Clive Owen plays Dr John W. Thackery, a driven man: a man obsessed with being the best; a surgeon at the top of his game displaying his unmatched skill and the arrogance that comes from routine success when the stakes are nothing less than life and death.

Owen’s character, Dr. John Thackery, is the a brilliant surgeon trying to become one of the best surgeons but deals with his own personal addiction problems; yet the show does not fall into stereotypical flatness seen in other shows

Dr. John Thackery, played by Clive Owen, battles drug addiction and ego as he strives to become one of the most renowned surgeons of his time

Clive Owen stars as the cocaine addicted brilliant surgeon Dr. John W. Thackery in a new television series THE KNICK - a study of the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during 1900

For example, while Dr. Thackery is a great surgeon, he stubbornly refuses to hire Dr. Edwards because he is black.

Clive Owen stars as the cocaine addicted brilliant surgeon Dr. John W. Thackery in a new television series THE KNICK - a study of the professional and personal lives of the staff at New York's Knickerbocker Hospital during 1900