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David Clark

David Clark

Actor · Born April 23, 1974 (52) · Anchorage, Alaska, USA

David Clark (born April 23, 1974, Anchorage, Alaska) is an American character actor based in France, active since the mid-2000s. Standing at 1.83 m, he has built a career in both English- and French-language productions, working frequently with director Olivier Megaton (on Colombiana and the Taken franchise). He is best known for his role as Marshall in Colombiana (2011), Cop Malankov Garage #1 in Taken 3 (2014), and Carl Stanley in The Killer (2024, with Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy). He also voiced Captain Allen in the 2018 video game Detroit: Become Human. His filmography includes Traitor (2008), If You Don't, I Will (2014), Florida (2015, as Andrew Newman), Woods (2015, as John Stramen), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017, uncredited), The Hermits (2023), and The American Dream (2026). On television he has appeared in Crossing Lines (2013), A Very Secret Service (2015), Scènes de ménages (2015), Plus belle la vie (2018), Missions (2017), and The Serpent Queen (2022).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 23, 1974 (52)
From
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 6% in 30 days

What are David Clark's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
31%
Self
20%
Morality
20%
Power
18%
Bonds
12%

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
2
Tense
1
Hopeful
1
Dread
1
Absurd
1
Other
2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch David Clark's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for David Clark's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

11 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Mix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as X-Tractor #1

  • The American Dream(2026)

    as L'Organisateur

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Killer(2024)

    as Carl Staley

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Les autarciques(2023)

    as Charlot

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)

    as Astronaut (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as John Stramen

  • Taken 3(2014)

    as Cop Malankov Garage #1

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • If You Don't, I Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as John

  • Crossing Lines(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Arms Dealer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Colombiana(2011)

    as Marshall

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • We Love It! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Vocals

Career shape

Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2011.

Biggest box office

The American Dream (2026)

$5.9M worldwide

Highest rated

The American Dream (2026)

Midcredits 93rd

Film career

19922026

Peak 2011 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting9 of 10: 9 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thOther crew1 of 10: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2010s6 · acting2020s3 · acting

Billing

usually 24th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Who does David Clark work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Clark's MovieCove titles; Jean-Pascal Zadi shares the most, 2.