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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-02-05
Place of birth
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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Cast
Underworld
2003
6.83
The Queen
2006
6.95
Blood Diamond
2006
7.54
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
6.98
Underworld: Evolution
2006
6.59
Laws of Attraction
2004
5.80
Animated Epics: Beowulf
1998
4.30
TRON: Legacy
2010
6.49
The Damned United
2009
7.22
Last Train to Christmas
2021
5.48
Frost/Nixon
2008
7.28
Alice in Wonderland
2010
6.64
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
9.00
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
2009
6.53
Timeline
2003
5.72
My Last Five Girlfriends
2010
5.40
Written in the Stars
2023
0.00
Music Within
2007
6.50
Bright Young Things
2003
6.33
The Deal
2003
6.70
Unthinkable
2010
6.76
The Special Relationship
2010
6.40
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
2006
6.00
Cynefin
2023
0.00
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009
5.99
HG Wells: War with the World
2006
6.50
Barbados
2015
7.00
A Child's Christmases in Wales
2009
7.33
Heartlands
2003
6.10
Midnight in Paris
2011
7.53
Beautiful Boy
2011
6.00
Resistance
2011
4.80
Jesus Henry Christ
2012
6.24
The Gospel of Us
2012
9.00
Admission
2013
5.61
Heroes and Demons
2011
7.10
Installing the Cast
2011
5.50
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil
2023
0.00
Far from the Madding Crowd
2015
7.00
Dead Long Enough
2006
6.00
Kill the Messenger
2014
6.61
Under Milk Wood
2014
6.10
7 Days in Hell
2015
6.50
Christmas with Katherine Jenkins
2023
0.00
Mary Reilly
1996
5.80
Othello
1995
6.40
The Four Feathers
2002
6.60
National Theatre Live: Nye
2024
6.00
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2007
0.00
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
6.56
Passengers
2016
6.95
The Banker
2004
5.60
The Assembly
2024
8.00
Dirty Filthy Love
2005
6.60
Wilde
1997
6.57
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
2015
0.00
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
7.00
Nocturnal Animals
2016
7.42
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
2016
6.33
Brad's Status
2017
6.25
Home Again
2017
6.10
Harold Pinter: A Celebration
2010
0.00
Apostle
2018
6.11
Slaughterhouse Rulez
2018
5.60
The Open Doors
2004
5.70
Dolittle
2020
6.60
To Provide All People
2018
6.00
7 Up & Me
2019
7.50
How to Build a Girl
2020
5.80
Good Omens: Lockdown
2020
7.80
Faith Healer
2020
0.00
The Path to Redemption
2006
8.00
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999
7.50
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025
8.00
