen was cast in the main role of Anthony Lavelle for NBC's Council of Dads;.
Clive Standen 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.
In September 2024, Clive Standen married actress Lucy Martin in Provence, France.