Clemens Schick was born on February 15th 1972 in Tübingen. He started studying art in Ulm, and then stayed in a French monastery for a few months before enrolling at the "Berliner Schule für Schauspiel", where he took acting classes from 1993 to 1996. After graduation, he played at several renowned theatres in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From 2001 to 2006, he was an ensemble member of the Schauspiel Hannover, and in 2007, he played "Death" in a staging of Hugo von Hofmannsthals "Jedermann" at the Salzburger Festspiele.

A guest role in the TV series "Balko" marked his screen debut in 1998. The following years, Schick appeared in TV and film productions alike, including supporting roles in "Enemy at the Gates" (2001) and the James Bond adventure "Casino Royale" (2006). Schick also played the lead in "Aufrecht stehen", which screened at the 2007 Berlinale, and was cast in Stefan Krohmer"s TV drama "Mitte 30". Alongside Alexandra Neldel and Erhan Emre, he was one of the stars of the TV crime series "Unschuldig". In 2010, he played a young man searching for his disappeared dream woman in the melancholic comedy "Cindy liebt mich nicht".