Michael Sheen

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1969-02-05 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Also Known As Michael Christopher Sheen, Μάικλ Σιν, 米高·辛, 마이클 신, マイケル・シーン, மைக்கேல் ஷீன், ਮਾਈਕਲ ਸ਼ੀਨ, მაიკლ შინი, Մայքլ Շին, מייקל שין, مایکل شین, Майкъл Шийн, مايكل شين

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

Actor

The Price of Admission

as Harold Sugar

2024
2024
National Theatre Live: Nye

as Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan

2024
The Assembly

as Self - Interviewed Guest

2024
A Very Royal Scandal

as Prince Andrew

2024
The Way

as Denny Driscoll

2023
Cynefin

as Self/Narrator

2023
Pouring Water on Troubled Oil

as Dylan Thomas (voice)

2023
Written in the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

2023
Best Interests

as Andrew

2022
2022
Fantasy Football League

as Self - Guest

2022
The Sandman

as Paul (voice)

2022
Art That Made Us

as Self - Actor

2021
2020
How to Build a Girl

as Sigmund Freud

2020
Faith Healer

as Francis Hardy

2020
Good Omens: Lockdown

as Aziraphale (voice)

2020
Dolittle

as Dr. Blair Müdfly

2020
2020
Staged

as Michael

2020
Quiz

as Chris Tarrant

2019
7 Up & Me

as Self

2019
Prodigal Son

as Dr. Martin Whitly

2019
Good Omens

as Aziraphale

2019
2018
2018
Apostle

as Malcolm Howe

2018
2017
Brad's Status

as Craig Fisher

2017
Home Again

as Austen Bloom

2017
The Good Fight

as Roland Blum

2016
Passengers

as Arthur

2016
Nocturnal Animals

as Carlos Holt

2016
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass

as White Rabbit (voice)

2016
Chelsea

as Self

2015
Barbados

as David

2015
7 Days in Hell

as Caspian Wint

2015
Far from the Madding Crowd

as William Boldwood

2014
Kill the Messenger

as Fred Weil

2014
Under Milk Wood

as First Voice

2014
A Life on Screen

as Himself

2014
The Spoils of Babylon

as Chet Halner

2013
Admission

as Mark

2013
Masters of Sex

as William Masters

2013
Gogglebox

as Self

2013
The Last Leg

as Self

2013
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

as Himself - Contestant

2012
Jesus Henry Christ

as Dr. Slavkin O'Hara

2012
The Gospel of Us

as The Teacher

2012
2011
Resistance

as Tommy Atkins

2011
Beautiful Boy

as Bill Carroll

2011
2010
TRON: Legacy

as Castor / Zuse

2010
2010
Unthinkable

as Steven Arthur Younger

2010
2010
My Last Five Girlfriends

as No. 5 - Detective Burnam

2010
Alice in Wonderland

as The White Rabbit (voice)

2009
A Child's Christmases in Wales

as Narrator (voice)

2009
The Damned United

as Brian Clough

2008
Frost/Nixon

as David Frost

2007
2006
Blood Diamond

as Simmons

2006
Dead Long Enough

as Harry Jones

2006
The Queen

as Tony Blair

2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

as Kenneth Williams

2006
2006
30 Rock

as Wesley Snipes

2006
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Emperor "Nero" Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus

2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

2005
Dirty Filthy Love

as Mark Furness

2005
2005
Doctor Who

as House (voice)

2004
The Banker

as The Banker

2004
Laws of Attraction

as Thorne Jamison

2004
The Open Doors

as Framton Nuttel

2003
Timeline

as Lord Oliver

2003
Bright Young Things

as Miles Maitland

2003
The Deal

as Tony Blair

2003
Underworld

as Lucian

2003
Heartlands

as Colin

2003
Punk'd

as Self

2002
The Four Feathers

as William Trench

2002
Top Gear

as Self - Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car

1998
Animated Epics: Beowulf

as Wiglaf ( voice )

1998
1998
Animated World Faiths

as John (voice)

1997
Wilde

as Robbie Ross

1996
Mary Reilly

as Bradshaw

1995
Othello

as Lodovico

1993
1992
Sean's Show

as James

1989
The Simpsons

as William Masters (voice)

Producer

2024
The Way

as Executive Producer

2020
Staged

as Executive Producer

Director

2024
The Way

as Director

Crew

2024
The Way

as Creator

Creator

2024
The Way

as Creator