U.K. ‘Doctor Who’ actor Noel Clarke charged with sexual offenses, prosecutors say

In this Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 photo, British actor and director Noel Clarke, displays his Orange Rising Star Award at the British Academy Film Awards 2009 at The Royal Opera House in London, England. Britain's motion picture academy on Thursday April 29, 2021, suspended Clarke after a newspaper reported that multiple women had accused him of sexual harassment or bullying. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

British actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke has been charged with six sexual offenses, including two counts of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday.

Clarke was charged after allegations by five women of sexual misconduct between 2007 and 2016, the CPS added.

The 50-year-old was also charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of exposure and is due to appear at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on October 21.

Clarke is best known for writing and starring in “Kidulthood” (2006), which explored bullying, drug abuse and extreme violence among young people in London, and for a recurring role in sci-fi show “Doctor Who.”

The Guardian newspaper in 2021 reported allegations of sexual misconduct made against Clarke by several women, which Clarke denied.

Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Sarah Young and Paul Sandle