Clive Standen

Clive Standen strikes me as an actor with genuine physical conviction. Born in Holywood, County Down, he brought a feral intensity to Rollo in Vikings, carried Bryan Mills in Taken, and swung swords through Robin Hood and Camelot, all backed by real Muay Thai training. That grounding is why his fights read as believable rather than choreographed. What I respect is the range underneath the brawn, from stage to film to television to video game voice work, while the rough edge never gets sanded away. I tend to gravitate toward performers who look like they could actually throw a punch, and Standen sells it.

Name (English)

Clive Standen

Name (Japanese)

クライヴ・スタンデン

Reading

くらいゔ・すたんでん

Born

July 22, 1981 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

Holywood, County Down, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / Thai boxer / actor / television actor

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive%20Standen
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1567773

Tags

• County Down
• stage actor
• film actor
• Thai boxer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.