Michael Sheen

Actor

Michael Sheen

Born February 5, 1969 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK81 films

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.

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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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Frost/Nixon posterFirst watchFrost/Nixon20087.3as David FrostA leading role.For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to…View film

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The Damned United poster7.2The Damned United2009The Queen poster6.9The Queen2006Passengers poster7.0Passengers2016Underworld poster6.9Underworld2003Blood Diamond poster7.6Blood Diamond2006Far from the Madding Crowd poster7.0Far from the Madding Crowd2015Apostle poster6.2Apostle2018Unthinkable poster6.8Unthinkable2010

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Filmography

81 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
  2. TBAThe Price of AdmissionHarold Sugar
  3. TBAHeart of Darkness(voice)
  4. TBAThe 12 Days of ChristmasHenry Sullivan
  5. TBAFortitudeWinston Churchill
  6. TBAC.L.A.Y.
  7. TBAGood Omens T3: El final
  8. 2026Out ThereShifty Gruff
  9. 2026Our TownStage Manager
  10. 2024National Theatre Live: NyeAneurin 'Nye' Bevan
  11. 2022Public Service Broadcasting - BBC Proms - This New Noise - Live At The Royal Albert Hall
  12. 2021Last Train to ChristmasTony Towers
  13. 2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodOwain Jenkins
  14. 2020How to Build a GirlSigmund Freud
  15. 2020Faith HealerFrancis Hardy
  16. 2020Good Omens: LockdownAziraphale (voice)
  17. 2020DolittleDr. Blair Müdfly
  18. 2018Pantomime in Port Talbot: Balls of SteelNarrator
  19. 2018Slaughterhouse RulezThe Bat
  20. 2018ApostleMalcolm Howe
  21. 2018To Provide All PeoplePorter
  22. 2017Brad's StatusCraig Fisher
  23. 2017Home AgainAusten Bloom
  24. 2016PassengersArthur
  25. 2016Nocturnal AnimalsCarlos
  26. 2016Alice Through the Looking GlassNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
  27. 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerPhilip Cohen
  28. 2016You Can Never Really Know SomeoneHenry
  29. 2015BarbadosDavid
  30. 20157 Days in HellCaspian Wint
  31. 2015Far from the Madding CrowdWilliam Boldwood
  32. 2014Kill the MessengerFred Weil
  33. 2014Under Milk WoodFirst Voice
  34. 2013The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas BoxCharity
  35. 2013AdmissionMark
  36. 2012The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2Aro
  37. 2012Heroes & DemonsThe Banker (segment "The Banker")
  38. 2012Jesus Henry ChristDr. Slavkin O'Hara
  39. 2012The Gospel of UsThe Teacher
  40. 2011ResistanceTommy Atkins
  41. 2011The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1Aro
  42. 2011Few OptionsFlorist
  43. 2011Beautiful BoyBill Carroll
  44. 2011Midnight in ParisPaul
  45. 2010TRON: LegacyCastor / Zuse
  46. 2010Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy RescueDr. Griffiths (voice)
  47. 2010The Special RelationshipTony Blair
  48. 2010UnthinkableSteven Arthur Younger
  49. 2010My Last Five GirlfriendsNo. 5 - Detective Burnam
  50. 2010Alice in WonderlandNivens McTwisp / White Rabbit (voice)
  51. 2009A Child's Christmases in WalesNarrator (voice)
  52. 2009The Twilight Saga: New MoonAro
  53. 2009Michael Sheen Presents - You're The Boss
  54. 2009The Damned UnitedBrian Clough
  55. 2009Underworld: Rise of the LycansLucian
  56. 2008Frost/NixonDavid Frost
  57. 2007Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in SpaceAdam Banton
  58. 2007Music WithinArt Honeyman
  59. 2006Blood DiamondSimmons
  60. 2006Dead Long EnoughHarry Jones
  61. 2006HG Wells: War with the WorldH.G. Wells
  62. 2006The QueenTony Blair
  63. 2006Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!Kenneth Williams
  64. 2006Underworld: EvolutionLucian
  65. 2005The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseJeremy
  66. 2005Dirty Filthy LoveMark Furness
  67. 2005Kingdom of HeavenPriest
  68. 2004The BankerThe Banker
  69. 2004Laws of AttractionThorne Jamison
  70. 2004The Open DoorsFramton Nuttel
  71. 2003TimelineLord Oliver
  72. 2003Bright Young ThingsMiles Maitland
  73. 2003The DealTony Blair
  74. 2003UnderworldLucian
  75. 2003HeartlandsColin
  76. 2002The Four FeathersWilliam Trench
  77. 1999Doomwatch: Winter AngelAngel
  78. 1998Animated Epics: BeowulfWiglaf ( voice )
  79. 1997WildeRobbie Ross
  80. 1996Mary ReillyBradshaw
  81. 1995OthelloLodovico