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Noel Clarke
Noel Clarke at the BAFTA awards, February 2008
Born	6 December 1975 (1975-12-06) (age 33) West London, London, England
Occupation	Actor, writer, producer, director
Years active	1999–present
Official website

Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a BAFTA award winning English actor, director and screenwriter from London. He is best known for playing Wyman Norris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Mickey Smith in Doctor Who.^[1] Clarke appeared in and wrote the screenplay for Kidulthood and wrote, directed and starred in the sequel, Adulthood,^[2] which gained £129,835,319 from the opening weekend of its release.^[3] Clarke didn't go to a drama school but instead studied Media at the University of North London before going on to take classes at London’s Actors Centre.^[4] Clarke won a BAFTA "Orange Rising Star" Award in 2009.^[5]

[edit] Career

Clarke has had recurring television roles as Wyman Norris in the revived series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002–2004) and as Mickey Smith in the first two series of the revival of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2005-2006). He notably became the series' first black companion in the episode "School Reunion", and reprised his role as Mickey in the episode "Journey's End" in 2008, and also starred in the Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire: The Fearless, which was released from September to December 2007.^[6] His other TV work includes appearances in Casualty and Metrosexuality. He has also 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. Clarke starred in the film Doghouse,^[7] directed by Jake West and produced by Carnaby Films International. The film was shot primarily in Midhurst, a small village in West Sussex, on the grounds of the old King Edward VII Hospital. He is also soon to start shooting Neil Marshall's Centurion, which Clarke said, "is about the Roman Legion and I'm one of the soldiers" ^[8]. His next project was 4321, a heist movie, released June 2010 starring Tamsin Egerton, Emma Roberts and Adam Deacon as well as many others from Clarke's previous projects, and of course Clarke himself. The film was shot in London and New York.^[9]

Clarke began his writing career in 2005 when he wrote the screenplay for the film Kidulthood which was released in 2006. He also directed and starred in the sequel, Adulthood, which was released in 2008. On directing his first film, Clarke described his experience, "Directing for the first time was definitely a challenge and tiring at times. It was a steep learning curve and if you’re willing to do stuff and go with it, then it pays off."^[10] His other writing credits include "Combat" which is an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, and West 10 LDN, a pilot for BBC Three which is about kids on a rough housing estate.

In 2008 he starred in the video for The Prodigy single "Invaders Must Die".^[11]

In 2009, Clarke won a BAFTA award in the category of Orange Rising Star Award.^[12]. As a result of the success of Kidulthood, Adulthood, and his BAFTA win, he was ranked at number 83 in the MediaGuardian 100, an annual ranking of media people in The Guardian.^[13]

Clarke has worked with BBC Blast, a project for teenagers that aims to inspire and get people being creative. Shortly after his BAFTA win he gave a talk to inspire young people telling them to "broaden your mind".

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Noel Clarke Official website
• Noel Clarke at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC Blast