Life and career

Clarke was born in London, England. He 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 in 2010 in "The End of Time" Part 2, and also starred in the Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire: The Fearless, which was released from September to December 2007. His other television 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, directed by Jake West and produced by Carnaby Films International. The film was shot primarily in Midhurst, a small town in West Sussex, on the grounds of the old King Edward VII Hospital. He also participated in Neil Marshall's film Centurion, about which Clarke said, "it's about the Roman Legion and I'm one of the soldiers".

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." 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".

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

He also played the role of A.J.,opposite Jim Sturgess, in Philip Ridley's cult film, Heartless. 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". His next project, 4.3.2.1, a heist movie, was released on 2 June 2010 starring Tamsin Egerton, Emma Roberts and Adam Deacon. The film was shot in London and New York. He has also played an uncredited role in 2012's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as a priest. The scene was cut from the movie, but can be seen in the Deleted Scenes in the Special Features of the DVD. He played Thomas Harewood in Star Trek Into Darkness, a family man with a wife and a young daughter. The film was released on 15 May 2013.

In 2015, Clarke created the monthly superhero series The Troop for Titan Comics. The first issue of which was released in December 2015, which has received critical acclaim.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Metrosexuality	Kwame O'Rielly
2000	The Bill	Lennie Cox	1 episode
2001	Judge John Deed	Adam	1 episode
2001	Waking the Dead	Extra	Uncredited 1 episode
2001	Casualty	Danny Oldfield	3 episodes
2002 - 2004	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet	Wyman Norris	14 episodes
2003	Adventure Inc.	Mike Reed	1 episode
2003	Doctors	Jim Baker	1 episode
2004	Holby City	Shaun O'Connor	3 episodes
2004	A Touch of Frost	Kenny	1 episode
2005 - 2010	Doctor Who	Mickey Smith	16 episodes
2005 - 2010	Doctor Who Confidential	Himself	10 episodes
2006	Tardisodes	Mickey Smith	Ricky Smith (episode 5)
2006	Jane Hall	Steve Heaney	2 episodes
2006	Torchwood		Writer of episode: "'Combat"
2007	Dubplate Drama	Hostel manager
2007	The Weakest Link	Himself	Doctor Who special
2008	West 10 LDN	Michael	Writer
2012	What If	The Angel
2014	The Assets	Mack	2 episodes
2015	Chasing Shadows	Detective Inspector (DI) Prior	TV Mini-Series consisting of 4 episodes
2015	The Throwaways	Erik

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Native	Victor
1999	Take 2	Jamal / Cornelius
2002	The Last Angel	Kid
2002	Licks	David	Writer and producer
2003	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Cyril
2006	Plastic	Jock
2006	Kidulthood	Sam Peel	Writer
2008	Adulthood	Sam Peel	Writer and director
2009	Reign of Death	Joe Digby
2009	Heartless	AJ
2009	Doghouse	Mikey
2010	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Desmond / Sparky
2010	Centurion	Macros
2010	4.3.2.1	Tee	Writer and co-director
2010	Huge	Clark
2011	Race Against Time	Narrator
2011	Screwed	Truman
2012	Radio 1 Movie		Executive producer
2012	The Knot	Peter	Writer
2012	Fast Girls	Tommy	Writer
2012	Storage 24	Charlie	Writer
2012	Bliss!	Mark Wilson
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	Thomas Harewood
2013	Saving Santa	Snowy
2014	I Am Soldier	Staff Sergeant Carter	Post-production
2014	The Anomaly	Ryan	Producer and director
2016	Brotherhood	Sam Peel	Writer and director

Theatre

• 2003: Where Do We Live at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court

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