21 Facts About Noel Clarke

Noel Anthony Clarke was born on 6 December 1975 and is a British actor and filmmaker.

In 2015, Noel Clarke founded the company Unstoppable Film and Television with friend and fellow actor Jason Maza, and they have written, directed and starred in several productions.

Noel Clarke won the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer in 2003, the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award in 2009, and received the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award in 2021.

Noel Clarke was born in Notting Hill, West London, to Trinidadian parents Gemma, a nurse and part-time laundrette worker, and Alphaeus Baptiste "Alf" Noel Clarke, a carpenter.

Noel Clarke's parents divorced shortly after he was born, and he was brought up by his mother on a council estate in Ladbroke Grove where his mother still lives.

Noel Clarke studied Media at the University of North London, and worked as a personal trainer before going on to take acting classes at London's Actors Centre.

Noel Clarke has had recurring television roles as Wyman Norris in the revived series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and as Mickey Smith in the first two series of the revival of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who.

Noel Clarke wrote "Combat" which is an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, and West 10 LDN, a pilot for BBC Three about kids on a rough housing estate.

Noel Clarke has acted on the stage, and won the Laurence Olivier Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" in 2003 for his performance in the play Where Do We Live at the Royal Court Theatre.

Noel Clarke began his filmmaking career when he wrote the screenplay for the film Kidulthood, a film about a group of teenagers growing up in Ladbroke Grove, West London.

Noel Clarke wrote the film based on his own experiences growing in Ladbroke Grove, which he began developing with director Menhaj Huda and producer George Isaac.

In 2008, following the success of Kidulthood, Noel Clarke was hired to write and star in Adulthood, where he made his directoral debut.

In 2009, Noel Clarke was awarded a BAFTA award in the category of Orange Rising Star Award.

In 2010, Noel Clarke turned to mainstream films by writing and co-directing 4.3.2.1.

In 2015, Noel Clarke created a short-lived superhero series, The Troop, for Titan Comics.

In 2018, Noel Clarke co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the Sky One police procedural series Bulletproof, alongside Ashley Walters.

In 2021, Noel Clarke starred in and executively-produced the ITV police procedural miniseries Viewpoint, which aired on ITV nightly from 26 April 2021.

Noel Clarke apologised and said he was seeking professional help "to change for the better".

One of these accusations was made by an anonymous actress who said that Noel Clarke "made advances on me" and asked her regularly if she "wanted a piece of his dark chocolate".

Noel Clarke explained that when she rejected his advances, Clarke badmouthed her to people in the industry.

On 7 September 2022, it was reported that Noel Clarke had dropped the legal action he had taken against BAFTA following its suspension of his membership and honorary award.