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Noel Clarke

Noel Clarke
Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975 - aged 32) is an English actor and writer from London. In 2003, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" for his performance in the play 'Where Do We Live' at the Royal Court Theatre.
He has appeared in several television programmes including Casualty and Metrosexuality. He has had recurring roles as Wyman Norris in the revival series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (2002–2004) and as Mickey Smith in the revival of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2005-2006 and 2008).

Clarke wrote the screenplay for the film Kidulthood, released on 3 March 2006. Its sequel, Adulthood, which Clarke also wrote and directed, was released in the UK 20th June 2008. So far it has been dubbed the UK's number 1 movie of the summer.
His other writing credits include "Combat" (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, broadcast in March 2008.
Clarke also starred in the audio series Dalek Empire: The Fearless, which was released from September to December 2007.





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Noel Clarke - news / articles


  • Adulthood: Noel Clarke Interview - 21 October 2008
    -We had a sit down with Noel Clarke, the young British writer-director-actor behind Adulthood, and he told us about growing up in west London, his upcoming films and his newfound status as an object of lust.- - -LOVEFiLM: Adulthood was one of the most searched

Noel Clarke - what members say


  • Kidulthood
  • Kidulthood review by from Andover, Hampshire England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Sad Schooldays for Some 8 April 2008
    ...It was interesting that the writer of this story (Noel Clarke) also played one of the lead characters, Sam. The film had a gritty, realistic look to it and I found the ...   Read customer review
  • Adulthood
  • Adulthood review by Grangey from Abingdon
    Rated - 5.0 stars Great Sequel 15 August 2008
    ... actors but as you rarely saw them this didnt both me. Brilliant performance by Noel Clarke & the other main characters, certainly was a great and compelling storyline. If...   Read customer review
  • Adulthood - Blu-ray
  • Adulthood - Blu-ray review by Grangey from Abingdon
    Rated - 5.0 stars Brilliant follow up 15 August 2008
    ... actors but as you rarely saw them this didnt both me. Brilliant performance by Noel Clarke & the other main characters, certainly was a great and compelling storyline. If...   Read customer review

Noel Clarke - filmography


  • Storage 24 - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Laura Haddock,  Antonia Campbell-Hughes,  Noel Clarke
    Director: Johannes Roberts
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    KIDULTHOOD's Noel Clarke wrote and stars in sci-fi horror STORAGE 24, a claustrophobic shocker about a group of friends who find themselves trapped in a London storage facility with a mysterious predator - a creature that has ominous ties to a recently crashed military cargo plane.
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  • Storage 24 (2012)
    Starring: Laura Haddock,  Antonia Campbell-Hughes,  Noel Clarke
    Director: Johannes Roberts
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    KIDULTHOOD's Noel Clarke wrote and stars in sci-fi horror STORAGE 24, a claustrophobic shocker about a group of friends who find themselves trapped in a London storage facility with a mysterious predator - a creature that has ominous ties to a recently crashed military cargo plane.
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  • Screwed on DVD (2011)
    Starring: James D'Arcy,  Noel Clarke,  Frank Harper
    Director: Reg Traviss
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Reg Traviss (JOY DIVISION, PSYCHOSIS) directs the gritty prison thriller SCREWED, in which ex-soldier Sam (James D'Arcy, MASTER AND COMMANDER) takes a guard job and finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of drinks, drugs and corruption. Based on the book by former prison officer Ronnie Thompson, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,381 member
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  • Screwed - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: James D'Arcy,  Noel Clarke,  Frank Harper
    Director: Reg Traviss
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £3.49
    Reg Traviss (JOY DIVISION, PSYCHOSIS) directs the gritty prison thriller SCREWED, in which ex-soldier Sam (James D'Arcy, MASTER AND COMMANDER) takes a guard job and finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of drinks, drugs and corruption. Based on the book by former prison officer Ronnie Thompson, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 797 members
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  • 4.3.2.1. (2010)
    Starring: Emma Roberts,  Noel Clarke,  Tamsin Egerton
    Director: Noel Clarke,  Mark Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From Noel Clarke, writer of KIDULTHOOD and writer/director of ADULTHOOD comes 4.3.2.1., a thriller starring Emma Roberts (HOTEL FOR DOGS) as a lowly supermarket check-out girl who stumbles upon a group of thieves who are out to pull off the perfect diamond heist.
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 315 members
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  • 4.3.2.1. - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Emma Roberts,  Noel Clarke,  Tamsin Egerton
    Director: Noel Clarke,  Mark Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From Noel Clarke, writer of KIDULTHOOD and writer/director of ADULTHOOD comes 4.3.2.1., a thriller starring Emma Roberts (HOTEL FOR DOGS) as a lowly supermarket check-out girl who stumbles upon a group of thieves who are out to pull off the perfect diamond heist.
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 91 members
    Not available for rental
  • Centurion on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Michael Fassbender,  Dominic West,  Olga Kurylenko
    Director: Neil Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,993 members
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  • Centurion - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Michael Fassbender,  Dominic West,  Olga Kurylenko
    Director: Neil Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,819 members
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  • Doghouse on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Danny Dyer,  Stephen Graham,  Noel Clarke
    Director: Jake West
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A group of men head to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce; when they get there, though, they discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 8,963 members
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  • Heartless on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jim Sturgess,  Noel Clarke,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Philip Ridley
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    This gritty Faustian tale set in the East End of London follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,248 members
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  • Doghouse - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Danny Dyer,  Stephen Graham,  Noel Clarke
    Director: Jake West
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Cult filmmaker Jake West (EVIL ALIENS, RAZOR BLADE SMILE) and comic book writer/illustrator Dan Schaffer ('Dog Witch', 'The Scribbler') unite for this distinctively British horror comedy. When a group of young men--including Danny Dyer (THE BUSINESS, SEVERANCE), Noel Clarke (TV's DOCTOR WHO, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,434 members
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  • Adulthood - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Adam Deacon,  Nathan Constance,  Ben Drew
    Director: Noel Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    We all inevitably grow up, but in the case of Sam Peel (Noel Clarke, DOCTOR WHO), the transition from KIDULTHOOD to ADULTHOOD is particularly difficult. Having been released from prison for causing the death of Trife six years previously, Sam struggles to come to terms with life on the outside. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,746 members
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  • Adulthood on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Adam Deacon,  Nathan Constance,  Ben Drew
    Director: Noel Clarke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Powerful, disturbing and moving in equal measure, 2005's acclaimed "Kidulthood" took us deep into London's unseen underbelly, delivering a raw, hard-hitting reflection of what life is like for 21st century teenagers. "Adulthood" follows up that tale as Sam Peel is released from jail and must ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 15,322 members
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  • Kidulthood - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Ami Ameen,  Red Madrell,  Noel Clarke
    Director: Menhaj Huda
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Trife is a 15-year-old West Londoner, torn between doing the right thing and mounting peer pressure to do the opposite. His circle of friends are not the only negative influence in his life: his uncle, too, seems to be leading him astray. When a tragedy involving a young girl’s suicide forces the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,742 member
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  • Kidulthood on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ami Ameen,  Red Madrell,  Noel Clarke
    Director: Menhaj Huda
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    For 15 year old Trife, a boy from west London, life is a day to day struggle. Trapped between the worlds of his school friends, the girl he loves and the draw of his powerful and dangerous uncle, Trife must choose between the path he knows is right and a life of guns, drugs and violence he has come ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 20,397 members
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  • Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Special on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Jimmy Nail,  Timothy Spall,  Tim Healy
    Director: Sandy Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A letter from Bomber, explaining that he's decided to settle down for a family life, brings the unity of the gang into danger as, one by one, the lads realise that there's more to life. Their dream, however, is not as simple to attain as they might think...
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 1,773 member
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  • Dubplate Drama - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Shystie,  Noel Clarke,  Rodney P
    Director: Luke Hyams
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The eagerly anticipated second series of the hit Channel 4 show Dubplate Drama contains all tweleve gripping episodes along with extras and exclusive behind the scenes "B Sides" footage. We pick up the story of Dionne (Shystie), a young female MC trying to make her way in the UK music scene. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 70 members
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Noel Clarke facts

5 most recent films

Storage 24 - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Storage 24 - 3 stars
Fast Girls - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Screwed - 3.0 stars
Screwed - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Doctor Who - The New Series - Series 2 - Vol. 2 - 4.0 stars
Doctor Who - The New Series - Series 2 - Vol. 1 - 4.0 stars
Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Special - 4.0 stars
Dubplate Drama - Series 2 - 4.0 stars
Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Complete Fourth Series - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Storage 24 - 3 stars
Storage 24 - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Fast Girls - Blu-ray - 1.0 stars
Huge - 2.0 stars
Heartless - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Billie Piper - 21 times - show films
Penelope Wilton - 19 times - show films
Jimmy Vee - 18 times - show films
Christopher Eccleston - 18 times - show films
Jacob Anderson - 10 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Euros Lyn - 19 times - show films
Keith Brook - 18 times - show films
Sandy Johnson - 4 times - show films
Mark Davis - 4 times - show films
Mat Whitecross - 4 times - show films