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Clement von Franckenstein was born in Sunninghill, England, the son of the former Austrian Ambassador to the Court of St. James. He was educated at Eton College, and served three years as a lieutenant in the Royal Scots Greys, in Aden, Bahrain (guarding oil in Kuwait) and Germany.
A working professional actor for thirty years, he has appeared in over 40 feature films including LIONHEART opposite Jean-Claude van Damme, FESTIVAL IN CANNES with Anouk Aimee, SHINING THROUGH opposite Melanie Griffith, FATAL INSTINCT for director Carl Reiner, and ROBIN HOOD-MEN IN TIGHTS for Mel Brooks.
He portrayed the President of France (Renee-Jean d'Astier) opposite Michael Douglas and Annette Bening in THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT for director Rob Reiner, and co-starred in EVENING STAR with Shirley Maclaine.
His many television guest roles include BRISCOE COUNTY, E.R., STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION, ARLISS, and an Emmy nominated episode of NORTHERN EXPOSURE. He co-starred in INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE with Halle Berry, and was a series regular on TITANS (NBC) MANCHESTER PREP (20th Fox) and the hit MTV comedy reality series THE ASSISTANT as Andy Dick's butler "Max."
His stage work includes THE GIRL ON THE VIA FLAMINIA with Sean Penn and Meg Tilley, HARVEY opposite John Astin, CLEOPATRA AND THE NIGHT with Tobey Maguire, and THE GOOD SOUL OF SZECHWAN by Bertold Brecht directed by Gulu Monteiro.
Clement recently originated the role of "General Chuck Gorgidson" in Justin Butcher's hit musical satire THE MADNESS OF GEORGE W -- STRANGELOVE REVISITED which ran for 8 months in London's West End.
He appeared in two projects for Hallmark -- the lead opposite Leah Thompson in JANE DOE - YES, I REMEMBER IT WELL, and the 4 hour mini-series BLACKBEARD as Admiral Joseph Pennington with Mark Umbers, Jessica Chastain and Angus Macfayden filmed in Thailand by director Kevin Connor.
He has four new films awaiting release in 2009. "American Kids" for Universal and Brian Grazer with Topher Grace, Ana Farris and Angie Everhart, due out in March. "Command Performance" in which he co-stars with Dolph Lundgren who also directed, due to have its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. "The Least Among You" with William Devane and Lois Gossett Jr., and "Tony 5", a brilliant satirical British crime drama in which he co-stars as 'Rufus.'
Away from acting, Clement is a real life Baron (Mary Shelley adapted his family name for her 1818 literary classic) and was written up in the July 2, 2001 issue of People Magazine as one of America's top 50 bachelors. | 
