Actor Noel Clarke, 45, gives a thumbs-up as he enjoys lunch with a friend amid rumours he is set to make a TV comeback after sexual misconduct allegations
- The 45-year-old spotted heading to Bristol cafe with sports coach Rayan Wilson
- He smiled and gave a thumbs up to his friend as they stood and chatted by a car
- It comes amid rumours Clarke will make TV comeback after re-branding TV firm
Actor Noel Clarke has broken cover for the first time since sexual misconduct claims were levelled against him by 20 women.
The 45-year-old was spotted heading to a cafe in Bristol with ‘human performance coach’ Rayan Wilson.
He smiled and gave a thumbs up to his friend as they stood and chatted in the car park before heading into the eatery.
It comes amid rumours Clarke will make a TV comeback after re-branding his TV production company to ‘attack beliefs or institutions’.
MailOnline revealed earlier this month he had quietly rebadged his Unstoppable Entertainment Limited firm.
It is now called Iconoclast Entertainment Limited and coincides with Clarke’s return to social media, where he liked a tweet stating ‘Most people don’t want the truth’.
Actor Noel Clarke has broken cover for the first time since sexual misconduct claims were levelled against him by 20 women
The 45-year-old was spotted heading to a cafe in Bristol with ‘human performance coach’ Rayan Wilson
He smiled and gave a thumbs up to his friend as they stood and chatted in the car park before heading into the eatery
Clarke was seen on Wednesday heading to the Lockside Cafe near the River Avon in Bristol.
He was joined by sports coach Wilson – who is based in the city – and they chatted in the car park before heading inside.
The actor put his thumb up and waved as he stood next to his Mercedes in a pair of dark sunglasses.
He matched them with a grey Ralph Lauren zip-through, Toronto Blue Jays t-shirt, light navy jeans and a green pair of Nike Air force 1s.
Clarke headed into the diner with a black rucksack slung over his shoulder. The producer and actor is believed to be plotting a return to the industry.
He quietly rebadged his Unstoppable Entertainment Limited firm to Iconoclast Entertainment Limited.
The word Iconoclast usually refers to an individual who attacks or ignores beliefs or institutions.
Clarke was seen on Wednesday heading to the Lockside Cafe near the River Avon in Bristol
He was joined by sports coach Wilson – who is based in the city – and they chatted in the car park before heading inside
The actor put his thumb up and waved as he stood next to his Mercedes in a pair of dark sunglasses
It comes just weeks after he left a different firm Unstoppable Film and TV, which produced his Sky series Bulletproof as well as films including Adulthood and Brotherhood – along with co-founder Jason Maza, 34.
Maza is also a director of Iconoclast and paperwork for the name change does not say who signed off the rebrand, although they hold equal shares.
The company is registered to the address of a Central London accountancy business.
Previous representatives of Clarke have not responded to efforts by MailOnline to contact them.
A source said: ‘Rebranding a company shows those involved want to keep moving it forward in some way. Any director would just shut it down if it wasn’t need anymore.’
The former Doctor Who actor also made his first return to Twitter since the scandal broke, to like a post from a TV psychotherapist.
It said ‘Most people don’t really want the truth. They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.’
Clarke previously stood down as director of Unstoppable Film and Television Limited and also as a person of ‘significant control’ in charge of the company.
Noel Clarke and Jason Maza’s TV production company has rebranded to be called Iconoclast
Paperwork filed with Companies House show one TV production firm is going forward
The company is registered, as is often standard, at a London accountancy firm’s address
He also quit his posts with another company called Crongton Knights, which had been set up to manage production of a BBC drama of the same name, and a company called Something in the Air, which he set up in November last year before his problems began to mount.
Clarke’s career was rocked in April when 20 women who worked with him made sexual harassment and bullying allegations in the Guardian.
He apologised ‘deeply’ for his actions and said he will be seeking professional help, but has ‘vehemently’ denied sexual misconduct or criminal behaviour.
Unstoppable Film and Television was set up by Clarke and Jason Maza in 2015 and had won backing from major TV production company ALL3 Media to fund their ideas for shows.
But in April the pair were suspended and the Companies House records show they left as directors and as ‘persons of significant control’ at the end of last week.
In July the BBC confirmed it was ditching the Crongton Knights TV drama which was based on a book by Alex Wheatle about life on a council estate in South London.
TV experts said any productions on the company’s books would be transferred to other labels in the ALL3 Group.
A spokesperson for All3 Media told Broadcast magazine: ‘Noel Clarke has left Unstoppable Film and TV. Jason Maza has also left the company.’
After the scandal broke Sky bosses cancelled the fourth season of Clarke’s hit drama series Bulletproof.
An ITV crime drama Viewpoint, which was on air when the scandal broke, also saw its final episode ditched.
Clarke had played Mickey Smith in Doctor Who, and Sam in the films Kidulthood, Adulthood, and Brotherhood, which he wrote and directed.
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