Michael Sheen
Biography
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor and political activist. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s and made notable stage appearances in Romeo and Juliet (1992), Don't Fool With Love (1993), Peer Gynt (1994), The Seagull (1995), The Homecoming (1997), and Henry V (1997). His performances in Amadeus at the Old Vic and Look Back in Anger at the National Theatre were nominated for Olivier Awards in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in Caligula at the Donmar Warehouse. He has become better known as a screen actor since the 2000s through his roles in various biographical films. He has starred in a trilogy of films as British politician Tony Blair: the television film The Deal (2003), followed by The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010). For the role, he was nominated for both a BAFTA Award and an Emmy. He was also nominated for a BAFTA as the troubled comic actor Kenneth Williams in BBC Four's 2006 Fantabulosa!, and was nominated for a fourth Olivier Award in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in Frost/Nixon. He starred as the controversial football manager Brian Clough in The Damned United (2009). In 2009, he appeared in two fantasy films, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. He also appeared in the science-fiction film Tron: Legacy (2010), and Midnight in Paris (2011). He directed and starred in National Theatre Wales's The Passion (2011). He also played a lead role in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 in 2012. In 2013, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Showtime's television drama Masters of Sex (2013–2016). He played an incarcerated serial killer surgeon in Fox's 2019 drama, Prodigal Son, an angel in the 2019 BBC/Amazon Studios miniseries Good Omens, and appeared as Chris Tarrant in Quiz in 2020. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Lucian
Underworld
Tony Blair
The Queen
Simmons
Blood Diamond
Priest
Kingdom of Heaven
Lucian
Underworld: Evolution
Thorne Jamison
Laws of Attraction
Wiglaf ( voice )
Animated Epics: Beowulf
Castor / Zuse
TRON: Legacy
Brian Clough
The Damned United
Tony Towers
Last Train to Christmas
David Frost
Frost/Nixon
Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Owain Jenkins
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Lucian
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Lord Oliver
Timeline
No. 5 - Detective Burnam
My Last Five Girlfriends
Narrator (voice)
Written in the Stars
Art Honeyman
Music Within
Miles Maitland
Bright Young Things
Tony Blair
The Deal
Dr. Griffiths (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Steven Arthur Younger
Unthinkable
Tony Blair
The Special Relationship
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Self/Narrator
Cynefin
Aro
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
H.G. Wells
HG Wells: War with the World
David
Barbados
Aro
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Narrator (voice)
A Child's Christmases in Wales
Colin
Heartlands
Paul
Midnight in Paris
Bill Carroll
Beautiful Boy
Tommy Atkins
Resistance
Dr. Slavkin O'Hara
Jesus Henry Christ
The Teacher
The Gospel of Us
Self
Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion
Mark
Admission
Heroes and Demons
Self
Installing the Cast
Dylan Thomas (voice)
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
William Boldwood
Far from the Madding Crowd
Adam Banton
Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space
Charity
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
Harry Jones
Dead Long Enough
Fred Weil
Kill the Messenger
First Voice
Under Milk Wood
Caspian Wint
7 Days in Hell
Self
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
Bradshaw
Mary Reilly
Lodovico
Othello
William Trench
The Four Feathers
Presenter - Narrator
Michael Sheen: The Fight For My Steel Town
Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan
National Theatre Live: Nye
Self
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
Narrator
Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of Steel
Nivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Arthur
Passengers
Self
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
The Banker
The Banker
Self - Interviewed Guest
The Assembly
Philip Cohen
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Mark Furness
Dirty Filthy Love
Robbie Ross
Wilde
Self
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
Henry
You Can Never Really Know Someone
Narrator (voice)
War of Words: Soldier-Poets of the Somme
Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
Himself - Narrator
Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime
Narrator (voice)
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location
Carlos Holt
Nocturnal Animals
Aro
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Craig Fisher
Brad's Status
Austen Bloom
Home Again
Carl Flossy
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special
Self
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
Malcolm Howe
Apostle
Jeremy
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
The Bat
Slaughterhouse Rulez
Framton Nuttel
The Open Doors
Dr. Blair Müdfly
Dolittle
Harold Sugar
The Price of Admission
Porter
To Provide All People
Self
7 Up & Me
Sigmund Freud
How to Build a Girl
Aziraphale (voice)
Good Omens: Lockdown
(voice)
Heart of Darkness
Francis Hardy
Faith Healer
Self
The Path to Redemption
Angel
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Self
Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary
Self - Audience Member
Michael McIntyre's 25th Year Stand-Up Special
Self
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
Michael Sheen's Secret Million Pound Giveaway
Michael Sheen: Lifting the Lid on the Care System
Henry Sullivan
The 12 Days of Christmas
Arthur (character's voice)
Live a Little
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
102
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-02-05
Place of Birth
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Also Known As
Michael Christopher Sheen