[1] Clare studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, he graduated in 2004.

[4] From 2006–2007, he starred as Riley Ward in 48 episodes of the series McLeod's Daughters.

[5][6] In 2009, he played Sydney hit-man and gangland figure Christopher Dale Flannery in Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities[7] and also as Sean in the Showtime Network (Australia) series Satisfaction.

[8] His global fame occurred when he starred as Gannicus, the champion gladiator of the House of Batiatus, in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

[9] This is the prequel to the series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the second season chronologically of release.