Born: 6th December 1975 (as Noel Anthony Clarke)
Episodes Broadcast: 2005-2006, 2008, 2010

Noel Clarke was born in Notting Hill, London; his parents divorced soon afterwards and he was raised by his mother. After pursuing a degree in media studies at the University of North London, Clarke trained at the Actors Centre. He appeared in several short movies, and began to earn recurring roles in programmes such as Metrosexuality and Casualty. Aspiring to do more than just act, Clarke both starred in and co-wrote the short Licks. His feature film debut came in the 2003 Clive Owen crime drama I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. The same year, he won the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in Where Do We Live at the Royal Court.

Clarke gained notice for his regular role in the revival of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. When he auditioned to play Mickey Smith in Doctor Who, executive producer Russell T Davies was so impressed that he agreed to alter the recording schedule to accommodate Clarke's commitments to the comedy-drama's finale. However, Clarke himself felt that squeezing Doctor Who in between location shoots for Auf Wiedersehen, Pet hindered his ability to find the right tone for Mickey. The cartoonish tendencies which were hard to ignore when he debuted in 2005's Rose diminished over the course of his subsequent appearances. By 2006, with David Tennant having taken over as the Doctor from Christopher Eccleston, Clarke found himself briefly promoted to fully-fledged companion. He also had the opportunity to play Ricky, an alternative version of Mickey, in Rise Of The Cybermen / The Age Of Steel.

Clarke wrote Combat, a 2006 episode of spin-off series Torchwood

With Mickey Smith so closely linked to Billie Piper's Rose Tyler, it came as little surprise that they ended their time as Doctor Who regulars together, in 2006's Doomsday. However, Clarke maintained his relationship with the programme by writing Combat, a 2006 episode of spin-off series Torchwood. The same year, Clarke wrote, directed and starred in the movie Kidulthood; a sequel, Adulthood, followed in 2008. In between, he played a new character for the Doctor Who audio drama Dalek Empire IV from Big Finish Productions. He married make-up artist Iris Da-Silva in 2007; they would have three sons. Clarke reprised Mickey in 2008's Journey's End. The story's conclusion seemed to foreshadow the character's involvement with Torchwood, but this ultimately did not occur. Clarke's final Doctor Who appearance instead came in the form of a cameo for Tennant's final adventure, The End Of Time, in 2010.

With the success of Kidulthood, Clarke's attention largely turned to the movies, often through his production company, Unstoppable Entertainment. Clarke both wrote and directed 4.3.2.1. and The Anomaly, as well as Brotherhood, the 2016 conclusion to the Kidulthood trilogy. Other movie appearances included a Starfleet officer in 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness and in deleted material from the 2012 supernatural super-hero sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. Clarke made occasional returns to television in shows like Chasing Shadows, The Level and Inside No. 9. He also wrote a 2015 comic book from Titan Comics called The Troop.

Clarke co-created and starred in the crime drama Bulletproof, which premiered in 2018. However, the series came to a premature end in 2021 when Clarke was confronted with numerous accusations of sexual misconduct, including on the set of Doctor Who. Clarke denied these allegations. In the meantime, other work during the early Twenties included the action movie SAS: Red Notice and the television thriller Viewpoint.