In 2008, Schick played alongside Alexandra Neldel and Erhan Emre the role of the detective 'Marco Lorenz' in the television series Innocent. The opening film of the "Perspective German Cinema" at the Berlinale 2007 was Upright Standing by Hannah Schweier, in which Schick plays the main role of 'Joe'. His work spans from roles in Hollywood productions to independent cinema.Īrguably, his international breakthrough role came in the 21st James Bond movie, Casino Royale (2006), where Schick played alongside Daniel Craig and Eva Green in the role as the bodyguard 'Kratt' of the movie villain ' Le Chiffre' ( Mads Mikkelsen). In addition to his theatre work, Schick has acted extensively in both German and international film and TV productions with roles in more than 70 movies and TV series. He later performed in the solo show in the Sophiensäle theatre, and again for German soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. The play saw Schick in the role as Bill Gates musing with the audience about business, technology, narcissism and life’s moral questions. His first solo show, Windows or: Let's imagine Bill Gates as a happy person, a monologue written by Mathias Greffrath, was staged by the Schauspielhaus Hannover in 2010. In the summer of 2007 and again in 2008, Schick was also to be seen in the role as 'Death' at the Salzburg Festival in Hofmannsthal's Jedermann. ![]() įrom 2002 to 2006, he was a regular part of the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Hannover, where he was seen in, among others, Johann Kresnik's directorial work of Peer Gynt, in a leading role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams under the direction of Christina Paulhofer, in leading roles in Shakespeare's Richard III and Twelfth Night under the direction of Sebastian Baumgarten, as well as the title role in Friedrich Schiller’s Don Carlos, under the direction of Wilfred Minks. His career include engagements at Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Schauspielhaus Wien, Sophiensaelen, Kampnagel, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Schauspielhaus Zurich, Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Schauspielhaus Köln and Schaubühne Berlin, where he performed as 'Orestes' in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's play Elektra in 1999, and 'Major Vershinin' in Three Sisters by Chekhov in 2006. Theatre careerĪn actor with a confessed love for life on the classical stage, Clemens has a long track record of engagements and leading roles in both modern and classic theatre plays, primarily with German theaters. Today, he lives in Kreuzberg in central Berlin. In the past he had a few girlfriends, including German actress Bibiana Beglau, who he briefly dated in 2010. He stated that he is not interested in either "gay" or "heterosexual" labels and falls in love with both men and women, but only dates men. In an interview with the magazine Gala, Schick came out in September 2014 as a homosexual. ![]() He completed his studies in 1996, having financed his student time with part-time jobs as landscape gardener, bouncer and waiter in restaurants and pubs in Berlin-Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg. After an eight-month stay, however, he returned to Germany, where he enrolled at the Berlin School of Drama. įollowing one year of studies, the then 22-year-old Clemens decided to leave Germany and headed for France, where he intended to join the monastery of the Taizé Community in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire. ![]() After his graduation, he enrolled at the Academy of Performing Arts (AdK) in Ulm. He studied at the Hölderlin High School in Stuttgart, from where he graduated in 1992. ![]() The son of a teacher and a prosecutor, he has four siblings, including a sister and an older brother.
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