Clive Rowe

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Clive Rowe

MBE
Born
Clive Mark Rowe

(1964-03-27) 27 March 1964 (age 59)
Oldham, Lancashire, England
Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1989–present

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

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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.

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". [1] In 1992, Rowe was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance as Enoch Snow in the London revival of Carousel . [2] In 1994, he appeared in Once on This Island . [3] 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 . [4] 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 [5] and in Jack and the Beanstalk from November 2010. [6]

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 . [7]

In September and October 2011, Rowe played Osterberg, Monty Python's lawyer in Steve Thompson's "No Naughty Bits" at the Hampstead Theatre. [8] In November 2011, Rowe played 'One-Round' in The Ladykillers at The Gielgud Theatre, London. [9] 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. [10]

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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Paper Mask Ants
1996 Company HarryTV film
1997 The Perfect Blue Flashback Date #3
2002 The Honeytrap Clinic Doctor
2004 Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me Duke EllingtonTV film
2005 Manderlay Sammy
2006 Shoot the Messenger Rev. Wilson
2013AuntiesKeithTV film
2017 Beauty and the Beast Cuisinier

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989After the WarBlackTV mini-series
Snakes and LaddersAlabama Zee MontgomeryEpisode #1.6
The Bill SpinkEpisode: "Saturday Night Fever"
1991 Spatz Coach DriverEpisode: "The Poster"
1993 Casualty Geoff SpeightEpisode: "The Final Word"
2000 Harry Hill Deep South GuySeries regular
2001American VoicesMoses Austen
2002–2005 The Story of Tracy Beaker Duke Ellington Series regular, 74 episodes
2004 Doctors Barry CoombesEpisode: "Look Ma, No Hands"
Dalziel and Pascoe Vince KilclineEpisode: "Soft Touch"
2007 Doctor Who Morvin Van HoffEpisode: "Voyage of the Damned"
2009 All the Small Things Clifford 'Shrek' BealeSeries regular
2011 My Family Nervous PassengerEpisode: "Germs of Enderment"
Comedy Showcase PaulEpisode: "The Fun Police"
2014–2017 The Evermoor Chronicles Mayor DoyleSeries regular
2015 The Kennedys David PalmerSeries regular
2015–2016 So Awkward Mr. SalfordSeries regular
2017 Will BoxmanSeries regular

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References

  1. ↑ Milnes, Rodney. Review of Lady Be Good, July 8, 1987. Opera, Vol. 38, No. 9, September 1987, p. 1094.
  2. ↑ Butler, Robert. "Show People: A star waiting to happen: Clive Rowe", The Independent, September 25, 1994
  3. ↑ Butler, Robert. "Show People: A star waiting to happen: Clive Rowe", The Independent, 25 September 1994.
  4. ↑ Into the Woods 2007
  5. ↑ "Laurence Olivier Awards: Past Winners". Official London Theatre Guide. Society of London Theatre. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
  6. ↑ BroadwayWorld.Com
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  8. ↑ "No Naughty Bits". The Stage . Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Crackers or Turkeys? - Festive Picks 2011-12". What's on Stage. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  10. ↑ Guys and Dolls Photos
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